The Visions Report, an initiative aimed at assisting organisations in selecting employment equity products and software, has been launched by IT and consulting specialist group, Visions Consulting.
Visions Consulting CEO, Tracy Lemon, says that although the Employment Equity Act has opened up new opportunities and challenges for both the public and private sectors in SA, many organisations have expressed frustration at the proliferation of Employment Equity products currently on the market.
"Many organisations are still feeling their way around employment equity needs and are overwhelmed by the variety of products and services available to them," says Lemon.
The Visions Report provides a step-by-step walk-through of the employment equity process, with participating vendors positioning their products against the relevant steps at which their products provide services. The result is a guide to employment equity products.
Author Barbara Parker says the positioning document serves as a form of vendor catalogue that will give companies full access to seven months of extensive research. "Those vendors that were happy to be included in the report showed their confidence in their products," says Parker.
She adds that the report serves as a means for companies to easily eliminate products and software that will not suit their needs and budgets without going through the laborious, time-consuming and most especially costly process of finding software to ensure compliance to the new equity acts.
According to Lemon, The Visions Report acquired the cooperation and participation of over 40 competing vendors, including FSA Contact, Lawson Software, Peoplesoft, Oracle and SAP. "It is an indication of just how eager the vendors are to introduce some kind of stability into the Employment Equity arena," she says.
The report comprises four main sections. The first section describes the Employment Equity process, the second provides an analysis of the products and services currently available on the market, and the third positions products according to the features and services they provide. The last part of the report incorporates a directory of vendors` contact details.
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