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Tru Consulting Expands Services to Include Workday ERP Support 

 

Helping Higher Education and Public Sector Organizations Get More from Their Enterprise Systems 

Many higher education and public sector organizations have invested heavily in Workday ERP, yet still struggle to realize its full potential after go-live. To better support our clients across their enterprise technology landscape, Tru Consulting is expanding our services to include Workday ERP advisory, implementation support, and post-go-live support services. 

This expansion allows Tru to provide organizations with a single strategic partner for both operational systems and planning environments—combining industry leading ERP with Workday, best-in-class EPM with Anaplan, and Tru’s deep domain expertise as a strategic advisor. 

Our goal is clear: help mission-driven organizations connect their operational and planning systems so leaders can make better, faster, and more confident decisions. 

 

Tru Workday ERP Support Services 

Many organizations have invested significantly in Workday ERP—but still face challenges realizing its full value. Tru helps higher education and public sector organizations plan, implement, and optimize Workday more effectively, with a focus on: 

  • Financials 
  • Human Capital Management (HCM) 
  • Payroll / Time / Absence / Scheduling 
  • Data & Integrations (including Workday–Anaplan) 

We act as your client-side advocate and strategic partner, ensuring Workday truly works for your organization—before, during, and after implementation. 

  

Why Clients Partner with Tru for Workday 

100% Higher Education & Public Sector Focus 

Tru works exclusively with higher education and public sector organizations. We understand the realities of: 

  • Complex fund structures 
  • Human Capital Management  
  • Grants accounting 
  • Compliance and regulatory reporting 
  • Decentralized organizations and shared services 
  • Complex approvals and governance frameworks 

 

This experience allows us to design Workday processes that actually reflect how organizations operate. 

  

Powered by Deep Workday & EPM Expertise 

Tru’s Workday services are led by Delivery Director, Edgar Contreras, a Workday-certified expert with more than 11 years of ERP experience and 7+ years specifically with Workday, including higher education and public sector implementations. 

Additionally, Tru is a recognized leader in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) as Anaplan’s #1 Public Sector implementation partner. Tru has deep, proven expertise integrating Workday and Anaplan environments. At the center of this capability is our proprietary data integration framework enabling seamless, bi-directional data flow across Workday and Anaplan systems. 

Built and refined through dozens of client implementations, this data integration framework accelerates time to value while reducing the strain on internal IT resources. By streamlining integration and minimizing custom development, it ensures planning and operational systems stay fully connected—so teams can focus less on managing data and more on making decisions. 

  

Supporting Organizations Across the Entire Workday Journey 

Tru provides support across every stage of the Workday lifecycle: 

Before Implementation

  • Business case development and program scope definition 
  • Evaluation of Workday modules and implementation partners 
  • Governance framework design 
  • Organizational readiness and data assessments 

 

Outcome: A well-governed Workday program aligned with institutional priorities. 

During Implementation   

  • Client-side advisory and PMO support 
  • Staff augmentation for functional, technical, and reporting roles 
  • Guidance on critical design decisions affecting reporting, compliance, and security 

  

Outcome: Better decisions during implementation and fewer surprises at go-live. 

  

After Go-Live 

  • Application Managed Services (AMS) 
  • Workday release management and feature adoption 
  • Enhancements to reporting, workflows, and security 
  • Phase X deployments for expansion into additional processes post initial go live 
  • Data strategy and integration services, including Workday–Anaplan connectivity 

  

Outcome: A stable, continuously improving Workday environment that evolves with your institution. 

  

A Connected Future for Institutional Systems 

“Many of our clients have asked us to extend our partnership beyond planning and budgeting into their core operational systems,” said Mela Fezzey, CEO of Tru Consulting. “We’ve invested in the people and infrastructure needed to support our clients as they build toward a fully connected future state—where operational systems and planning systems work seamlessly together to support better decisions.” 

“Workday is an incredibly powerful platform, but realizing its full value requires thoughtful governance, design, and ongoing support,” said Edgar Contreras, Delivery Director at Tru Consulting. “Our role is to advocate for the institution and ensure Workday continues delivering value long after go-live.” 

By bringing together Workday ERP, Anaplan EPM, and Tru’s strategic advisory expertise, institutions can modernize both operations and planning—creating more transparent, resilient, and well-run organizations. 

  

About Tru Consulting

Tru Consulting helps higher education and public-sector institutions strengthen financial planning and decision-making through connected planning and modern enterprise systems. Leveraging the Anaplan platform, Workday ERP, and extensive industry experience, we unify budgeting, forecasting, planning, operational systems, and reporting into cohesive environments leaders can trust. Working alongside our clients, we replace fragmented processes with clarity that supports confident decisions, stronger alignment, and results that endure the test of time. 

Learn more at truconsulting.com 

  

About Workday

Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, human resources, planning, and analytics. Organizations worldwide rely on Workday to help manage their people, money, and operations on a single secure platform. 

Learn more at workday.com 

  

About Anaplan 

Anaplan is the leading scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today’s complex environment. By connecting data, people, and plans across organizations, Anaplan enables leaders to anticipate change and align strategy with outcomes. 

Learn more at anaplan.com