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Quantum Human Capital Management (QHCM)

QHCM Project User Fair

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Get Ready for Quantum HCM Go-Live on October 27, 2025!

  Quantum HCM Project User Fair!

  August 12, 2025, from 10 A.M. – 2 P.M.

  Elm Ballrooms, SMC Campus Center

Please join us to preview UMB’s brand-new employee system, Quantum Human Capital Management (QHCM), going live on October 27, 2025!  The user fair will provide information about the new employee system, answer your questions, demonstrate the new system, and provide instructions for training and go-live. 

Explore topics relevant to you and get essential answers to your questions from system experts.

Drop in anytime and open to all UMB employees!

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Quantum Human Capital Management (QHCM) Project Go-Live Announcement 

The Quantum HCM project team is pleased to provide an important update on the QHCM Project. The new Go-Live date for the QHCM Project is set for October 27, 2025. This extension will ensure that the system is fully optimized by: 

 

  • Offering the UMB community more opportunities to become acquainted with the upcoming changes, helping users adapt to changes, and providing departments more time to plan for them. 
  • Enhancing reporting and analytics capabilities, i.e., creating and testing comprehensive reports, gaining valuable insights, and having more time for user engagement and enhancing the quality of reports. 
  • Finalizing a custom solution for labor distribution to be used when entering complex labor schedules. 
  • Building in the changes needed as a result of the AFSCME contract agreement. 
  • Providing more time for preparing and delivering training. 
  • Adding additional test cycles to ensure seamless integration of the new system with our payroll processes. 

 

We are committed to maintaining transparency and will keep you informed of the project's progress and other engagement activities throughout the remaining time of system implementation.   

 

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Quantum HCM Project User Fair

The Quantum Human Capital Management (QHCM) project team held a user fair on Monday, November 11, 2024 in the Elm Ballrooms at the SMC Campus Center.

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Quantum HCM Project

To find out why our sponsors are so excited about the Quantum HCM Project, click here.

Quantum HCM (QHCM) is University of Maryland Baltimore’s (UMB) replacement for the current PeopleSoft eUMB on premise Human Resources Management System. Due to the many limitations of the PeopleSoft HRMS, UMB will replace the aging system with the modern technology of Oracle Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) system that will meet UMB’s unique business needs.

This new system has the capability to manage the life cycle of an employee including the ability to administer wellness benefits, administer leave, offer professional development and training, and performance management with automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration. Quantum HCM will integrate into a single platform that will bring the current Quantum Financials & Analytics and Planning & Budgeting systems used today into a single platform.

Learn more about Quantum HCM below:

 

Quantum HCM Project Strategic Benefits for UMB

Implementing Oracle’s HCM (human capital management) solution will provide an improved HR and Payroll system experience for everyone at UMB. The campus will benefit as the Quantum HCM project delivers an HR / Payroll system that is fully integrated with Quantum Financials, Quantum Analytics and Quantum Planning and Budgeting, giving UMB the flexibility to grow its systems as needed to accommodate a changing workforce and budgetary landscape. An HCM AI-powered chatbot will provide more efficient end-user issue resolution and the built-in guided learning will reduce in person training needs.

Leaders will gain access to analytical data about their employee population to aid in decision making.  Position management, just one of the new modules in the HCM suite, will give leaders the ability to track vacancies.

Employees will have increased access to their information such as salary, paychecks and organization structure within self-service. This will give them transparency and autonomy to make empowered decisions for an improved employee experience. Oracle HCM will give candidates and new hires a new streamlined recruitment through onboarding process so UMB can attract and hire faculty and staff more efficiently and provide a good employee experience from day one!

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Modern Technology

Oracle HCM is a robust, modern, integrated SaaS (cloud-based) human resources and payroll system that will provide ongoing improved access to innovative technology.  UMB will have the ability to adopt new functionality every quarter via Oracle’s application releases, leveraging Oracle's expansive development team to not only maintain and secure but also consistently enhance and improve the system. Bringing key HR and Payroll functions together with our Financial Accounting ones into a single enterprise solution will allow UMB to gain efficiency in processing and reporting.

Fusion Data Intelligence

For the first time ever, UMB will have summarized dashboards for HR information. HCM Analytics delivers 33 dashboards which cover key HR areas. Some examples of those dashboards include Turnover Analysis, Talent Acquisition, Workforce Composition and Heat Maps which can be leveraged by UMB’s leadership and management teams to identify patterns and trends.

Oracle Digital Assistance

Oracle Digital Assistant (ODA) is an AI-powered tool with support "skills" designed to make life easier and more convenient. It utilizes natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to provide task assistance to support Employee Self-Service, Manager Self-Service, Hiring Managers, and Employee Candidates queries.​ A chatbot will provide UMB specific system responses to guide users to information upon their request.

Oracle Guided Learning

On demand step-by-step guidance as campus users navigate and complete tasks with timely, in-context support to ensure the information they need to perform their tasks is easily available.  This will reduce UMB training needs and improve end-user experience.

Payroll

With Oracle HCM Labor and Fringe Costs Adjustments will be posted daily to the General Ledger and be visible the next day in Quantum Analytics. Currently campus users must wait for the next pay period to see the changes post in Analytics.

Encumbrances

Burden Encumbrances on Salary and Fringe will be provided within the application. This eliminates the need for campus users to do those calculations outside of the system.

Onboarding

Improved New Hire Experience through Onboarding Journeys, which are a collection of key tasks for new employees and UMB departments to complete. New hires will have step-by-step instructions for tasks linked directly to their new role at UMB. They will be able to view the status of those tasks and quickly scan for incomplete items that need their attention.

Recruiting and Onboarding

Oracle HCM will streamline the recruitment and onboarding process, helping UMB to attract, hire, and onboard top talent faster and more effectively. This helps reduce time-to-hire and improve the overall candidate experience.

Talent Management

With Oracle HCM, UMB managers will be able to create personalized development plans for employees, set goals, and regularly track performance. This can lead to improved employee productivity, engagement, and retention.

Position Management

Position Management in HR and Position based Budgeting integrated with Quantum Planning & Budgeting will provide the campus with data & tools to further enhance budget forecasting & planning. Oracle HCM will provide employees with self-service portals to manage their personal information, time-off requests, and performance reviews. This level of transparency and empowerment can boost employee satisfaction and retention.

Why is UMB changing to Quantum HCM?

 

Aging Technology

Application & Infrastructure: PeopleSoft and the on-premises server infrastructure is aging.

Functionality

Current PeopleSoft: Application functionality is limited. The last upgrade was in 2014 and before that in 2002-2003.

Advancement

Cloud Applications: We are looking into the present and the future! Companies, including Oracle, are no longer investing in or selling applications that run on-premises infrastructures.

Opportunities

Contemporary Services: Oracle Cloud will bring new opportunities for “people management” and for delivering contemporary new HR-related solutions and services to the entire UMB community.  

Quantum HCM In-Scope Modules

The HCM scope of work for Quantum HCM will focus on the design, development, and configuration across the following HR and Payroll functional areas.

Recruiting Compensation

Talent

Management

 Learning

Onboarding/

Offboarding

Labor

Distribution

 Core HR Payroll
Absence

Reporting and

Analytics

Position

Management

 Benefits
Time & Labor Digital Assistant

Oracle Guided

Learning

Planning

& Budgeting

Contact

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