Economic dynamics and market pressures during a black-swan event can wreak havoc on efforts to effectively manage revenue operations and pricing for business continuity. For many organizations, environmental changes disrupt the methods by which these essential business processes are managed can be disrupted, damaging the revenue streams that create profitability. The array of pricing strategies and related promotional tactics across channels for configure, price and quote (CPQ), digital commerce and subscription management can challenge the best of organizations. Leadership must examine the agility of pricing management to determine if they have ability to make and manage changes to determine the effectiveness of decisions. This requires visibility into revenue operations and selling channels, which in turn requires programs, processes and technology designed to meet the needs of what is called price and revenue management (PRM).
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Workforce Management,
Workforce Planning,
Price and Revenue Management,
Total Compensation Management,
Conversational Computing
Over the past several months, I have discussed a wide range of topics that organizations must consider and appropriately prioritize to maintain business continuity during periods of upheaval. But sometimes it’s important to take a step back and reflect on a critical and recurring theme: experiences. The array of experiences across the workforce and business processes both inside and outside of the organization are an essential part of an organization’s success. Leadership must give these experiences the attention they deserve, and this requires visibility into operations and the tools to measure effectiveness, especially during black-swan events. Fulfilling this objective requires the programs, processes and technology designed to meet the needs of what is called experience management (XM).
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Workforce Management,
Workforce Planning,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Total Compensation Management,
Conversational Computing
Through a federal rule referred to as “Overtime Rule” and part of Title 29 regulations was issued on May 18th, 2016 by the Department of Labor (DOL), the Obama administration now mandates that unless they meet criteria for exemption, employees paid less than $47,476 ($22.825 per hour) are entitled to overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours per week. The rule change, which goes into effective on December 1, 2016, is intended to apply to executive, administrative and professional employees; it has exemptions for teachers, lawyers and other specific jobs and industries.
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Topics:
Governance,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Management,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Overtime Rule,
Part 541,
POTUS,
Wage and Labor,
Business Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Uncategorized,
Contingent Labor,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Department of Labor,
Final Rule,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
FLSA,
President Obama,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM),
Workforce Management,
Workforce Performance Management (WPM),
Workforce Planning
Maximizing the performance and value of people in the workforce should be a primary focus for any business these days. It is a complex task, especially for larger organizations, and chances for success can be increased by investment in human capital management (HCM) applications. In this competitive software market SAP is making a strong push, aided by acquisitions in the last three years of SuccessFactors for talent management and more recently Fieldglass for contingent labor management. Recently I attended the SAP HCM analyst summit to hear about its direction and plans to grow its market share. The company has made progress since our last analyst perspective on it. Mike Ettling, SAP’s president for the HR line of business, discussed its newly refined strategy and organizational structure; the company has added executives from around the globe to emphasize its commitment to helping human resources organizations.
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Topics:
SAP,
Social Media,
HCM,
Human Capital Management,
Learning,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Performance,
Recruiting,
SuccessFactors,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Compensation,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
HRMS,
Vendor Management Systems,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Management,
Workforce Planning
