Highlights from 2011 AHRI HR Technology Conference

 Author: Daire O’Mochain – HCM (Human Capital Management) Practice Manager

On Wednesday 12^th October, Extend and our partners sponsored the AHRI HR Technology conference.

Our aim was to demonstrate the end-to-end capability of the SAP HCM suite, including the major extension products that are available.  We also wanted to show how SAP is leading the market in terms of adoption of new HCM technology trends.  To that end our stand included demonstrations on mobility applications for field service staff, hosted risk management, HR and Talent Analytics.

Underpinning the mobility theme was an SAP HR installation specifically set up for the event to which we connected via iPads.  On the iPads, we had created a HR form that allowed us to ‘on-board’ delegates as they passed our booth.  Delegates were handed an ‘employee ID card” and in just a few seconds their ‘employee data’ was transferred to our SAP HR system.  Within a minute the new employees were able to go to our booth and clock in to one of our KABA terminals which showed their details on the display.  All of this functionality took us no more than a week to set up and install using a number of accelerators and templates designed to shorten implementation times.

As sponsors of the event, and in partnership with SAP Australia, we were delighted to have the opportunity to showcase a number of recently announced HCM Apps including:

• SAP ® Manager Insight: Provides managers with quick access to HR data, reports and KPIs at anytime and facilitates collaboration on HR topics and capture follow-up actions (click here to watch demo)
• SAP ® Interview Assistant: Allows managers to access documents, capture information during interviews and collaborate to act quickly during the hiring process

We also demonstrated Sovanta’s iPeople application on the day.

Our rolling stand display also contained a number of mobility demos for SAP Employee Lookup, SAP Leave Request and SAP Timesheet (click here to view demos).

Thanks to all delegates who participated in our mobile on-boarding experience.  But a reminder – it was just a demonstration, so no – you won’t be getting another salary paid this month, for those of you who asked!

Stay tuned for further follow up activity from the 2011 AHRI HR Technology conference day in the lead up to the Mastering SAP HR/Payroll in early 2012.

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