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ROC News

Nov/Dec 09

November has been a busy month and with December already upon us we have combined the last two issues of the year to bring you a packed Christmas edition. This issue is all about Performance Management with links to a recent article published by ROC on the importance of Performance Management in today’s economic climate. On ROC TV we have a recording of October's webcast with guest speakers from Towers Perrin and a customer that
implemented Performance Management in under 2 months.

 

In tune with the festive period we have included a case study on Hasbro Inc., a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time products and services, who will no doubt be very busy at this time of year. With ROC's help, Hasbro implemented a global
Compensation Management solution to simplify the annual pay review process.

 

Finally, I would like to wish you all a Happy Christmas and a prosperous year in 2010 wherever you are in the world.

Les Hayman

Chairman, ROC

 

Up and Coming Events

Ask the Experts

21st January 2010

Stress free payroll year-end (UK webcast)


We all know that payroll reconciliation and query resolution can take considerable time that could be better spent on other activities if only these critical tasks were less time consuming. Well, the good news is that there are solutions out there that can make the job of reconciling pay and responding to employee issues a whole lot easier. Join ROC and SpinifexIT for a joint webcast showcasing solutions to these problems.

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27th January 2010

Annual SAP Payroll Seminar (UK) 

 

ROC’s third annual payroll seminar is being held in London on 27th January 2010. There will be a series of presentations by ROC's SAP Payroll experts and customers on what’s new in SAP Payroll, flexible benefits, year-end processing and new pension legislation and the opportunity for attendees to spend time discussing their own specific issues with ROC’s support consultants. If you would like to join us:

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28th January 2010

Workforce Analytics (Global webcast)


The joint ROC Towers Perrin webcast series kicks off in 2010 with ‘Workforce Analytics: Information for decision making’. While your SAP HCM system may be holding much valuable information on your workforce, are you able to easily report, spot trends, establish underlying factors and make the right decisions? If not, then can you really ever be getting maximum value from your SAP HR system?

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16th – 19th March 2010

HR 2010 (Orlando, USA)


16th – 19th March 2010

 

ROC will be once again sponsoring the HR 2010 event in Orlando where we will be showcasing some of our latest SAP HCM solutions that we are bringing to market. To register for this event with the organizers:

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25th December 2009


     ROC wishes you all a very merry Christmas


25th December 2009

HR - A Boardroom Player

 

Les Hayman, ex SAP Group HR Director & ROC Chairman, talks openly about the role of the HR function in organisations today and the challenges it faces becoming a player at the Boardroom table. To listen to a 10 minute extract from Les Hayman's presentation:

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Org. Management – It’s time to sort it out…

 

The latest webcast in the joint ROC & Towers Perrin series: “Org, Management – its time

to sort it out” ran on December 3rd discussing why problems manifest themselves in the first place and how organizations can approach solving them. It included demonstrations of tools that can help keep this core SAP HCM module up to date. If you missed the webinar, a recording is available.

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Reward and recognition programs are as important as ever…

 

The impact of reductions in customer spending and increases in internal pressures to contain or reduce overhead costs has put Reward and Recognition processes high on the HR agenda. It becomes critical to recognise those employees that are performing well and those that are not, and to adjust the rewards received by those individuals accordingly. An integral component of these processes is Performance Management. To read this white paper that was recently published by ROC:

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Performance Management & Enhancement Pack 4

 

This joint webcast (Oct 29th) with Towers Perrin explored just why Performance Management is so critical in

today’s economic climate and provided up to date information on the latest functionality available in Enhancement Pack 4. Attendees also got to hear from a customer who implemented SAP Performance Management in less than two months! If you missed the webcast, a recording is available.

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Accelerated Performance Management Solutions

 

Following last month’s

webcast on Performance Management, we have received many enquiries about implementing this core component of the SAP Talent Management solution. And with project timescales as short as 6 weeks, you can be live on a fully integrated performance management solution in less than no time. To read more about what SAP Performance Management delivers out of the box:

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SAP Payroll US Year End – Are you Ready?

 

ROC America’s webcast covered how best to prepare for year end and what procedures should be followed to guarantee an uninterrupted service, including information on US-specific legislative change patches to be applied and an overview of advanced tools that make year-end processing and payroll support in general much easier. If you missed it:

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Client Spotlight

Global Compensation Management simplifies annual pay review process


Hasbro, a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time products, needed to move transactional processing from HR to line managers. They also wanted to eliminate the time consuming and error prone practice of distributing, collecting and collating spreadsheets during the annual compensation planning cycle. ROC partnered with Hasbro Inc. to implement a global compensation application that managers could access real time via the corporate intranet. To find out more on the project goals, approach and benefits:

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Enhanced reporting and payslip analysis with SpinifexIT solutions

 

 

SSP, the global Food Travel Experts, have chosen to implement the complete portfolio of the ROC/SpinifexIT reporting and analysis toolset. In doing so they have enhanced their reporting capability and reduced the effort required to answer employee payroll queries and check or simulate resolutions. The benefits are expected to accrue almost immediately.

Global Reach

SAP HR/Payroll Operational Reporting

 

ROC has recently extended its UK partnership with SpinifexIT into all geographies where ROC operates: across Europe, the US, and Asia Pacific. SpinifexIT solutions simplify and enhance SAP HR/Payroll reporting by combining payroll and time results with HR data. The Payslip Analyzer makes resolving payroll queries much easier for payroll support staff. To find out more about what SpinifexIT can do for your organization, contact your local ROC account manager or email enquiries@roc-group.com

 

ROC's Specialist Workforce Analytics Practice

 

ROC’s Workforce Analytics centre of excellence is based in Walldorf, Germany – the home of SAP. The team has extensive experience of SAP

Business Intelligence reporting and regularly advises customers on what KPI’s they should be focusing on and how they can compile dashboards based on these. If your organization is struggling to get the most out of your SAP HCM solution contact your local ROC account manager or email enquiries@roc-group.com

 

ROC Stars

Support Survey

ROC recently ran its annual survey of its Support Customers. When asked if ROC provided value for money, 100% responded with a resounding ‘Yes’. When asked if customers would recommend ROC, 100% also responded with a ‘Yes’.


At a more granular level, 100% of customers surveyed stated they were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the quality of ROC’s consultants and the depth of their technical knowledge. When asked about the ease of use of the ROC global support portal and the content of the knowledge base, 100% of customers responded that they were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’.

Across the board, ROC improved in all areas surveyed. There are always areas to improve and we commit to maintaining an ongoing improvement process.

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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