It’s been a long time since our last newsletter, so a lot of articles to cover in this one. As always, you’ll find some UK SAP payroll topics, but Concur Travel & Expense is taking a lot of space this time. This is owed to the huge increase in interest in the Concur solution following the acquisition by SAP and the very recent news of a full Concur-SAP integration.
SuccessFactors HCM is also featuring big. As more and more customers implement one or more modules, they try to understand how they can get the best value out of the solution and Chris Wilpert’s contributions about reporting are serving this demand.
Some great deals to be had in this newsletter issue as well: our out-of-the-box Recruiting Dashboard for SuccessFactors, a discount for the SAPInsider HR2016 conference in Vienna and an attractively priced licence for the SAP LearningHub for individuals and contractors.
Content Overview:
- SuccessFactors (Delta) certification and LearningHub discount
- UK Payroll: legal changes for the new tax year and further announcements for legal reporting
- Integration between SAP Payroll (cloud or on-premise) with SuccessFactors Employee Central Time & Attendance
- Change Management: Systems thinking and global rollout projects
- Some SuccessFactors and Concur videos and podcasts
- SuccessFactors reporting tools
- Getting more value from your SuccessFactors implementation
- Travel & Expense strategy: message to the CFO (please forward)
- Thoughts and infos from the Concur Fusion conference in Las Vegas including SAP-Concur integration, the „connected journey“, and European rollouts
- SAP UKI Usergroup Cloud Symposium (London)
- SAP Payroll Breakfast (London)
- Concur Workshop for SAP customers (London)
- SAPInsider HR2016 (Vienna)
Learning and Certification
Payroll UK
New Payroll Reporting Announced During 2015
Are you fully versed on all the other announcements including National Living Wage and Gender Pay Gap reporting that were made during 2015 and their requirements? Read more here…
Changes in SAP UK Payroll for the new tax year 2016/2017
The new UK tax year has started and not only are there the usual start of year changes, but there are also a number of new pieces of legislation due to take effect which will require some steps to be taken by SAP HR / SAP UK Payroll customers. New Under 25 Apprentice NI categories, new Student Loans and Court Orders, Scottish Tax and, perhaps the biggest new piece of functionality this year, Payrolling Benefits in Kind. So, let’s have a quick look at this year’s changes.
Quick Facts About SAP SuccessFactors Time&Attendance and Payroll Integration
Integration between SAP Cloud Payroll or on-premise Payroll on one side and SuccessFactors Employee Central on the other side often raises questions and can occasionally create confusion. Here are a few plain facts to help your design and roadmap decisions…
Change Management
Change Management in International IT Projects
It is commonly accepted that a lack of good change management is one of the major sources of project failure – particularly in an international context. However there are two problems with this „acceptance“… which we discuss in depth in this article.
Unintended Consequences of HR Systems, and Benefits of Systems Thinking
Investing in the latest HR systems and approaches is only half the story. If you don’t consider the totality of their impact on human behaviour, there can be damaging unintended consequences. Read on…
SuccessFactors
Podcast: Musings from Rome and Other Insights on HCM Technology
Another virtual fireside chat of the international group of SAP HCM and SuccessFactors experts covering SuccessConnect in Rome and Performance reviews amongst other things. Continue…
Video: Enabling Business Growth with SuccessFactors
The bill for running and implementing SuccessFactors Talent Management and HR solutions can be surprisingly low for a company of, say, 400 people and the return of investment often is to overcome serious barriers for growth. Read on…
Video: Ready2Use SuccessFactors Recruiting Dashboard
This video demos demonstrates a ready to use dashboard for SuccessFactors Recruiting. The dashboard provides visualisations for 10 commonly used KPIs and statistics in recruiting. Read on…
Reporting with BIRT Templates in SuccessFactors
A little Introduction to BIRT reporting in SuccessFactors. (Continue.)
Video: SuccessFactors Dashboard 2.0 with YouCalc Dashboard Builder
A quick introduction to SuccessFactors Dashboard 2.0 and how to build them using YouCalc Dashboard Builder. (Read on.)
Advanced Reporting & Online Report Designer in SuccessFactors
The Online Report Designer (ORD) is an embedded Reporting Tool in SuccessFactors and available for every customer no matter what module you have purchased. The Data Source is the same as for Ad Hoc Reports, but it offers much more functionality. (Continue reading.)
You have implemented SuccessFactors, but what now? Start your journey of HCM Innovation!
It sometimes seems the SuccessFactors community is only talking about implementing new modules. Is there really nothing customers need once SuccessFactors Recruiting, Employee Central, Goals and Performance or other modules are up and running? Many policies and practices including SuccessFactors professional certification suggest: not really… (Continue.)
Quick Facts About SAP SuccessFactors Time&Attendance and Payroll Integration
Integration between SAP Cloud Payroll or on-premise Payroll on one side and SuccessFactors Employee Central on the other side often raises questions and can occasionally create confusion. Here are a few plain facts to help your design and roadmap decisions…
Concur Travel & Expense
Video: Concur Travel Configuration – Setting Up Exceptions
This is an un-cut live demo to demonstrate how to set up exceptions in Concur Travel and Expense and how they impact the end-user process. As an example we use a policy rule to not allow 3 or more passengers from the same company on the same flight. Go to video.
Video: Concur Expense Process End to End
See how easily and quickly your employees can create and manage their expense reports using Concur. This demo shows the Browser based process without mobile use.
To: The CFO – From: The Workforce – Subject: The Big Picture of Travel and Expense with Concur
I found that looking at Travel and Expense processes in organisations is usually the more frustrating the better the system is they have in place. No: it’s not a typo. For a change, my frustration is not about system issues, but about the huge potential a state of the art T&E system like Concur brings, but is left untapped, because of a lack of vision or big picture view. Read on…
The Hidden Savings in Concur Travel
I often find it interesting to hear the arguments for traditional sliced up processes against modern self service processes. Most notably when it comes to travel planning and booking, where the traditional argument suggests “hidden costs” in empowering employees. I firmly believe that these are far outweighed by the hidden savings, if you are using a state of the art solution like Concur Travel. Read on…
Concur Travel and Expense: Time for your European Rollout
SAP has stopped selling their home-grown cloud solution for travel and expense and announced Concur as their go-forward solution, whilst the on-premise product is merely being kept alive. This has led to a steep increase in Concur customer numbers in EMEA and to SAP seriously investing into the solution’s capabilities in general and to cover European requirements in particular. So, if you are using Concur in North America, this is a good time to consider a European rollout. Continue reading…
My Connected Journey to Concur Fusion in Las Vegas
I travelled to Las Vegas last week for the Concur Fusion conference. One big theme was “The Connected Journey”, where Concur as a central tool connects the traveller and supporting teams with a variety of related vendors, tools and processes. So, using Concur myself, how connected was my trip? Find out here…
Concur Fusion: The Connected Journey and SAP-Concur Integration
I attended Concur Fusion in the US last week and in this article I’m summarising the most important themes from my point of view: “Going Global”, “The Connected Journey”, “The big change the travel industry is facing with direct booking”, “Analytics”, “SAP Integration”, and “Implementation strategies and woes”. Read the article here…
Concur – SAP ERP Integration: What I Learned at Concur Fusion
SAP-Concur integration is something many customers and even more would-be customers in Europe have been waiting for. The old Dell Boomi based Financial Connector between Concur and SAP has never convinced anybody I talked to, but help is nigh! This blog is a quick overview, of what I learned about the integration between SAP ERP and Concur at Fusion in Las Vegas. Read more here…
Concur: Switching off Unwanted Travel and Expense Apps
One of the big advantages of Concur Travel and Expense is that the solution integrates with a large number of 3rd party apps and services. Users can connect their Concur accounts to the accounts they hold with taxi services, restaurant and café apps and a whole zoo of further apps. However, not all apps work for all countries or policies, and the ever growing number of apps also makes it confusing. So, how can you stop users connecting to apps that you don’t want them to use? Read on…
Concur Monthly Release Highlights April 2016
This month there are a shower of new updates and improvements released by Concur, read on to find out more about Request module availability in the mobile app, running your account extracts on demand and more.
Events
12th May, London: UK and Ireland SAP User Group Cloud Symposium
- Hannah Smith and Sven Ringling will present a session on Concur at 14:05: “Maximising Value from your Concur Travel & Expense Implementation’
- Both Speakers as well as SuccessFactors expert Sirisha Kanchi will be at iProCon’s exhibition stand (stand number 8) to answer questions about SuccessFactors, SAP Payroll and Concur. Best to get in touch before the event to arrange a bespoke meeting or live demo
- learn more: https://www.sapusers.org/events/1248/20160512-cloud-symposium
16th June, London: iProCon SAP Payroll Breakfast and Concur Workshop Day
On 16th June 2016, iProCon will be holding a free workshop day in central London featuring 4 hours covering Concur’s innovative Travel and Expense solution preceded by a breakfast session on SAP HR & Payroll best practices.
If you would be interested in joining us, please register through this link.
June 20th – 22nd, Vienna: SAPInsider HR2016 Europe (SuccessFactors, SAP HCM, Concur)
The big annual European HR conference from SAP Insider. Traditionally our UK director Sven Ringling is one of the speakers delivering sessions about SAP HCM global rollout, SuccessFactors Reporting Tools, SuccessFactors Time & Attendance, and Concur Travel & Expense.
To get a special discount by speaker invite, please use this link to register for HR2016 in Vienna:
www.HR2016.com/SvenRingling
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