May 20, 2013
Skillsoft Marks 10th Anniversary of its Groundbreaking Learning Growth Model
If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
NASHUA, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Marking the 10-year anniversary of its Learning Growth Model®, Skillsoft introduced an updated whitepaper that illustrates the transformation of training into learning and includes the most recent innovations in the learning industry. Initially developed in 2003 to help organizations chart a realistic direction on their path to learning optimization, the five-stage model aligns learning with strategic business goals, leading to increased cost savings, productivity, performance, employee retention and competitive advantage. A new infographic was also developed that outlines the latest version of the Learning Growth Model and is available at: http://on.fb.me/14HOiic. Skillsoft is a pioneer in the field of technology-delivered learning with a long history of innovation and delivering solutions for its customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and education to mid-sized and small businesses.
The Learning Growth Model is detailed in Skillsoft’s whitepaper, The Skillsoft Learning Growth Model: A Blueprint for Integrating Learning into the Life of the Enterprise in Five Manageable Stages. The whitepaper presents a clear business value for linking learning to organizational business goals to increase the value and impact of the learning program. Organizations can learn how to transform learning from skills-focused training to business-focused learning that aligns with strategic business goals and provides a greater business value. A key phase in this process is reaching strategic transformation, which is the minimal position for all organizations that seek to align learning to business goals and are focused on building the optimum transfer of learning into the workplace.
“Developing talent is an organizational imperative as the demand for innovative, leading edge talent is intensifying with no sign of slowing down. Industry experts estimate that 55-80 percent of what people learn is lost or not applied to the job. This puts pressure on organizations to justify the time and resources they dedicate to learning,” said John Ambrose, senior vice president, strategy, corporate development and emerging business, Skillsoft. “By closely correlating a learning program with tangible business goals, organizations can improve knowledge retention and document a return on their learning investment. Our whitepaper and infographic are excellent tools for guidance through this process, which transforms basic training into integrated learning.”
The five stages of the Skillsoft Learning Growth Model are:
Stage 1 – Supplement. In this stage, elearning is introduced to address scalability challenges and reduce costs. New elearning resources address a backlog of demand for skills-based training that could not be delivered via traditional methods due to high costs. Reduced travel costs, design and development costs, instructor time and learners’ time away from work all contribute to significant cost savings.
Stage 2 – Targeted. During stage two, targeted learning begins to support specific initiatives and job roles. This stage expands earlier results and provides elearning in new workplace areas. Elearning resources replace redundant classroom training, which further reduces learning costs. Executive support typically increases during this stage of the Learning Growth Model.
Stage 3 – Strategic. Learning is aligned to strategic business objectives and begins to connect to talent management to increase the value and impact of learning during stage three. This is the most pivotal stage in the Learning Growth Model and marks the transformation from skills-focused training to business-focused learning and is a major point of change into a new learning paradigm.
Stage 4 – Integrated. Stage four is marked by increasing talent and accelerating organizational agility. Organizations that reach this stage have successfully woven learning into the fabric of the organization. Learning is focused on accelerating business results, deepening the talent pool and creating an agile, empowering, productive and creative organization.
Stage 5 – Optimized. Organizations at the optimized stage have fully matured and are focused on deepening talent and broadening learning to the extended enterprise. Elearning is branched out to the organization’s supply chain, customers, etc. Learning has become globally ubiquitous and seamlessly integrates into the workplace.
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May 17, 2013
If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management HCM System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
MAD Greens — Inspired Eats, a fresh concept on salads based in Colorado, and PeopleMatter, the only comprehensive HR Platform designed for the service industry, recently released ROI results from their partnership in streaming the company’s HR processes. In July 2011, MAD Greens selected PeopleMatter’s automated tools to streamline the entire hiring process into one online Platform. In nine months, the company tracked a 50 percent reduction in manager time spend while increasing data accuracy and ensuring 100 percent compliance.
Prior to implementing PeopleMatter talent management solutions, MAD Greens used paper-based hiring. The growing company struggled to complete required paperwork in a timely fashion. With a small executive staff the greater challenge was ensuring accuracy while tracking requirements, deadlines and updates. With PeopleMatter in place, the restaurant chain could use one central, online location to input, process and store information.
“At MAD Greens, we all wear a lot of hats and it is hard to find time for everything,” said Marley Hodgson, MAD Greens CEO and co-founder. “Taking care of your staff is a full-time job but we don’t always have that luxury. PeopleMatter essentially acts like another team member and that’s critical.”
One of the staffing challenges MAD Greens faced early on was assessing applicants to ensure consistency in hiring decisions. It was a time issue, managers didn’t have time to do the process efficiently. The entire hiring and onboarding process could take up to two weeks. PeopleMatter HIRE™ cut the processing time down to three days and the managers’ time spent on hiring in half. The software also allows the “MAD” company to put a little of its culture into the online onboarding process. Hodgson actually took the time to film a welcoming video for employees to be introduced to the MAD Greens mission.
“It’s a consolidated Platform, helping increase operational efficiency and providing a place our company culture can reside as much as possible on the Internet,” said Hodgson. “It’s really nice when I walk in a store and a new hire says, ‘Hey, I just watched a video of you welcoming me.’”
For MAD Greens, the number one benefit from using PeopleMatter solutions is the accuracy of the data. The “scary proposition” of company audits are in the past. Now the simplicity of the Platform ensures that the restaurant chain’s information is 80 percent more accurate and in an easy-to-access location.
“The PeopleMatter Platform is designed well and clearly thought out,” said Hodgson. “Lots of systems say they are simple, this one actually is. And simplicity is where it is at in our business.”
“Working with exceptional people who believe in your corporate mission is what makes serving our clients so satisfying,” said Nate DaPore, PeopleMatter president and CEO. “MAD Greens is really using the software the way it is meant to be used.”
For more information on PeopleMatter, please visit www.peoplematter.com
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May 16, 2013
Proven Executive to Leverage Experience in Building Businesses for Growth and Success
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – May 7, 2013 – Saba (OTC Pink: SABA), the premier provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, announced today the appointment of Mark W. Robinson as Chief Financial Officer. Saba anticipates that Mr. Robinson will assume his new position with the Company on or prior to June 3, 2013. In this role, Mr. Robinson will report to the Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Robinson brings to Saba 25 years of executive leadership experience in building a range of technology companies. He joins Saba after spending nearly five years with Calypso Technology, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer for this multinational software and professional services company. Prior to joining Calypso Technology, Inc., he served as Chief Financial Officer of Discus Dental, a manufacturer of consumer goods and medical devices. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Q Comm International, a leader in prepaid telecommunication products. He also served in several other management roles at companies including Prometrix/KLA-Tencor and Hewlett Packard Corporation.
“Mark brings deep experience from technology companies and important leadership skills that will help drive the planning and execution of our immediate and long-term financial strategies,” said Shawn Farshchi, interim Chief Executive Officer of Saba. “He is joining at a pivotal point in our evolution. His experience will prove invaluable as we aim to expand our reach into new markets and penetrate key segments.”
Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Robinson said, “This is an exciting time to be joining Saba. The company is executing on its cloud product strategy for next-generation talent management solutions, is led by a talented team and is positioned to address very attractive markets. I am energized by the challenge and look forward to contributing to the company’s success.”
Mr. Robinson earned his M.B.A. and B.S. in Finance & Marketing from The University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
About Saba
Saba (OTC Pink: SABA) enables global organizations to build a transformative workplace that leverages the advent of social networking in business and the ubiquity of mobile to empower an organization’s most mission-critical assets – its people. The company provides a set of people-centric enterprise solutions to various businesses and industries worldwide. Saba delivers cloud-based learning, performance, planning and collaboration solutions to transform the way people work.
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May 16, 2013
Cornerstone OnDemand Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
- Record quarterly revenue of $37.7 million, up 57% year-over-year
- Record quarterly gross profit of $26.4 million, up 54% year-over-year
- Record first quarter bookings of $35.9 million, up 50% year-over-year1
- Ended the quarter with over 1,300 clients and over 11 million users2
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — May 1, 2013 — Talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSOD) today announced results for its quarter ended March 31, 2013.
Revenue for the first quarter of 2013 was $37.7 million, representing a 57% increase compared to the same period in 2012.
Bookings, which the Company defines as gross revenue plus the change in deferred revenue for the period, were $35.9 million for the first quarter of 2013, representing a 50% increase compared to the same period in 2012.1 Deferred revenue at March 31, 2013 was $90.5 million, representing a 62% increase compared to the balance at March 31, 2012.
“As our results demonstrate, the momentum at Cornerstone has continued unabated,” said Adam Miller, the Company’s President and CEO. “Even with our success, we have addressed just a fraction of the estimated 400 million potential global seats for our software, leaving us with an enormous market opportunity ahead. Through the continued build out of our global distribution capabilities across segments, geographies and verticals, we believe we are well-positioned to capture that opportunity.”
Gross profit for the first quarter of 2013 was $26.4 million, representing a 54% year-over-year increase compared to the same period in 2012. Non-GAAP gross profit for the first quarter of 2013 was $27.3 million, representing a 54% year-over-year increase compared to the same period in 2012.1 Gross margin for the first quarter of 2013 was 70.1%. On a non-GAAP basis, gross margin for the first quarter was 72.2%.1
The Company’s net loss for the first quarter of 2013 was $9.9 million, or $0.20 net loss per share. Non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2013 was $5.3 million, or $0.10 net loss per share.1
At March 31, 2013, the Company’s total cash and cash equivalents were $76.2 million and accounts receivable were $37.2 million, yielding a total of approximately $113.4 million.
The Company ended the quarter with over 1,300 clients and over 11 million users.2
1. Bookings, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP net loss per share are non-GAAP financial measures. Please see the discussion in the section “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the reconciliations at the end of this release.
2. Includes contracted clients and active users of any combination of our cloud-based solutions, excluding Cornerstone Small Business Solution, or “CSB”.
Quarterly Conference Call
Cornerstone OnDemand will host a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2013 results at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) today. A live audio webcast of the conference call, together with detailed financial information, can be accessed through the company’s Investor Relations Web site athttp://investors.cornerstoneondemand.com/events.cfm. The live call can be accessed by dialing (888) 359-3624 (U.S.) or (719) 325-2361 (outside the U.S.) and referencing passcode: 5136257. A replay of the call will also be available at http://investors.cornerstoneondemand.com/events.cfm or via telephone until 11:59 p.m. PT on May 5, 2013 by dialing (888) 203-1112 (U.S.) or (719) 457-0820 (outside the U.S.), and referencing passcode: 5136257.
About Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. is a leading global provider of comprehensive talent management solutions delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). We enable organizations to meet the challenges they face in empowering their people and maximizing the productivity of their human capital. Our core solution consists of the Cornerstone Recruiting Cloud, the Cornerstone Performance Cloud, the Cornerstone Learning Cloud and the Cornerstone Extended Enterprise Cloud. In addition to our core solution, we offer Cornerstone for Small Business and Cornerstone for Salesforce. Our clients use our solutions to source and recruit top talent, develop employees throughout their careers, engage employees effectively, improve business execution, cultivate future leaders, and integrate with their external networks of customers, vendors and distributors. We currently empower more than 11 million users across 190 countries and in 41 languages. www.csod.com
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May 15, 2013
WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, announced today that three companies — Advanced Health Media, Credit Union of Texas, and Karl Strauss Brewing Company — have chosen Ultimate Software’s cloud-based UltiPro solution to consolidate HR processes, deliver better and faster reporting, improve accuracy of workforce information with one master system of record for employees, and increase overall efficiencies.
Many organizations rely on multiple systems, paper forms, and disparate databases to manage, track, and plan a range of vital HR and talent management functions. Some businesses also use external services and payroll service bureaus, which can add additional levels of complexities and difficulties. Frequent business challenges include redundant effort; cumbersome and often inaccurate reporting; inconsistent or incomplete data that requires reconciliation; and confusion among stakeholders about which source of information is truly accurate. As a result, the productivity of HR declines, systems administration takes precedence over strategic initiatives, and the lack of efficiencies impacts the overall business.
Many organizations are using UltiPro’s comprehensive HCM functionality and capabilities to address these issues as well as expand the strategic contributions of their HR teams.
Advanced Health Media, LLC, is the leading global provider of technology-enabled services designed to manage compliant interactions with healthcare professionals for the highly regulated pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries. The service provider had been using multiple systems provided by a payroll service bureau, but often experienced issues with a lack of integration, inaccurate or delayed reporting, as well as extra costs. The company selected UltiPro in March 2013 so that its information related to recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits, performance management, succession management, and time management will be in sync, easily reportable, and immediately accessible to all.
“We need one solution to efficiently and effectively manage our HR and payroll,” said Renée De Franco, senior vice president of human resources at Advanced Health Media. “UltiPro provides the right strategic HR, payroll, and talent functionality for our business — without requiring the administration needed to transfer data back and forth among multiple systems. We’re really looking forward to the ease of use, the instant access to information, as well as the cost and time savings by not having to double-check information and fix problems when we had multiple systems for HR management.”
Credit Union of Texas, with over $1 billion in assets, is ranked as one of the top 10 credit unions in the state of Texas by asset size and serves more than 142,000 members. The nonprofit’s HR processes had been distributed across six separate systems — each with its own software, log-in, and database. Because the interfaces between these systems were limited, the same data had to be manually entered into the multiple programs and spreadsheets. The credit union selected UltiPro in March 2013 to solve its HCM challenges.
“Multiple systems create much more work than is necessary,” said John-Paul Morgante, vice president of human resources at Credit Union of Texas. “The inefficiency and lack of quality for reporting was an even higher concern. For example, with these systems, three people had to compile data just to generate companywide HR reports. With different log-ins and passwords, employees and managers also get frustrated when using a half-dozen different systems. UltiPro’s intuitive platform will provide a smoother, more enjoyable experience for our end users. By automating our processes in one single solution, UltiPro will deliver significant benefits to our teams, managers, employees, and the overall business.”
Karl Strauss Brewing Company is a San Diego-based craft brewery, ranked #44 on the list of top craft breweries in the U.S. In addition to being available at the company’s seven Brewery Restaurant locations, its beers are sold at over 3,000 restaurants, bars, and retail stores across California. According to Molly Brooks, HR director at Karl Strauss Brewing Company, the primary driver for seeking a unified HCM platform was healthcare reform. With its previous system, the HR team and managers could not address companywide reporting needs related to new and upcoming legislation. The company chose UltiPro in April 2013.
“With an expanding workforce and more locations, we needed a single, easy-to-use HCM solution to centralize employee data so we can generate accurate reporting quickly and ensure compliance,” said Brooks. “With the right technology in place, we can make a significant impact on our organization. We’re looking forward to having UltiPro as our one system of record, and business benefits will include better reporting, more operational efficiencies, and improved communication.”
“In addition to automating and streamlining processes, UltiPro’s unified HCM provides organizations with end-to-end functionality that delivers strategic data to upper-level executives and managers that can strengthen decision-making,” said Chris Phenicie, chief sales officer for UltiPro Workplace at Ultimate Software. “With our cloud-based technology, diverse organizations — across all industries and of all sizes — can see business benefits very quickly. We’re very pleased that UltiPro will support Advanced Health Media, Credit Union of Texas, and Karl Strauss Brewing Company as each organization builds an efficient, people-centric environment and, as a result, becomes better positioned to meet its unique business goals.”
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May 15, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO – April 30, 2013 Jobscience Inc., the leader in Recruiting Engagement software, today announced the appointment of Miranda Nash as the company’s President and member of its Board of Directors. As a Silicon Valley technology veteran, entrepreneur and investor – Nash brings a wealth of business and technical expertise to Jobscience. At Jobscience, Nash will lead product development, engineering and professional services as the company creates next generation cloud services that power ‘just-in-time recruitment.’
“The way people find and hire talent is dramatically changing,” said Miranda Nash. “In order to remain competitive, companies need to adopt new recruiting strategies like talent pools and closed-loop social media engagement so they can quickly identify and hire top candidates as soon as new positions open. Jobscience has incredible potential to transform the way companies and agencies recruit great talent. I am looking forward to guiding the team through this exciting phase of growth.”
Nash will leverage both her enterprise technology expertise and business experience at Jobscience. Nash’s experience includes 16 years working in the product division at Oracle, most recently as VP of Product Management. She launched Oracle’s data integration business and quickly grew it to a market leading position with $150M in software license revenue within four years.
Nash also founded Oxygen Equity, LLC, a specialized private equity investment firm, where she recruited and raised money from 20 limited partners, including institutional capital. Nash began her career as an engineer and has a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
“We are thrilled to have Miranda join our team,” said Ted Elliott, CEO and Founder of Jobscience. “Her experience scaling company operations and deep knowledge about data-centric applications and analytics will be invaluable as we apply ‘just-in-time’ technology and process automation to recruitment.”
About Jobscience
As the leader in Recruiting Engagement software, Jobscience understands that social connectivity is more than a feature – it’s the future. Deployed on salesforce.com’s Force.com platform, Jobscience’s agile solutions bring social, mobile and CRM processes to talent management, keeping corporations and staffing agencies connected with and attracting top talent. For the last five years, Jobscience has been voted the AppExchange Customer Choice Award in HR and Recruiting by salesforce.com customers, and won the 2011 Brandon Hall Gold Award for Best Advance in Talent Acquisition Technology. Discover what Jobscience clients already know: great people, great technology and great companies are all connected. To learn more, visit www.jobscience.com.
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May 14, 2013
Infor Applications to Support HR Shared Services for Employees Across 10 Campuses & Five Medical Centers
NEW YORK - Apr 23, 2013
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced that the University of California has selected Infor Enwisen HR Service Delivery to help complete its HR transformation project, UCPath, to deploy a single payroll and human resources system across all ten campuses and five medical centers. The UCPath Center is the University’s new HR shared services center that will employ Infor’s cloud-enabled, HR-specific Portal/Knowledgebase and Case Management applications to standardize business processes for nearly 190,000 employees and move the institution toward a true human resource shared services model. Further, the solution will offer a more user-specific experience to employees and managers, drastically reducing redundancies and inefficiencies across the network while increasing employee engagement levels.
Infor Human Capital Management solutions facilitate faster day-to-day processes so staff can spend less time navigating systematical issues and more time focusing on the value of service. The Infor solution in particular was selected to help UC provide important options for employees seeking answers to critical HR, payroll and benefits questions. With Infor HR Portal/Knowledgebase, UC employees will have the ability to quickly find answers to most of their own questions via a personalized, searchable self-service experience without ever placing a call to HR. Through Infor Case Management, employee inquiries that require HR assistance can be tracked and resolved more quickly, with fewer matters requiring escalation to subject matter experts.
News Points
- The University of California selected Infor due to the human resource-centric nature of its HCM solutions, and integration with other third-party applications and overall successful reputation with higher education installations. The Infor solution helps the UCPath Center with its primary objective of providing the highest degree of service and the lowest possible cost.
- The University of California will also benefit from a faster, cloud-based implementation. The Infor application can be accessed through a web portal, which contains useful tools, information and reports, and unifies multiple functions into a single application, providing extensive flexibility and customization potential. When an employee signs in, information specific to his/her campus, job level, union or benefits plan will be displayed.
- Infor Case Management will help UC human resource service representatives manage inquiries when employees cannot find the answers to questions on their own. Complex employee and manager HR inquiries are also initiated through the online AskHR feature and then they are escalated to HR subject matter experts within the HR Shared Services Center, when necessary.
- Infor Portal/Knowledgebase is a personalized, searchable online source for information and decision support, providing UC with a multi-tier approach to HR service delivery.
- The Infor HR Shared Services Solution for UCPath is designed to be easily integrated with existing third-party products to provide a more complete snapshot of performance, enabling consolidated data access for employees and a more complete view of the network for faster business decisions.
University of California Quote
“Infor delivered a complete solution of technology, resources and experience in the HR and payroll arena that other vendors lacked,” said Randy Anderson, UCPath Center Technical Lead. “Most case management and knowledge management tools available grew up in the IT or retail sales space. It was refreshing to find a product and service specifically designed to meet our HR needs.”
Infor Quote
“Infor understands that cost effectively scaling human resources capability while simultaneously improving services to University of California employees needs specialized technology that engages employees and facilitates resolution in real-time,” said Tarik Taman, general manager, Human Capital Management, Infor. “We are uniquely able to help unify our customers’ complex and heterogeneous HCM systems and processes by putting data at both the fingertips of the employees and managers – providing enhanced HR services with fewer dedicated resources and lower costs.”
About The University of California
Founded in 1868, the University of California opened in 1869 with 10 faculty members and 38 students. Today, UC has 10 campuses, five medical centers, 18 health professional schools and programs, six business schools and five law schools, plus professional and enrichment courses and agricultural and natural resources programs that extend learning throughout California. UC also manages Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is a partner in limited liability corporations that manage Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories. The UC system includes nearly 240,000 students, more than 190,000 employees, 50,000 retirees and roughly 1.7 million living alumni.
About Infor
Infor is fundamentally changing the way information is published and consumed in the enterprise, helping 70,000 customers in 194 countries improve operations, drive growth, and quickly adapt to changes in business demands. Infor offers deep industry-specific applications and suites, engineered for speed, and with an innovative user experience design that is simple, transparent, and elegant. Infor provides flexible deployment options that give customers a choice to run their businesses in the cloud, on-premises, or both. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.
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May 13, 2013
-Talent Platform 13.1 enhancements reflect desire of employers to not only recruit for open positions, but promote their employment brand and build relationships with potential candidates-
MATAWAN, N.J. (May 6, 2013) – iCIMS, Inc., a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition software solutions for growing businesses, is announcing the launch of the latest version of its core product, Talent Platform 13.1. This release is a standout; it features progressive new functionality that reflects the growing desire of companies to utilize technology to not only help in advertising jobs but to build relationships with potential candidates and increase brand awareness.
“Talent acquisition has become so much more than just tracking applicants,” said iCIMS Chief Marketing Officer, Susan Vitale. “It’s about building relationships, creating brand awareness, and communicating your company culture and values. This convergence of marketing and recruitment is exciting at an industry level and helps build interest on the candidate side, which ultimately assists employers in recruiting and onboarding great talent. That’s what our suite of solutions strives to do.”
Enhancements to iCIMS Talent Platform include optimized career portal branding, new bidirectional email, comprehensive metrics dashboards, and an upgraded Onboard solution.
“The talent acquisition lifecycle really starts on a company’s career portal, where both active and passive candidates search for job openings and research companies,” said Vitale. “This is where a company needs to put its best foot forward. Our 13.1 release allows clients to create a public-facing career portal that has a clean, modern look configured with brand assets that give not only candidates, but the public at large, a look into a company’s culture and brand.”
One of the most highly-anticipated new features of the Talent Platform is Bidirectional Email. This new feature, which came directly through customer feedback, allows recruiters, hiring managers, and HR professionals to send email communications from the platform to candidates, while automatically recording the two-way conversation in the platform for historical data tracking. The communications interface has also been modernized across notes, appointments, and email composition. As a foray into Big Data, iCIMS is also now offering a new Metrics Dashboard, which allows users to view and drill down into insightful data across products, including key stats around career portal activity, candidate sources, and high level workflow summaries.
The company’s 13.1 release will also coincide with the much anticipated release of its upgradedOnboard solution. Onboard allows HR professionals to automate the transition from candidate to productive new hire, which is key to new hire retention. According to a 2011 Aberdeen Group report on employee productivity, the right onboarding process has been found to increase new hire retention by 50% and double the level of new hire engagement. iCIMS’ configurable Onboard solution provides options for companies to house dynamic content, like tailored welcome messages, pictures, and onboarding videos. This greatly enhances the transition experience, giving new hires the ability to engage and learn about the company while completing important online forms before their first day.
“Along with enhancing our core Talent Platform, we have also improved our integrations with background check solution providers,” commented iCIMS Chief Technical Officer Paul Melici. “It is so important companies ensure they are in line with state and federal mandates when bringing on a new hire. Our new standard integration package in 13.1 automates the process so background checks are easy, repeatable, and scalable.”
The iCIMS Talent Platform can be integrated with over 125 different service providers, likeSterling, Orange Tree, First Advantage, Aurico, TalentWise, and Accurate, to facilitate a company’s recruitment initiatives. All of these enhancements are expected to strengthen iCIMS’ already stellar customer service, which recently garnered two coveted industry awards including the Bronze Stevie® Award for “Customer Service Department of the Year” in the Computer Software category and a top three ranking in HRO Today Magazine’s “Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings” in the Talent Management Software category.
To find out more about iCIMS’ suite of talent acquisition solutions, visit http://www.icims.com/.
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May 13, 2013
PLEASANTON, CALIF. — April 16, 2013 — Workday, Inc. (NYSE: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for human resources and finance, today unveils its newest update, Workday 19. With this update, companies can tailor the Workday experience for their unique business contexts. Workday customers also gain the ability to manage intangible assets, benefit from new levels of insights into headcount planning, and receive a new Workday for Android™ app. In total, Workday 19 includes more than 170 new features, and of those, approximately 70 come from Workday Brainstorm, a forum that captures and shares customer ideas based on popular vote.
Tailor the Workday Experience
With Workday 19, Workday reaches a significant milestone that allows human resources (HR) and finance teams to tailor the Workday experience to support unique customer cultures, business practices, and industries. Traditionally, companies have customized legacy software to such an extent that it results in costly and often impossible system upgrades and sometimes entire re-implementations.
Workday has re-imagined customization completely and, leveraging its adaptive technology foundation, now allows customers to add custom fields and custom labels with integration support. Customer changes will persist throughout the application, across all devices—desktop, smartphone, tablet—and to all integrations and reports. Most importantly, tailored changes will persist through every future update without any additional cost or effort to the customer.
Leverage Embedded Analytics and Industry-Specific Functionality in Workday Financial Management
Workday continues to invest heavily in Financial Management. In this update, Workday fully automates highly complex financial processes, including enhanced support for prepaid expenses, and provides a powerful shared services model to enable centralized customer and expense payments on behalf of other entities. Also in this update, Workday further enhances analytics by leveraging the power of Worktags to enable managers to gain deeper insights into spend by cost center and expense item trends in a new, easy-to-consume expenses dashboard that is accessible on iPad® and desktop browser.
In addition, Workday delivers new industry functionality that addresses the growing importance of intangible asset management. Companies can now use Workday to manage and measure the full life-cycle accounting of intangible assets from contract through amortization, including streaming media rights in media and entertainment, copyrights in publishing, and patents and trademarks in industries like technology.
Gain a Single View of HR and Financial Information for Headcount Planning
Workday 19 enables greater alignment among business lines by bringing financial and headcount plans together with actuals and allowing simple drillable access into the data. Since the information is shared across functions, companies gain a single source of the truth regardless of who is viewing the information. Managers now have the ability to compare finance and headcount plans for practical alignment of business and headcount decisions.
Access Workday from Android Phones
With this update, Workday continues to deliver on its mobile-first strategy with the availability of a new Workday Android app. Workday delivers to Android users the same dynamic experience that customers have come to enjoy with the Workday for iPhone® app. Workday customers can access applications from any mobile device, as part of their regular subscription cost, at no additional fee.
Workday 19 is available to customers, free of charge, as part of their subscriptions fees.
Comments on the News
“Customization in the cloud is a significant innovation, because we can now tailor the Workday application to our specific needs without the worry that it will be complex or costly,” said Margo Hendrickson, Vice President, Human Resources, athenahealth. “With Workday’s custom fields and labels, we will be able to better communicate our brand and culture through the application to make key processes easy to understand, increasing efficiency for our workforce and reducing the extra support needed from HR so we can focus on other strategic initiatives within the business.”
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April 10, 2013
Matt Lafata attended Technomedia’s Analyst Day in Orlando, FL in March 2013. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the Human Capital Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Company Closes 2012 with Strong Profitability and Significant Operational Results
Technomedia, a leader in Talent Management solutions, closed its 2012 fiscal year with several new client announcements, putting the company in a solid financial position to support additional growth plans in 2013. In spite of the economic hardships facing many companies, Technomedia continued its legacy of profitability in 2012, achieving growth of more than 40 percent compared to previous years.
As part of its growth strategy in 2013, Technomedia plans to add resources to its commercial teams and research and development initiatives, as well as expand its global operations and develop a deeper and more robust network of integration partners. The talent management solution provider expects to maintain its strong performance in the coming year, following the recent addition of several large-scale, high-profile clients to its roster across the EMEA and North American regions, including Scotiabank, RATP, Cambia Health Solutions, GRTGaz, Gefco and ActionLink.
To further drive organizational growth, Technomedia intends to capitalize on its investments made in 2012, most notably in terms of recruiting new professionals who can help the company advance its goals. Today, Technomedia employs more than 200 people worldwide and plans to increase staff throughout the company in the year ahead.
“Last year, a big focus was placed on research and development, which is instrumental to Technomedia’s growth strategy. Innovating at a faster pace and offering solutions that are more adaptable to our clients’ needs are what really motivate us,” said Dwaine Maltais, executive vice president and general manager of U.S. Operations for Technomedia. “This is also why we have opened offices in Hong Kong and Germany – to ensure we remain close to our customers as we expand our international footprint.”
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April 4, 2013
HRchitect includes Halogen in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Leading lockbox manufacturer selects Halogen’s performance management, job description, and talent acquisition solutions to usher in streamlined processes
SentriLock, LLC, a growing manufacturing company that is the official lockbox provider of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), has selected the Halogen eAppraisal™ Manufacturing, Halogen eRecruitment™, and Halogen Job Description Builder™ modules to help it build, engage and retain a high-performance workforce.
As a company that provides exceptional customer service and manufactures lockboxes that are innovative, reliable, and easy to use, SentriLock wanted a talent management solution with the same qualities. The young, Ohio-based business is growing rapidly. However, its former system for performance management — using Excel spreadsheets and inconsistent job descriptions – was inaccurate, hard to update and time-consuming.
“Our previous process left our managers spending too much time on administrative tasks rather than on activities that support employee engagement and performance,” said Josue Silva, HR Specialist, SentriLock, LLC. “They needed more time to provide employees with valid, constructive, and relevant feedback.”
SentriLock’s goal was to find a talent management solution that would help it foster a more feedback-rich culture. After testing multiple products, the SentriLock HR team found that the Halogen eAppraisal Manufacturing module—designed for the unique needs of manufacturing companies—provided the best solution. SentriLock valued Halogen’s easy-to-use, intuitive interface and the powerful and consistent integration between all the products in the suite. The SentriLock team was especially impressed with the Halogen Feedback Central™ feature, which provides employees with real time performance feedback that flows directly into an official performance review.
To support the new employee review process, SentriLock chose the Halogen Job Description Builder module to manage and link job descriptions to employee performance. “This means an accountant is no longer reviewed on the same criteria as an IT employee,” said Silva. “Halogen has allowed SentriLock to accomplish what would have been nearly impossible to do before — to provide employees with powerful, job-specific performance reviews.”
With an eye on continued growth, SentriLock is also relying on the Halogen eRecruitment module to ensure recruiting activities are aligned to its strategic goals and talent processes. “Recruiting had traditionally been siloed from our other talent programs, making it difficult to align talent acquisition to our company’s strategic objectives,” said Silva. “Our new recruiting solution is another example of how Halogen is helping our company focus less on administrative work and more on finding great talent.”
The Halogen eRecruitment module helps SentriLock maintain a “dashboard” for all recruiting efforts, including its revamped career website, and well-defined process steps between the HR team and hiring managers.
“Our executive and management teams love using Halogen. We’re making smarter decisions about who to hire, who to promote and how to improve the performance of our people. Our HR team has recognized its powerful potential and we feel that as new Halogen users, we are barely scratching the surface of the potential of this product,” said Silva.
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January 6, 2012
New Role Created to Unify Product and Service Organizations into One Continuous Improvement Customer Relationship Strategy
HRchitect includes Peoplefluent in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors and top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
In a strategic effort designed to drive continuous improvement across all customer relationships, Peoplefluent™, one of the industry’s leading Talent Management solutions providers, today announced the promotion of Isobel Harris to Chief Customer Officer (CCO) for Talent Management and Talent Acquisition reporting to the CEO. Harris is currently Senior Vice President of Professional Services, Support and Account Management. Chris Caldon, Senior Vice President of Talent Management Sales, Larry Kurzner, Vice President of Business Development, and Didier Guzman, who today has also been promoted to VP of Professional Services and Support, will all report directly to Ms. Harris.
“While every one of our product and organizational decisions is driven by customer impact and benefit, today’s news extends that mission by actually defining organizational goals and the aligning departmental structure in terms of continuous improvement for customer success,” said Charles S. Jones, Chairman and CEO of Peoplefluent. “By merging all customer-facing roles, from pre to post sales, into a singular accountable organization, we align the business to deliver a single, complete customer solution. In so doing, we are driving all business and product decisions around best customer outcomes, enhancing long-term customer relationship management and, importantly, delivering a more consistent customer experience. We are pleased to be affirming our strong commitment to customer accountability, satisfaction and productivity with this change within our own business.”
Isobel Harris joined Peoplefluent in 2011 with more than 25 years of strong, effective leadership and a wealth of experience in the software industry. Prior to joining Peoplefluent, Ms. Harris held the position of Vice President and General Manager at Geac, where she had global responsibility for the growth and day-to-day leadership of three of the $450 million global enterprise software company’s largest business units. With a proven track record, Ms. Harris has created results-oriented software organizations supporting multiple products and technologies in more than 50 countries.
Mr. Guzman was one of the early team members at Peoplefluent. During his 14-year tenure in the business, his depth of product understanding and his customer knowledge have made him an invaluable resource. Mr. Guzman was promoted to his new role as VP of Professional Services and Support from his position as Senior Director of Professional Services for North America. With a strong background in technology, he was also Director of Technical Services and Support. In his early days with the Company, as Managing Architect, Mr. Guzman was a lead developer for some of the Company’s cornerstone products.
Under Ms. Harris’ direction, Mr. Caldon will oversee all direct sales activity with new and existing customers, Mr. Kurzner will focus on delivering Peoplefluent’s award-winning Talent Management product innovations through new strategic channel relationships, and Mr. Guzman will now oversee the Service and Support functions. This important integrated group will work together to focus on the long-term cultivation, continuous improvement and optimization of solutions and services across Peoplefluent’s entire customer base.
To learn more about Peoplefluent, please visit www.peoplefluent.com
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December 15, 2011
Acquisition marks salesforce.com’s first step into Human Capital Management
Rypple’s next generation social performance management app to be re-launched as “Successforce”
New HCM business unit to be run by John Wookey
Rypple to extend value of existing salesforce.com products
Hundreds of companies like Facebook, Gilt Groupe, and Spotify embrace Rypple’s new social model to empower teams to share goals, recognize great work, and improve performance
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rypple, a cloud-based social performance management company. The acquisition signifies salesforce.com’s entry into the human capital management (HCM) market for the social enterprise. Salesforce.com plans to re-launch Rypple as “Successforce” and create a new HCM business unit, which will be run by John Wookey. Rypple’s unique social technologies will also extend the value of salesforce.com’s existing core products. The transaction is expected to close in salesforce.com’s fiscal first quarter ending April 30, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.
Comments on the News
• “Salesforce.com and Rypple share a vision for extending the social enterprise to transform the way we work,” said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. “The next generation of HCM is not just about a cloud delivery model, it’s about a fundamentally better way to recruit, manage and empower employees in a social world.”
• “Our social enterprise strategy continues to accelerate, and is at the root of the broad-based transformation and innovation we are seeing from customers today,” said John Wookey, executive vice president, advanced applications, salesforce.com. “With the launch of Successforce, salesforce.com plans to revolutionize HCM starting with an exciting social performance management app that will delight millions of employees around the world.”
• “We chose Rypple to be the core of Facebook’s employee performance management platform because it’s designed from the ground up to be social,” said Tim Campos, CIO, Facebook. “We are delighted to see it become part of salesforce.com’s social enterprise strategy.”
• “Rypple was designed from the start to be fun, social, and mobile–an app that can delight managers and employees in entirely new ways,” said Daniel Debow, co-CEO and co-founder, Rypple. “As the leading social enterprise company with more than 100,000 customers worldwide, salesforce.com will allow us to not only strengthen our offering for the hundreds of high-performing organizations that use Rypple today, but also scale it to reach many more.”
• “We took the science of team performance and applied the collaborative, transparent, and real-time power of social networks to create a completely new model for managing people and the work they deliver,” said David Stein, co-CEO and co-founder, Rypple. “Salesforce.com gives us the opportunity to apply our expertise and extend our vision for Rypple with Successforce.”
Salesforce.com Redefines HCM for the Social Enterprise
Traditional HCM software that many businesses use today was designed 30 years ago for personnel departments whose goal was to minimize the cost and risk of employing people. While HCM software hasn’t changed in decades, the way people work has radically changed.
Today’s workforce demands new performance and leadership tools that are completely transparent and allow employees to be connected to their company’s mission and each other. Social enterprises and progressive HR leaders are embracing apps like Rypple, which focus on the inherent social nature of performance management—goal setting, feedback, recognition and continuous dialogue—to help employees align more effectively around the company mission.
The acquisition of Rypple and its planned re-launch as Successforce signify salesforce.com’s entry into the HCM market. The company plans to expand into other areas with a new social model that will revolutionize the way companies recruit talent, build teams, empower employees and achieve results.
The new HCM business unit, including Successforce, will be led by John Wookey, salesforce.com’s executive vice president of advanced applications. Wookey comes to salesforce.com with more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software, including senior leadership positions at Oracle and SAP.
Extending the Value of Salesforce.com’s Existing Products
A social revolution is taking place today. The number of social networking users has surpassed e-mail users. Nearly a quarter of all time spent online is spent on social networks like Facebook. People access the Internet more from mobile devices than from desktops. Today, companies must change the way they collaborate, communicate and share information with customers and employees to stay competitive. Salesforce.com is helping companies meet the challenge of this social revolution with its social enterprise strategy.
With this acquisition, salesforce.com will embed some of Rypple’s next-generation features into its existing products. For example, people will be able to thank colleagues, win badges and provide recognition – all from within Salesforce Chatter. And customers of core Salesforce products – the Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Force.com platform – will be able to connect with new employee feedback tools to help drive business goals and power the future of their employee social networks.
For more information, please visit www.salesforce.com
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November 17, 2011
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
HRchitect, the leader in HR systems strategic consulting and the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, celebrated the opening of their new corporate office location this week with a ribbon cutting and open house.
HRchitect’s steady growth over the past few years dictated the need for expanded office space.
“Our future plans are projecting even greater growth than what we have been experiencing over the last few years,” commented Matt Lafata, president of HRchitect. “Our new offices have provided us with 50% more space to accommodate these plans and also offer a more comfortable, pleasant environment for our employees, clients, prospects and partners to function and be productive in.”
Frisco’s Chamber of Commerce was on-hand to celebrate the new space with a ribbon cutting for the firm. HRchitect has been a member of the Chamber for many years and was the recipient of the Frisco Chamber Medium Business of the Year award in 2009.
“The Frisco Chamber has done an outstanding job creating an effective forum that allows businesses in Frisco to network and exchange ideas, strategies and business opportunities,” stated Rick Fletcher, founder and vice president of HRchitect. “We’ve picked up not only new clients and business partners, but we have also found many of our management team members and employees through the many networking events. Frisco definitely has some of the most talented business professionals available in the country.”
The wealth of talent in the community played a large part in the decision to keep HRchitect’s headquarters in Frisco as all of the firm’s corporate-based employees live in Frisco. HRchitect’s new and previous offices both exist within Frisco Square, a mixed-use development in the heart of the community.
“When searching for new office space it was very important for us to stay in the same area,” continued Lafata. “All of our employees really enjoy working close to home. Frisco Square offers the convenience of location as well as restaurants and shops that are within walking distance of our office.”
Headquartered in Frisco are the firm’s sales, marketing, and administration departments, along with some of its consulting functions. However, as a global organization, the majority of the consulting team is spread across North America, allowing for increased accessibility to HRchitect’s clients.
To learn more about how HRchitect’s HR systems and strategy expertise visit www.HRchitect.com.
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November 10, 2011
New Pagelet Based Views For Managers Provide Insight Into Organizations and Talent in One Configurable Personalized View
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
News Facts
- To help managers better perform their day-to-day activities, Oracle today announced the availability of PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 Feature Pack 2.
- Designed to change the way managers and employees use self-service HR, the new PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 applications offer a consumer-like self-service user experience that helps transform the way employees and managers perform their day-to-day activities.
- A new search-based, menu-free navigation capability allows users to easily locate and navigate to relevant information quickly and in context from any page. PeopleSoft leverages a powerful global search capability that goes beyond simple transaction based search. Delivered search results have filtering and specific related actions based on defined roles and security of the user. For example, a manager can now simply type in part of an employee’s first or last name and receive meaningful results from documents related to performance, compensation, learning, recruiting, career planning and more. Key HCM data is indexed to speed the search process and improve search relevancy.
- A new design provides greater personalization using pagelets that are designed to make PeopleSoft HCM easier to use, with a more appealing user interface, as well as reduced click counts on key transactions.
- The feature pack includes a new Manager Dashboard, Talent Summary, Matrix Organization, and Pivot Grid functionality, among other new capabilities.
- Oracle’s Feature Packs delivery method underscores its commitment to provide new functionality between major releases. Feature Packs enable a quicker response to PeopleSoft customer requests, while giving customers the ultimate choice of how and when to deploy the new functionality to their users.
PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 Feature Pack 2 Contents and Features
- PeopleSoft Manager Dashboard includes a home page that consolidates key management, staff, and business unit data into a single at-a-glance access point to view and transact in context. Its content is configurable to support key metrics and decisions via individual drag-and-drop pagelets enabled by new PeopleTools technology.
- PeopleSoft Talent Summary provides a unified view of talent management-related data for an individual employee in a talent roster profile format. Administrators can select the content of pagelets that will appear on the Talent Summary based on the organization’s priorities, and managers personalize the page based on their preferences for presentation layout and areas of emphasis.
- Talent Summary also includes graphical representations of PeopleSoft’s Performance & Potential Matrix nine box grid that provides managers a quick assessment of their employee’s performance against their potential and their impact of loss against the risk of them leaving. This matrix is used by managers to help ensure their personnel are appropriately compensated and operating at or near their maximum potential.
- More than 70 manager and employee self-service transactions have been tied into the related action framework.
- In PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 Feature Pack 2, click counts on the self service transactions have been reduced by nearly 50 percent on average, depending on the transaction, as a result of streamlining. In addition, all transactions that use the direct reports interface have reduced click counts by at least two clicks due to an updated design.
- PeopleTools 8.52 introduces the new Pivot Grid feature for operational reporting. The Pivot Grid is a new analytic capability that gives users the ability to quickly and easily pivot and filter data within PeopleSoft applications without having to export data to an external spreadsheet or data warehouse. Data for pivot grids is generated by PS Query and can be rendered in charts or analytical grids. Users can add pivot grids to application pages or pagelets.
- Additional features delivered with the Feature Pack 2 include:
- Matrix or Dotted-Line Relationship Management, which addresses the challenge of tracking and maintaining project-based organizations that cut across the enterprise and geographic regions.
- Interactive Company Directory, which enables users to connect and collaborate directly with other employees and launch employee transactions or changes.
- Total Rewards Statement, which provides employees with a more complete view of their compensation and benefits by pooling rewards data from multiple data sources.
- Talent Management 9.1 to HCM 8.9 Integration for Recruiting Solutions, which provides a complete set of integrations for PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 and 9.0 customers.
Supporting Quotes
“Oracle’s PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 Feature Pack 2 delivers a new navigation paradigm for our HCM community,” said Paco Aubrejuan, group vice president, Oracle’s PeopleSoft. “We listened to our HCM customers and focused on delivering features like Manager Dashboard and Talent Summary to help managers be more productive at managing their resources, better utilize and reward their employees, and gain valuable insight into their organization and talent pool.”
“With the release of Oracle’s PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 Feature Pack 2, Sonoco believes we will see increased use of Manager Self Service with Manager Dashboard, providing managers personalized one-click access to vital employee information and manager tasks from one central location to meet their specific requirements,” said Greg Brigman, manager, Human Resources Information Systems, Sonoco. “The additional matrix relationship will significantly enhance usability of both Core HR and Talent Management by enabling additional reporting from both the direct line manager and a matrix manager without the need to create costly customizations.”
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Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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