HR Technology
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Relationship Management II – Managing Expectations
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Last week I wrote, in part, about outsourced service providers’ client satisfaction programs which monitor how satisfied clients are with performance. At any given point in time, there are a number of clients who don’t believe their service providers are meeting, let alone exceeding, expectations. What causes dissatisfaction? Of course, it’s easy to say that…
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Top HR Technology Vendors by Function
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I always have my list of top vendors, but it’s nice to see what the surveys are saying as well. For HRMS, this lines up 100% with what I always thought domestically for enterprise HRMS. (see chart at bottom of page) Peoplesoft ADP Enterprise SAP Oracle/Lawson (tied) ((CedarCrestone 2005 Workforce Technologies and Service Delivery Approaches…
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ExcellerateHRO Ranked An HRO Leader
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I thought it interesting that ExcellerateHRO was recently ranked a leader among the HRO vendors. Recently winning their first large contract with Cardinal Helath, they may have more coming.. “Being one of the most global of all HR BPO providers, ExcellerateHRO’s portfolio of services allows clients to leverage our geographic reach, technical expertise and depth…
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Online Dating Applied to HR Technology
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Sometimes there’s a post so thought provoking it just begs to be blogged: In my last post I wrote that online dating services would show us where online recruiting was headed. I believe this to be the case because they are both expressions of the same basic problem: how do I find a person who…
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SAP Mid Market HR Offering
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I ran across this company offering a mid market SAP offering. The HCM LaunchSuite™ solution provides essential SAP HR functionality for SMB clients including: managing HR master data, integrated whole-enterprise solution, security and SOX compliance with separation of duties, organizational hierarchy mapping and reporting, ADP payroll interface, integrated employee time entry, and 50 key business…
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Mid Market HRMS – The Players
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I’ve long ignored mid market HRMS – to some of your dismay as many of you have e-mailed to me. Here’s my list of players in no particular order: Abra Suite – In here mostly because they are the dominant player in the small market and have captured significant market share in the mid market…
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Relationship Management – Part I
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Back in January, Double Dubs posted an article titled Vendor or Client – Who’s Fault Is It? The question is not an academic one, as companies spend a combined fortune greater than the GDP of many countries in search of the seemingly elusive quality service they and their employees so richly deserve. What is really…
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HR Technology Functional Utilization
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Looking at CedarCrestone (of Cedar Group fame) and their survey of HCM applications, it’s interesting to see the trends of what everyone is using, what they will be using, and how these trends debunk current myths and assumptions we (or I) may have about the marketplace. First, it’s incredibly surprising to me that training enrollment…
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Vendor Selection the Wrong Way
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After a week of ERP, I thought this was a humorous way to select a vendor. There are times that I can difinitively say “that’s wrong” and this is one of them. The premise of this vendor is that small and medium sized vendors would do better with a regional or local payroll provider as…
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Oracle Fusion point counterpoint
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Over at the Parallax blog, a wonderful evaluation of Oracle Fusion and in it, some nice comparisons between Oracle Fusion and SAP NetWeaver. Myth #1: Fusion is a Bad Idea: But both Oracle and SAP sounded the alarm long before most other companies even knew they were in icy waters. In fact, both SAP and…
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SAP and Oracle ERP News
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So who’s winning the ERP war? SAP has stronger market momentum, better articulated value for next-generation apps, and a better partnership strategy than Oracle. But Oracle’s strong middleware platform and greater support of standards make it a better choice than SAP for customers who will rely on custom development as well as packaged apps. ((John…
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Oracle versus SAP – 2008
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I’m pretty comfortable giving my stack ranking of current enteprrise HR vendors. PeopleSoft HR, SAP HR and then Oracle might make the list. Everyone else in my opinion is a tier 2. (Oracle might be a tier 2, but We’ll let them in since they are in the article title). The environment becomes more interesting…
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HRMS Implementation? or just Outsource?
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After writing about the #1 and #2 factors for successful implementations last week, I received this comment from Eric on the ability of smaller organizations to understand and focus on good business process. Eric’s comment linked back to a post on his site called “Another Reason Why HR Should Be Totally Outsourced?” and being the…
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The #2 Factor for Successful HRMS Implementation
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Success factor #2? Well, once again, it’s not about the vendor. It’s about you as a client implementing a solution. #2 is your internal governance. We reflected on it briefly in the prior article, but governance is really the definition of vision, the executive sponsorship and the infrastructure on decision making. Of those 3 factors,…
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The #1 Factor for Successful HRMS Implementation
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Every HRMS vendor on the face of this earth will assert increased productivity, enhanced process efficiency and a plethroa of other incredible benefits your company will attain by purchasing and implementing their software. Each one of them is probably correct to some degree depending both on their software and your current state of activities. If…
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Authoria Introduces Recruiting
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Authoria Recruiting is big news simply because it expands the reach of the talent management suite. Most vendors claiming to be TMS have either been talent acquisition without the rest, or talent management without the aquisition. Recruitmax was the notable exception for a long time, but with Kenexa buying WebHire, Authoria releasing Authoria Recruiting, Taleo…
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Hot HR Issues – Part 2
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The Conference Board of Canada did an interview with Dave Ulrich where he stated “the 21st century will belong to human resources and to organizational capabilities.” ((Thanks to Romain of unknow origin for pointing me to the Conference Board of CA’s website an a comment here)) ((The Conference Board of Canada, August 2004. “Hot HR…
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Implementation Critical Success factors
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Eric Kimberling recently wrote about increasing success factors in an ERP implementation ((Thanks to the Oracle Apps Blog for pointing this one out.)) Each section has Eric’s personal commentary, but here’s the list without it. Link to his article for the full version please. Focus on business processes and requirements first. Focus on achieving a…
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Responsibility – Part 2
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How does your HR organization take responsibility for nurturing your high potentials? Launch a formal, high-level succession-planning conference for senior executives facilitated by corporate HR and outside experts; outline the leadership development process; and cascade it through the company. Create leadership development programs that fill holes in your company’s talent portfolio to ensure a deep…
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RSS SOA and the Future of HR Technology
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When my opinion is solicited, I give it freely. But first I should not there is a synopsis of the discussion as it stands today at the bottom of this post. Posts in this discussion: Enterprise RSS, Web 2.0 and HR by Thomas Otter When Will HR Catch Onto the Wave? by Michael Specht In…