HCM software from the cloud has advantages – Computable

modern human capital management (HCM) software is essential for organizations to support their operational and strategic HR activities. As more software in SaaS form becomes available, many companies face a choice: should I go for HCM software on their own enterprise or in the cloud? My advice is from the cloud, and I have many good reasons for that.

The cloud is in all industries and fields of a hot topic. That’s not surprising when you consider that cloud technology in all those places helps to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). Regardless of the sector you are operating in a cloud solution – when it comes to TCO – always cheaper in the long run, because you do not have to do more investments in hardware and energy costs and cooling loss of the server park. Furthermore, you do not own to worry about administrative tasks as patches and updates.

It is also significant that continuous guaranteed compliance cost savings and risk reduction entails. And finally, when you work with a cloud solution is actually rolling out a process and policies across the company many times easier, even if that company has offices worldwide.

Ten additional benefits

In addition to these typical general benefits there are specific reasons why I believe organizations should move their HCM applications to the cloud. I call the top ten.

1. With a cloud platform you’ll get real-time insight into your workforce. In dynamic environments, real-time insight into the scenarios of today and tomorrow is an important means for HR to add value to the business. Think of monitoring employees and insight into the course by economic conditions or perhaps age. The platform also provides the ability to make decisions based on facts where a new plant or plant to be opened from a cost perspective employees. With real-time insight do you know which people you need, what skills are available in certain regions and at what cost. With on-premise software reporting is possible, but not as direct and dynamic as cloud software.

 
2. You create more innovation. Big updates from on-premise HCM software are time consuming, often requiring downtime and costs money. It so happens that organizations skip some updates because it’s not convenient at this time to invest time and budget. As a result, many companies with outdated software that does not have the latest features and security. When a cloud solution an organization knows always assured of the most current version, without having to invest time and money in it. Companies do not have to use all the new features, but they do have a choice, so they can focus on innovation instead of maintenance and management.

 
3. You will shorten the implementation time dramatically. On-premise solutions are long and costly projects where many customization comes into play. With a cloud solution can go live in less than three months firstly by utilizing best practices across regions or sectors and on the other is to configure the system simpler and more transparent than customized.

 
4. Each delivery model is applicable. The great strength of cloud solutions lies in the fact that you are using configuration can continue to use their own delivery model of the organization, even if you are using one solution . Want a business ‘best in class’? Then it can simply use the best practices. If an organization wants operational excellence, it can be much more emphasis be placed on self-service by management and employees. For customer intimacy, it is possible to directly share any relevant information with the user.

 
5. Integration with other systems is easier and less time consuming. For a HCM cloud solution is that the integration only once need not be regulated as it is rolled out worldwide. That means a major simplification of the IT landscape, but also that all systems can be much more uitgenut.

 
6. Consistency in processes. By selecting one process for the entire company and deploy software through cloud, it is possible to ensure consistency in processes. Apart from the previously mentioned advantages compliancy, which gives also the ability to manage enterprise-level processes, implementation and monitoring. Moreover, it also provides consistency from a user perspective.

 
7. Easier configuration processes. compared with an on-premise solution to configure processes within an HCM cloud solution is a lot simpler. By making use of best practices to configure and tweak to their own business need through data modeling, it’s child’s play to make adjustments. Processes are seamlessly connected to each other and are so configured that they are used as a means and no longer as a target. That is the user experience and feel good.

 
8. HR can focus on providing added value. are self-service responsibilities where they belong because the HCM system always, anywhere and on any device available for employees. This means that HR no longer serves as the administrative department.

 
9. The appearance of the software more in line with what employees are accustomed Modern HCM solutions from the cloud have the same look & amp.; feel as many other applications, tools and software used by employees in their private lives. That means that the experience gets a positive boost relative to self-service processes that are provided with an on-premise solution. Eventually course you do as an organization that employees will use the solution. Such use increases if the experience is positive and accessible.

 
10. Cost savings because less training is needed. The use of HCM software from the cloud is very intuitive. That means do not need large investments are made in training end users and administrators.

 

Bang for security?

I am aware that many organizations still keep the cloud from a distance, because they are afraid of security issues. But the fact is that a large cloud provider has a lot more resources, knowledge and expertise in the field of security than companies where it is not a core business. That applies not only to digital access, but also for the physical security of systems. In short, there is no reason for reluctance to migrate to the cloud

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