To help companies improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their payroll management processes, we have assembled our 2015 Value Index for Payroll Management. It evaluates vendors of payroll management software to provide a guide for selecting the right application to suit specific needs. The executive summary is available for download, and this analysis provides a snapshot of the findings. Ventana Research defines payroll management as all activities associated with paying employees...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Uncategorized,
HR,
HRMS,
Talent Management
In recent years line-of-business applications including accounting, human resources, manufacturing, sales and customer service have appeared in the cloud. Cloud -based software as a service (SaaS) has replaced on-premises applications that were previously part of ERP and CRM environments. They have helped companies become more efficient but have also introduced interoperability challenges between business processes. Their advantage is that cloud software can be rented, configured and used...
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Topics:
ERP,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Order Management,
Business Analytics,
CIO,
Cloud Computing,
Customer Service,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
CFO,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
SFA,
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
Pressure to comply with requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a looming challenge for most organizations today. Many go through numerous manual iterations such as running reports and compiling data into spreadsheets from benefits, payroll and HR systems to calculate whether their employees are eligible. As my colleague Stephan Millard explains in “Is Your Organization Technology Ready for the Affordable Care Act?”, the ACA applies to organizations with 50 or more full-time employees...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Equifax,
Human Capital Analytics,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Applications (IA),
Information Management (IM),
Workforce Performance Management (WPM)
In the realm of technology that matters for business and IT, our firm as part of our responsibility continually assesses the latest technology and how it can impact organizations’ efficiency and effectiveness. Our benchmark research in technology innovation found that 87% of participants indicated the importance of increasing the organization’s value through technology innovation. Every year we take our knowledge from research and technology briefings to focus on our Technology Innovation Awards
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Topics:
Big Data,
Datameer,
Mobile,
Sales,
Social Media,
Sustainability,
Customer,
ESRI,
Globoforce,
GRC,
HCM,
Kronos,
Kyriba,
Location Analytics,
Marketing,
NetBase,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Overall Operational Leadership,
Peoplefluent,
Planview,
SQLstream,
VMWare,
VPI,
IT Analytics & Performance,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
CIO,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Hortonworks,
IBM,
Informatica,
Information Builders,
Information Management,
Information Technology,
KXEN,
Location Intelligence,
Operational Intelligence,
Oracle,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Contact Center,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Datawatch,
Financial Management,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Applications (IA),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
IT Performance Management (ITPM),
Johnson Controls Panoptix,
Roambi,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Service & Supply Chain,
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM),
Upstream Works,
Vertex,
Workforce Performance Management (WPM),
Xactly
Business analytics can help organizations use data to find insights that lead to new opportunities and address issues unrecognized before. One player in this market is Datawatch, known for its tools for information optimization and harvesting value from big data including content and documents. I assessed the company earlier this year, and recently our firm recognized its customers’ achievements with 2013 Ventana Research Leadership Awards for Information Optimization with Phelps County...
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Topics:
Big Data,
SAP,
GRC,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Panopticon,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Information Management,
Operational Intelligence,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
CEP,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Datawatch,
Discovery,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Applications (IA),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
SAP HANA,
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
Businesses need to simplify HR and compliance processes to save time and reduce risk. Talx, which helps employers address concerns in hiring, pay and compliance, has now assumed the name of its parent company and become Equifax Workforce Solutions [PDF]. HR and finance professionals should recognize the parent company’s brand from its work in the consumer credit industry. The company hopes these professionals will see that Equifax Workforce Solutions offers a better approach to governance, risk...
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Topics:
Equifax,
eThority,
GRC,
I9,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
CFO,
Compensation,
compliance,
finance,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Hiring,
HR,
TALX,
Workforce Performance Management (WPM),
Workforce Solutions
Investing wisely in sales-related people and processes is a key to business success. In 2012, helping sales staff perform at their highest levels should be a top priority for management. That may take some effort, according to our benchmark research, which indicates that only 14 percent of sales organizations operate at the highest level of innovation and competitiveness. In recent years, most organizations merely discussed moving beyond using only their sales force automation application and...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Mobile,
Planning,
Sales,
Social Media,
assets,
Learning,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Performance,
Reporting,
Sales Compensation,
Sales Force Automation,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
channel,
coaching,
commission,
CRM,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
SFA,
Workforce Performance Management (WPM)
