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ROC News

September 09


Les Hayman

Chairman, ROC

ROC – Making HCM a Business Priority

Welcome to September’s edition of ROC News, the newsletter designed to keep you in the picture of what’s happening around the world at ROC and all things SAP HCM. September’s issue has a Talent Management theme with links to our last webinar on Succession Planning and a client Case Study on SAP TVN, along with information on future events, webinars and much more…..

With Best Wishes,

Upcoming Events

Ask the Experts

17th September 2009

SAP HCM Processes & Forms (Michigan ASUG)

ROC will be presenting on SAP HCM Processes & Forms at the upcoming ASUG Michigan Chapter Meeting. This session provides an introduction to the features and capabilities of HCM Processes & Forms and advice for deciding how and when to introduce them into your SAP Manager Self Service (MSS) environment.

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24th September 2009 (Webinar)

SAP HCM Processes & Forms (Webinar)

With the latest SAP HCM Processes & Forms technology (powered by Adobe), organisations can shorten HR process cycles, improve usability and data accuracy, ensure approval compliance whilst eliminating paperwork. Register for ROC’s webinar on 24th September.

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7th October 2009

The Self Service Workforce (SAP UK)

Many organisations are increasing productivity and geographic reach by conducting more and more of their Human Capital Management (HCM) activities online, improving efficiency, effectiveness and usability. Often your business demands that you react to your employees needs faster and more accurately, alongside this pressure Government and regulatory bodies mandates are requiring demonstrable audit trails for certain processes.

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23rd & 24th November 2009

SAP UKI User Group Conference (Manchester)

In partnership with Kaba, ROC will be exhibiting on stand G37 at the annual SAP User Group Conference. Visit our stand to find out what benefits your organisation could obtain with a fully integrated Time & Attendance solution. Access Control & Kiosk solutions will also be available to see in action. Want to see ESS on an iPhone – check out our stand!

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Does Succession Planning Matter?

Despite the economic challenges, companies are delivering Succession Planning initiatives that will ensure their future success. ROC and Towers Perrin held a joint webinar on August 27th exploring these initiatives. Missed the event? Not to worry, a recording is available.

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ROC TV:

Visit www.roc-group.tv to hear about SAP Talent Visualisation:

 

ROC TV:

Organisation Management is the vital foundation of HR

There are many thousands of organisations that have now implemented SAP Organisation Management. On face value, this module of SAP looks straightforward. There is relatively little configuration required, and as such, a live organisation model can be operational in a short time period. However, have they achieved the full benefits that this module offers? We have visited a number of customers recently that are struggling to get the most from their investment in SAP, and all seem to have the same common denominator – the SAP OM module has been implemented without the same rigour as other areas, and also has not been kept up to date once it has been deployed.

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SAP TVN

Following on from the success of the Org Chart and Org Modeller packaged solution, ROC has now extended this approach to encompass Succession Planning. For more information please contact ROC.

Client Spotlight

Hampshire County Council (UK)


Hampshire County Council improves the accuracy of its Organisational Management data with SAP TVN.

As such a large employer, it was imperative that Hampshire County Council had an accurate and up-to-date system for monitoring the organisational structure of its workforce.

Hampshire County Council wanted to build on the accuracy of its organisational management (OM) so that staff and management would be able to raise workflow queries with HR and easily review the accurate organisational structure.

Trevor Stabb, HR Business Development and Support Manager, Hampshire County Council said, “Without a clear view of the organisational structure, approving holidays and overtime can be difficult for management and when it affects staff and the council financially, accuracy is paramount.”

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Ferro Corporation (US)


The goal was to allow Ferro visibility to their entire employee population via a single system of record.


Ferro is a leading global producer of technology-based performance materials for manufacturers. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferro has operations in 23 countries. They sell products in more than 100 countries around the world. 

The lack of a single system of record for all employees worldwide resulted in several issues, such as: limited visibility into global employee data, inaccurate global headcount data and highly manual operations with inaccuracies and long cycle times.

In addition, Ferro was working with a previous install of SAP 4.6c that was not rolled out globally.  The decision to upgrade the HCM system to SAP 6.0 was made to accomplish two goals.

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Global Reach

ROC Americas

ROC Americas Inc
Launched 1st May

 

ROC entered the North American market via its acquisition of Towers Perrin’s SAP HCM Practice. ROC Americas Inc. forms a crucial element within ROC’s global business strategy.

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ROC & Nakisa announce Global Partnership

ROC & Nakisa announce Global Partnership

 

Following on from our four year long successful partnership in the UK, ROC recently signed a global partnership with Nakisa. All our operations are now approved Nakisa partners and can implement SAP TVN solutions.

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About ROC


ROC is a leading global SAP HCM specialist, delivering HCM business and technology solutions across the employee lifecycle, from process design through implementation and application support. ROC also provides a full range of consultancy services - training and change management - to support HCM technology implementations. ROC is an accredited SAP HCM Services Partner.

 


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