Getting Started With PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office

This chapter provides an overview of PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office and discusses:

• Staffing Front Office business processes.

• Staffing Front Office integrations.

• Staffing Front Office implementation tasks.

Note. Throughout this PeopleBook we refer to an “integrated environment.” This refers to situations where both Staffing Front Office and Oracle's PeopleSoft Pay/Bill Management are installed. The term “standalone” refers to situations where Staffing Front Office is installed without Pay/Bill Management.

PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office Business Processes

The following are the Staffing Front Office business processes:

• Manage Applicant Information

• Manage Employee and Contractor Information

• Manage Customers and Prospects

• Manage Contact Information

• Process Orders

• Process Online Applications

• Post Orders Internally

• Match Employees and Contractors to Orders

• Perform Searches

• Manage Assignments

• Manage Agendas

• Review History

• Manage Resource Calendar

We discuss these business processes in the business process chapters in this PeopleBook.

Note. For the total PeopleSoft Staffing solution, we recommend that you implement the following PeopleSoft applications: Pay/Bill Management (including PeopleSoft Project Costing, PeopleSoft Contracts, PeopleSoft Billing, PeopleSoft Payables, PeopleSoft Human Resources, PeopleSoft Time and Labor, PeopleSoft Payroll for North America and PeopleSoft Global Payroll), PeopleSoft General Ledger, and PeopleSoft Receivables.

PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office Integrations

Because PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office and Pay/Bill Management share the same transaction tables for employees, customers, contacts, orders, and assignments, Pay/Bill Management can be thought of as an integration layer between PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office and other back-office applications such as PeopleSoft Project Costing, PeopleSoft Contracts, PeopleSoft Billing, PeopleSoft Accounts Payable, PeopleSoft HR, PeopleSoft Payroll, and PeopleSoft Time and Labor.

PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office integration flow

Note. Journal entries may be sent to PeopleSoft General Ledger from PeopleSoft Project Costing, PeopleSoft Contracts, PeopleSoft Billing, PeopleSoft Accounts Receivable, PeopleSoft Payroll and PeopleSoft Global Payroll.

We cover integration considerations in the implementation chapters in this PeopleBook. Supplemental information about third-party application integration is located on the PeopleSoft Customer Connection Website.

PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office Implementation

PeopleSoft Enterprise Setup Manager enables you to review a list of setup tasks for your organization for the products that you are implementing. The setup tasks include the components that you must set up, listed in the order in which you must enter data into the component tables, and links to the corresponding PeopleBook documentation.

Other Sources of Information

In the implementation planning phase, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides, data models, business process maps, and troubleshooting guidelines. A complete list of these resources is in the preface of About These PeopleBooks, with information on where to find the most up-to-date version of each.