{"id":625,"date":"2006-11-21T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=625"},"modified":"2006-11-21T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2006-11-22T04:46:01","slug":"cedar-crestone-hcm-survey-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=625","title":{"rendered":"Cedar Crestone HCM Survey 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cedar recently released their 2006 HCM survey with some interesting results and interpretations.  I\u2019m not going to regurgitate their findings, but here are a few items I though worth thinking about.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Five applications cause operating income growth among publicly traded respondent organizations (manager self service, career development, workforce measurement, talent acquisition, and performance management solutions). \u00a0 ((Cedar Creston 2006 HCM Survey, 9<sup>th<\/sup> Edition.  Page 8.  Retrived from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cedarcrestone.com\/whitepapers.php\">http:\/\/www.cedarcrestone.com\/whitepapers.php<\/a> on November 13, 2006.))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I found it interesting that Cedar decided to use the phrasing \u201ccause operating income growth.\u201d  Certainly MSS, measurement, career development talent and performance solutions will all save some money, drive efficiencies and probably improve operating income growth in downstream activities, but I\u2019m not sure there\u2019s a tight and direct causal effect between these activities and operating income.  I\u2019ll admit that it\u2019s probably a good guess, but the direct quantitative evidence of this might need a bit of development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As I\u2019ve noted before, organizations deploying these types of software early are often on top of other streategic measures that other organizations lag behind on.  So I certainly think there\u2019s a correlation between the strategic and operational focus of an organization and their operating income growth, but that doesn\u2019t mean that any of the individual components of the tactical deployments are directly related with that growth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oracle\/PeopleSoft (Enterprise HCM) continues as the most used vendor solution of most respondents, except time and attendance where Kronos leads. In the next 12 months, however, PeopleSoft solutions will lead in all categories, indicating a pronounced move towards a single vendor, integrated solution for all HCM needs.\u00a0  ((Ibid))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I\u2019m not buying this one at all.  While I haven\u2019t personally been doing industry surveys, from what I\u2019ve seen, PeopleSoft is in no position to really grow their market penetration.  Perhaps the combination of Oracle\/PeopleSoft, but I don\u2019t see that happening either \u2013 especially in the time and attendance space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The other issue with this is that I don\u2019t buy that there is a general move to single vendor integrated solutions, and I\u2019m fairly certain the guys representing talent management and talent acquisition solutions would agree with me.  Total sales at the ERP\u2019s for these modules has seemed to lag the point solutions (at least to me).  The problem here is that Cedar defined their technologies as core HCM, benefits, payroll, timekeeping, and self service \u2013 obviously too narrow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over the years of publishing our survey white paper, we have watched early adopters improve organizational performance in successive ways. First, they achieved administrative excellence with their core HR record keeping systems, which are then upgraded to maintain best practices. Next, service delivery excellence is reached with self service, portals, call centers, and service centers. Today, more strategic applications such as talent management, eLearning, performance management, and compensation management are helping organizations acquire, develop, measure, and retain key talent.\u00a0  ((Ibid))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I actually really liked this continuum of HR technology adoption and optimization.  For once, I think someone else is spot on.  What I\u2019d be weary of is the assumption that a great many organizations are that on top of their service delivery strategies.  I think in many organizations people are tackling service delivery at the same time as their talent strategies, and this is ok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">All in all, Cedar\u2019s study is a great read (if you\u2019re a masochist like me).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cedar recently released their 2006 HCM survey with some interesting results and interpretations. I\u2019m not going to regurgitate their findings, but here are a few items I though worth thinking about. 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