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Welcome to May's Newsletter. There is so much happening in the world of SAP HCM that I am struggling to fit it all in.
The most exciting news is that ROC has launched tHRive, a Global SAP HR On Demand Solution. With 30 years of SAP at its core, our Global HR Framework underpinning the processes, Usability Enhancements based on the latest SAP Portal functionality as well as Executive Dashboards it is no wonder that interest is so high. Global compliance is now available - as a service!
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With many organizations still very focused on costs, tHRive is a great way to minimize capital expenditure and ensure a rapid payback. The newsletter contains more information on tHRive.
What else…? Well, we have a recording of a great webcast we ran a few weeks ago about implementing Job & Competency Frameworks in SAP. Many organizations are starting to think longer term now and Succession Management is moving up the HR agenda. The immediate challenge this creates for many organizations is getting to grips with skills and competencies of their people and then automating the tracking and progression of these. There is also a white paper on payroll reconciliation and a case study on technology improvement roadmaps that we think makes interesting reading
Enjoy…
Damian Williams
Founder, ROC
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Towers Watson HR Service Delivery Forum (Boston, US)
Through its alliance with Towers Watson, ROC is
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attending the annual HR Service Delivery Forum in Boston this year where one of consultants, Brad Bach, will be presenting.
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Sapphire (Florida, US)
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ROC is joining forces with Kaba, a strategic Workforce Optimization Solutions partner of ours to give customers the opportunity of seeing fully integrated Time & Attendance in action along with other HR and Talent Management solutions. ROC will also be unveiling for the first time our Global HR ‘On Demand’ Platform in partnership with Freudenberg IT, premier SAP Global Hosting Partner. Please visit us on booth #415 and see the latest SAP HR technology solutions available on the market.
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Public Sector Information Exchange (Warwickshire, UK)
ROC is proud to be sponsoring
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the Public Sector Information Exchange forum in the UK. We will be presenting on how public sector organizations can best prepare themselves for tough times ahead, ensuring front line services can be maintained whilst achieving budget cuts of 20% or more.
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World Tour (Birmingham, UK)
Following our sponsorship of the SAP World Tour last year in
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New York, ROC will be sponsoring the SAP World Tour here in the UK. Some of you may recall that our Chairman Les Hayman, a renowned speaker on the World Tour series spoke at the event in New York. If you missed the recording, click here to link to the podcast. To attend the event:
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HR Directors Breakfast (London, UK)
If you are an HR Director or Leader challenged with
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the need to transform HR in your organization join ROC for a Transformation Breakfast Event at the top of the Gherkin. We will be discussing how to go about freeing up cash from existing operations in order to fund strategic HR initiatives. For more information:
Annual HR Managers Forum (London, UK)
After three years running our Annual ROC SAP Payroll Forum in the UK we thought it time that we ran a forum for HR Managers. So we are pleased to announce that this first event will be run in the Autumn in Central London. We will be covering a range of topics including Talent Management, Self Services, Analytics and the latest functionality available from SAP. Organisations can send two attendees free of charge. To register your interest, contact info@roc-group.com We look forward seeing you there!
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(Global Webcast)
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In our most popular webcast to date ROC and Towers Watson delivered an information packed session on the latest trends in how global organizations are shaping their Job & Competency frameworks. The webcast included a demonstration and explanation of SAP Job Architecture and what is available in SAP Enhancement Pack 4 functionality as well as tips and tricks on how to best implement this rich functionality. The webcast recording is available on ROC TV:
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(Global Webcast)
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With Learning & Development remaining a key component of Talent Management strategies this webcast provided an insight into Learning & Development trends as well as the important considerations for effective learning and how learning and development is used in high performing companies. It included demonstrations from ROC experts as well as a view of new functionality from a guest SAP speaker.
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(White Paper)
This paper, written by our partner SpinifexIT, presents methods adopted by many other
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SAP HR/Payroll customers to streamline the often tedious and time-consuming process of Payroll to Finance reconciliation. The effect is to dramatically reduce this manual process. If your organization is struggling to reconcile payroll on a monthly basis then this might make interesting reading:
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(Service Offering)
tHRive enables SAP customers who haven’t implemented SAP
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HCM or who have implemented the basics but have been left behind on older versions the opportunity to catch up. Rapid deployments and all the latest functionality On Demand makes this a very compelling solution. If you are wondering what you might be missing then:
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(Video)
A Support Desk is only as good as the technology engine that underpins it. That’s why ROC invested in state of the art Support Desk Software, and then tailored it
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to meet the needs of SAP HCM customers. The SAP HCM Knowledge Center saves our customers a lot of time and money by answering many questions thereby preventing the need to raise issues at all. Once raised, however, TopDesk tracks them to resolution like a hawk. If you would like to see our web based Support Desk Software in action:
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(Service Offering)
ROC is pleased to announce that we are now offering a full SAP HCM Support Service globally. Customers now have access to 24x7 support around the world for everything related to SAP HCM (including payroll). The service ranges from
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Pay-As-You-Go to a full Application Managed Outsourcing Service. If your organization needs a more complete SAP HCM Support Service:
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The BBC needed to improve and optimize the processes between itself and its outsourced HR delivery partner. But it faced a number of challenges
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in understanding which improvements to prioritize and which route to take. The BBC requested ROC to help them develop their roadmap focusing primarily on the 18 month horizon while also looking at the longer term. ROC’s experience is that a technology roadmap on its own does not tend to serve an organization sufficiently well. The technology is merely a set of tools to be used. If the tools are not introduced effectively with accompanying process change and within an effective governance regime, the organization will be unlikely to reap the full benefits.
“ROC very quickly and effectively analysed our situation. They identified the key issues and their root causes and produced a logical and structured Roadmap for improvement. In a very short space of time ROC brought the clarity that we had been seeking for some considerable time.”
John Vickerman, Director HR Central Services
BBC
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Weidmann Electrical Technology Inc. faced the following problem: they needed to replace/upgrade their existing Payroll system, they wanted to integrate their three North American businesses (US, Canada and Mexico) and they were facing a global roll-out of SAP. Weidmann liked the SaaS/outsourced model, meaning that they did not need dedicated internal HRIS or technical resources. They also required that their chosen solution guaranteed compliance in all geographies in which they operate. The tHRive solution by ROC proved to be the ideal solution. With SAP at the core, Weidmann is assured of industry-leading quality, and wall-to-wall Human Capital Management functionality (as opposed to a payroll replacement). tHRive will be customized to Weidmann’s requirements and will deployed in 120 days.
“We are very excited to be a part of ROC’s new tHRive solution. Weidmann see this as integral to our HR strategy over the coming years, bringing benefits to our business as well as our employees”
Patti Harvey, Vice President Human Resources
Weidmann Americas
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About ROC
ROC is a global Human Capital Management specialist, delivering solutions across the end to end employee lifecycle, underpinned by SAP technology. ROC has helped large and complex organizations harmonize processes, streamline operations and improve employee engagement.
We deliver: On-Demand, On-Premise and On-Device solutions to meet the needs of our clients worldwide.
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