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- Zoho steps up enterprise game; Launches Zoho People
- Zoho on Monday launched Zoho People, a human capital management tool that could be quite useful for mid-sized businesses. The move also shows how Zoho intends to reach well beyond its online office suite, which is really just a set of starter apps for broader enterprise ambitions. ...
- Tags: Game, Google Inc., Google Docs, Human Capital Management, Zoho People, Human Capital, Productivity, Performance Appraisal, Pricing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- American Crystal Sugar Company Upgrades Management System to Minimize Costs
- American Crystal Sugar Company is an agricultural cooperative that specializes in sugar and sugar-based products and byproducts. The company wanted to maximize shareholder profit and control variable costs, such as overtime. The challenge was to manage nonproductive time. American Crystal Sugar Company utilized Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Human Capital Management...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Human Capital, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Port of Corpus Christi Authority Accelerates and Simplifies Financial Operations With Rapid Upgrade
- The Port of Corpus Christi Authority owns and operates docks and freight handling facilities at the Port of Corpus Christi, which is on the Gulf of Mexico - approximately 150 miles north of the US-Mexico border. The Port of Corpus Christi Authority wanted to improve operational efficiencies and gain added...
- Tags: Accounting, Oracle Corp., Financial, Human Capital, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Fairfield Residential LLC Improves Information Access With Flexible Human Capital Management Solution
- Fairfield Residential LLC is a leader in the multi-family home industry and consistently ranks among the largest multi-family home developers, builders, and redevelopers nationwide. Fairfield Residential LLC wanted to facilitate payroll processing across the diverse organization and standardize HR processes to improve efficiency and compliance. The challenge was to provide...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Oracle Corp., J.D. Edwards & Co., Human Capital Management, Fairfield Residential LLC, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Mobilitie LLC Improves Business Agility and Scalability With Integrated Applications
- Mobilitie LLC, a US$600 million market capital company, is reinventing the way telecommunications assets - specifically communications towers and antennae - are managed for wireless providers. Mobilitie LLC wanted to manage multiple independent funds, as well as thousands of discrete properties and tenant relationships and focus on partnership approach with...
- Tags: Tenant, Asset, Oracle Corp., Scalability, Mobilitie LLC, Human Capital, Asset Management, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Wireless, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Finance
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- SAP-BusinessObjects: what was unsaid
- The SAP-BusinessObjects go to market show was mildly interesting but left key questions unanswered. Colleagues Dan Farber and Mike Krigsman were on the call as was James Governor. I asked how the combined operation might incorporate non-financial measures into the new solutions. I was thinking about how...
- Tags: Opportunity, Hyperion Solutions Corp., SAP AG, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Human Capital, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Ingenio Carmelita Increases Sugar Production by 15.3 Million Pounds and Improves Operations With an Integrated IT Infrastructure
- Ingenio Carmelita S.A wanted to implement an integrated system of agroindustrial information to support the firm's rapid growth and establish a robust database to make up-to-date information available 24x7, facilitating timely decision making. The challenge was to eliminate manual interfaces to achieve operating efficiency and production efficiency for the sugar...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Ingenio, Human Capital, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Chang Hwa Bank Deploys E-Solution to Strengthen Human Capital Management
- Founded in 1905, Chang Hwa Bank is one of the oldest and most respected financial institutions in Taiwan. Chang Hwa Bank wanted to attract and retain talented personnel by developing attractive and competitive job packages and cultivate existing talent to ensure they have the skills and knowledge of senior staff,...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance Evaluation, Human Capital Management, Chang Hwa Bank, Human Capital, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resource Management (HRM), Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- UPC Hungary Ltd. Improves Efficiency With Strategic Human Capital Management Solution
- UPC Hungary wanted to reduce the time, cost, and complexity of Human Resources (HR) management activities by migrating onto a single IT platform and automating business processes and improve efficiency by centralizing all HR processes - recruiting, onboarding, training, performance management, talent management, and reporting - on one system. The...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Human Capital Management, Training, Human Capital, Workforce Management, Human Resources
- Case studies 2007-12-01
- Recognize Employee Achievement
- Increasingly, employees look for multiple rewards from their work - not just monetary rewards, but also opportunities for leadership, creativity, autonomy, and personal growth. Certainly all employees are attracted by competitive wages, but understanding what other rewards motivate the work force can help one build what may be the organization's...
- Tags: Reward, Human Capital, Asset Management, Leadership, Benefits, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Streamlining Human Capital Management With Identity and Access Management
- Extending Human Capital Management (HCM) deployments with Identity and Access Management solutions offers companies a unique set of capabilities to address business process, integration, and data management challenges across the enterprise in order to maximize productivity by ensuring that new employees have the tools and information they need to do...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Access Management, Human Capital Management, Identity, Human Capital, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Workstream prefers virtualization to multi-tenancy
- Among the product announcements at last week's HR Technology conference in Chicago was a major relaunch from Nasdaq-listed SaaS vendor Workstream. The unveiling of its flagship TalentCenter 7.0 marks the company's emergence from a period of much behind-the-scenes work. "We really went invisible for the past sixteen months while we...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Virtualization, Environment, On-demand, Vendor, Human Capital Management, VMware Inc., Workstream, Human Capital, Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- From Tactical to Strategic: Redefining the Role of the Chief Human Capital Officer
- An organization's people represent a significant component of its total value - and an equally significant component of its costs. Yet few organizations manage this enormous and essential asset in a truly strategic way. Human Resources (HR) departments have traditionally been mired in operational activities and viewed solely as a...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-10-01
- New Era for HR Shared Services
- Centralizing benefits, payroll and other human resources functions not only saves money and improves customer service, it also frees HR professionals to provide more strategic support. Find out more in this report from BusinessWeek Research Services and SAP.
- Tags: Information Technology, SAP AG, Management, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Strategy, Human Capital
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Getting Started with e-Learning: Eight Questions to Consider
- The face of corporate learning has changed. It is no longer possible to develop your human capital with a single approach. Today's corporate environment calls for out of the box thinking, incorporating the benefits of many types of learning to benefit your company's single biggest investment -- your people. Evaluating...
- Tags: Human Capital, Benefits, SkillSoft, E-learning, Benefit, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- MTR Corporation Uses New-Generation HRMS to Help Streamline HR Management
- Every day, up to 2.5 million people travel on Hong Kong's mass transit railway system. Owned and operated by MTR Corporation, the rail network spans over 91 route-kilometers with 53 stations and five depots. In 2006, the organization reported a turnover of HK$9,541 million (US$1.2 billion). MTR Corporation is recognized...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Streamline, HRM, Human Resource Management (HRM), Human Capital, Organizational Structure, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- The Impact and Value of Human Capital Management [HCM] in Today's Organisations
- This paper examines the impact and value of Human Capital Management [HCM] in today's organisations. It illustrates the importance of Human Capital Management and how this can impact an organisation's bottom line. A key focus of this paper is to understand the value of measuring human capital and the role...
- Tags: Human Capital Management, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-06-20
- Building the Business Case to Upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resources Management System Release 12
- Off late business challenges center on an ever-changing, increasingly mobile asset: the workforce. With talent management emerging as a hot-button issue from the boardroom to line-managers, organizations must move towards an environment of total employee engagement, linking individual skills, goals and competencies to those of the organization. In recognizing this...
- Tags: Business Case, Talent, Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, Talent Management, HRMS, Workforce Management, Human Capital, Asset Management, Human Resources, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Human Capital Management: How Top Organizations Drive Company Profits Efficiently
- Human resources functions and responsibilities are changing and intensifying at a faster pace, and to a greater degree, than many other areas of the corporate organization. Once relegated to the back office and concerned mainly or even exclusively with transactional processes and functions, HR organizations are taking a greater role...
- Tags: SAP AG, Human Capital Management, Organization, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-05-01
- The Business Value of Upgrading to PeopleSoft Enterprise 9: Human Capital Management Solutions
- Nowadays business challenges center on an ever-changing, increasingly mobile asset: the workforce. With talent management emerging as a hot-button issue from the boardroom to line-managers, organizations must move towards an environment of total employee engagement, linking individual skills, goals and competencies to those of the organization. In recognizing this important...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Human Capital Management, Talent Management, PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management 9.0, Human Capital, Workforce Management, Asset Management, Human Resources, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-01-01
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