roc
Please add thrive@roc-group.com to your address book or safe senders list to ensure you receive ROC-related communications.

ROC News

Jan/Feb 2010

Welcome to the latest issue of ROC’s Newsletter. With the dawn of the new decade, many organizations are once again looking at the value they are getting from their IT budgets. At ROC, we are assisting our clients maximize their return on this investment and position themselves to deliver outstanding HR service to their employees. From helping build a strategic roadmap to applications support, ROC is adding value to their SAP investment. In each issue of our Newsletter we share some of these highlights.

In February's Newsletter, we focus on Analytics, SAP WSO (the new Workforce Scheduling & Optimization solution from SAP, powered by Click Software) as well as the latest release of SAP TVN. I am also really proud to see that Sandy Eastman, CEO of ROC ANZ has been named as one of the top ten most influential people in ANZ region. Sandy has helped literally hundreds of organizations make the most of their SAP HCM solutions and she deserves this recognition. Finally, in the interest of refining our newsletter to meet more of your needs we have included a reader feedback section at the end.

 

Les Hayman

Chairman, ROC

Upcoming Events

Ask the Experts

25th February 2010

Enterprise Learning & the latest SAP HCM EP 4 Technology (Global Webcast)

 

The Towers Watson's annual HR Service Delivery Survey shows that talent management remains a top service delivery issue for HR professionals, as it has for the past three years - and that Learning & Development is a key component of this. In our webcast we'll explore the six key drivers for Learning & Development, current trends in this area, and considerations for improving Learning & Development in your own organization.

register here

1st to 3rd March 2010

Mastering HR & Payroll (Sydney)

1st to 3rd March 2010

 

ROC will be exhibiting at the annual Mastering HR conference (booth 12) in Sydney this year. Sandy Eastman (see ROC Stars) will be presenting in Track C on how upgrades can make HR life easy (Tuesday 2nd at 11.35am) - one not to miss if you are attending. If you are attending, please take the time to stop by our stand. To find out more information on this event:

click here

3rd March 2010

Aligning your Workforce with Strategic Goals (SAP UK Webcast)

 

ROC is proud to promote this Talent Management webcast series hosted by SAP UK. In the first of four webcasts, discover how the integrated SAP Talent Management suite supports the process of attracting, developing and retaining key employees within your organization. In addition: identifying business critical positions, ensuring an adequate talent pipeline to maintain business performance and satisfy company stakeholders.

register here

16th to 19th March 2010

HR 2010 (Orlando)

 

ROC is proud to be sponsoring once again one of the most important SAP HCM conferences in the world, HR 2010 in

Orlando. The strategic alliance of ROC and Towers Watson will be joining forces on booth 140 to bring you the latest in HR thought leadership and HR technology solutions. If you are attending then we recommend the following presentations:

Results of Towers Watson's 12th annual survey of HR service delivery and technology: How does your organization measure up? (Thomas Keebler of Towers Watson & Brad Bach of ROC: Tuesday, March 16th at 10:30 am, and then again at 4:15 pm)

How to implement a well-defined competency and job framework

in SAP systems to support talent management across a global organization (Nina Oddo of ROC: Wednesday, March 17th at 1:00 pm)

register here

Workforce Analytics - are you seeing all you should see?

 

For those of you who didn’t get the chance to listen to our last webcast that ran on 28th January you will be pleased

to hear that the live recording is now available. To watch this information packed recording where Towers Watson and ROC share business insights and talk about what the latest SAP Business Objects technology can do for your organisation (with live demonstrations):

click here

The Benefits of SAP Workforce Scheduling & Optimization (WSO)

 

To find out more about what a Workforce

Scheduling & Optimization solution from SAP could do for your organization hear what one the world’s leading Solution Architects has to say on the topic:

click here

Accelerated HCM Dashboards

 

Following last month’s webcast on Workforce Analytics, where attendees saw the power of Business Objects and the dashboards that organizations can implement in just a few weeks we thought you might be interested to see just what you can get from ROC’s Workforce Analytics team.

And the best thing…you can have one of these up and running for a fixed price in as little as 4 weeks. To find out more:

click here

Visualize even more with SAP TVN Release 2.1

 

Last month saw SAP release SAP Talent Visualization by Nakisa version 2.1.

The latest enhancements for this fast evolving product further adopt leading talent management best practices and allow customers to visualise more data and relationships within their organisation

read more

SAP Workforce Scheduling & Optimization (WSO) by ClickSoftware

ROC is implementing the latest SAP rostering solution for a SAP UK customer. This graphical

web-based software drives labour and resource efficiency and is set to take off. With more consultants trained and certified than any other SAP consultancy in the world, ROC is once again best placed to advise any SAP customers who might be considering implementing this technology.

read more

Poland: e-declarations in SAP

 

ROC Poland has a new solution, e-Deklaracje, allowing SAP customers to send tax forms PIT-11, PIT-8C & PIT-40 electronically to the Ministry of Finance, saving time and effort. To find out more about the solution, contact ryszard.wysocki@roc-group.com, or follow the link below for a detailed description (in Polish)

click here

Client Spotlight

Tight timescales but it was imperative that the upgrade went ahead at Sussex Police

 

Sussex Police realised, in late 2007, that it needed to upgrade its existing SAP systems to increase efficiency of HR management and meet legislative requirements. Both finance and procurement departments also benefited and the organisation gained both new functionality and future expansion options. One regulatory change, affecting public sector pensions, was impending during the implementation phase, constraining the project tightly by the fiscal year. To learn more about this rapid upgrade:

read more

"The Spinifex Payroll Reporting Tools from ROC provide a new dawn to SAP users looking to optimise the process of reporting and manipulating payroll data in SAP. "

 

Says Lynn Farrell, SAP HR & Payroll Manager of London Borough of Southwark: “We are really excited with the opportunity that the deployment of SpinifexIT Payroll Reporting tools presents to us at Southwark Council. Finally, there is a product that can bridge the gap between SAP’s Ad-hoc Query and Business Intelligence (BI)”

 

“Without having to go to the incredible expense of a full blown BI project, we and our users are now able to extract management information simply and efficiently without the need for IT involvement - ROC and SpinifexIT have provided us with a step change in SAP HR/Payroll Reporting”. For more information on how ROC and SpinifexIT can help your organization

click here

Global Reach

Launch of new SAP HCM Forum

ROC has launched its Global SAP HCM Forum on Linked In. Members will now have access to a valuable source of information as soon as it is published, including: white papers, case studies, blogs and other sources of information. There is also a special interest sub-group for members with a specific interest in SAP Payroll matters. We look forward to welcoming as many of our readers as possible to our new forum. To join us:

click here

ROC Stars

Sandy Eastman – recognized in the Top 10 most influential people in the SAP ANZ region

 

We are really proud to announce that Sandy Eastman, CEO of ROC ANZ, has been recognized by ‘Inside SAP’ as one of the ten most influential people in the SAP Australia & New Zealand region. Even more importantly, Sandy is the only one in the top 10 focused on Human Capital Management. The award recognizes significant contributions to SAP implementations or upgrades which are at the cutting edge of SAP technology. To read the full report by Inside SAP:

click here

Reader Feedback

In the interest of refining our newsletter to meet more of your needs we have included a reader feedback section. To tell us how you think we could do better, please:

click here

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.

 

 

Check out just why ROC is different at:
www.roc-group.tv

ROC - Making HCM a Business Priority
www.roc-group.com

For further information on our solutions or any of the articles covered in this newsletter please contact:

thrive@roc-group.com

If you have received a forwarded copy of ROC News and would like to receive your own copy, please:

subscribe