At BLUEPRINT 4D 2025, Oracle’s PeopleSoft team delivered an in-depth update on the Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM) roadmap, packed with exciting new features and enhancements aimed at improving efficiency, user experience, and business insight. With a strong focus on customer success, the session offered a comprehensive look at recent innovations, future plans, and the evolving capabilities of the PeopleSoft ERP platform.

Highlights from the Past Year

Since the last conference, Oracle delivered two major image updates—Image 52 in November and Image 53 in April—introducing nearly 150 new features across FSCM. These updates reflect extensive customer input gathered through more than 50 focus groups, ensuring that enhancements align with real-world business needs.

Some notable customer-driven improvements included:

• Streamlined procurement and contract processes
• Enhanced global search and configurable work centers
• Expansion of actionable insights through embedded analytics
• Greater fluid user experience across modules

With Image 54 scheduled for July 2025 and Image 55 (built on PeopleTools 8.62) arriving in December, the roadmap is well-defined and actively evolving.

Customer Success in Action

One of the session’s highlights was a success story from PowerSouth. Their approach to annual upgrades, integrated HCM and FSCM environments, and heavy use of PeopleSoft Test Framework (with 1,000+ automated tests) has led to streamlined operations and significant time savings.

PowerSouth detailed how they:

• Unified approvals across HCM and FSCM
• Leveraged fluid work centers and global search for efficiency
• Began transitioning traditional reports into modern, visual insights dashboards
• Implemented electronic, paperless business processes using fluid pages and approvals
• Reimagined procure-to-pay approvals, reducing redundancy and improving user experience

Work Management: Prioritizing What Matters

A standout new feature is Work Management, introduced in Image 53. This enhancement builds on the power of work centers by allowing users to assign, categorize, and comment on high-volume transactions—like vouchers or invoices—directly within the system. The result: better workload prioritization, full audit history, and a streamlined, collaborative workflow.

Work Management is currently available in areas like payables, expenses, commitment control, and contracts, with more enhancements on the way—including history archiving and cross-user assignment features.

Embedded Insights: Smarter Decisions, Faster

Oracle continues to expand Insights, embedding operational dashboards directly into work centers to support data-driven decision-making. These interactive dashboards allow users to slice and dice information (e.g., view all unmatched invoices or analyze billing by source) and take immediate action—eliminating the need to export data to spreadsheets or external tools.

New insights are being introduced regularly, including for match exceptions and procurement, and Oracle is seeding a variety of pre-built analytics while encouraging customers to create their own using delivered tools.

Key Enhancements Across FSCM

Several functional updates stood out for their impact on day-to-day operations:

• Virtual Payment Cards: A new supplier payment method integrated with banks, offering streamlined digital disbursements and reconciliation.
• Match Exception Collaboration Center: Improved performance and summarized views for high-volume match exception scenarios.
• Procurement Contracts Update Utility: Enables mass updates to contract pricing with built-in validation and version control.
• Fluid eProcurement Enhancements: Amazon-like cart UX, priority flags for rush orders, and automation for bill-only requisitions.
• Supplier Portal Security: Multi-question validation for external supplier access, adding an extra layer of protection.
• Asset Scanning with Mobile Devices: QR/barcode scanning via mobile camera for real-time asset identification and tracking.
• Contract & Award Update Wizard: A simplified, step-by-step interface for bulk updates to key contract data.

A Modern Landing Page Experience

Coming in Image 55, the FSCM homepage is getting a Redwood-inspired redesign with a modern, UX-driven landing page. This flexible framework allows organizations to customize layout, colors, and content—replacing the “wall of tiles” with dynamic sections for announcements, approvals, insights, and task guidance. It’s a user-centric approach that blends aesthetics with function, enhancing engagement and usability.

Looking Ahead

The roadmap for PeopleSoft FSCM is both ambitious and customer-centric. Key focus areas include:

• Expanding interactive insights and work center integration
• Improving user experience through fluid redesigns and consolidated notifications
• Enhancing automation via frameworks like approval routing and agent configurator
• Continuing regulatory updates, such as 1099 formatting and international eInvoicing compliance

As PeopleSoft continues to evolve, the message is clear: customers play a pivotal role in shaping the future. With consistent updates every four months, a growing library of innovations, and a strong partnership between Oracle and its users, the PeopleSoft platform remains a powerful, modern ERP solution.

Want more?

Explore more content and resources to help you get the most from your PeopleSoft investment:

• Be sure to check out the BLUEPRINT 4D 2025 Event Hub for presentation slides – available exclusively to Quest members.
• Visit the Quest Learn Library  for blogs, how-to demos, and on-demand sessions.
• Connect with peers in one of our Quest PeopleSoft Community User Groups to swap stories, ask questions, and share tips with other users facing the same challenges.

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