The CMS solution, known as the Common Management System, is a CSU system wide application project that mandated all 23 campuses to replace legacy administrative software with Common Human Resources System (CHRS), Common Financial System (CFS) and Campus Solutions (formerly known as Student Administration). The mission of the CSU's CMS solution is to provide efficient, effective and high quality service to students, faculty and staff. CMS is an Oracle/PeopleSoft software application, fully web-based, running on common hardware shared by all CSUs. The CMS system has been under active and continuous development since 1999. The first module developed was Human Resources, followed by Financials and Student Administration. The first campus began using the entire CMS system (Financials, Human Resources and Student Administration) in 2002. The system is now being used by all campuses.
Cal State L.A. was a pioneer in the use of PeopleSoft software. Our campus acquired PeopleSoft in the mid-1990's as the basis for our Golden Eagle Territory (GET) system for student administration. Our success with this software helped influence the decision by the Chancellor's Office to use PeopleSoft throughout the CSU.
If you would like to know more about the CMS project, you can visit the CSU internal website, CSYOU, at http://csyou.calstate.edu/. Log in with your MyCalStateLA ID account. Under Projects and Initiatives, click on Common Management System (CMS).