In an exciting development, Oracle SA has entered into a business partnership agreement with Q Data DynamiQue Africa and its sister company DynamiQue Systems International (DSI) to localise, market and sell Oracle`s Human Resources and Payroll Applications suite into selected non-competitive target markets.
"With the new Labour Relations Act, pending Employment Equity bill and Year 2000, demand for new-generation HR and payroll systems will easily be satisfied with Oracle`s Release 11 Internet-enabled applications and DynamiQue`s almost 30 years` industry experience," says Derrik Opperman, Oracle SA product manager.
"To meet these requirements, the suite is being localised in terms of legislative, business and other more cultural requirements."
David Brown, MD of DynamiQue Africa continues: "The partnership with Oracle is in line with our strategy of forging alliances with leading players in targeted, non-competing sectors of the market.
"In conjunction with Oracle, we are able to meet the needs of customers who require state-of-the-art HR/payroll functionality as part of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution."
Modifications to the Oracle suite are being done in partnership with DSI, sister company to DynamiQue Africa in the R21-billion PQ Holdings group. DSI designs, develops and supports cost-effective payroll and HR management methodologies, products and services by combining appropriate technologies, sound business principles and best practices.
Rob Nowicki, MD of DSI, comments: "The partnership was a mutual decision among the companies. DynamiQue Africa and DSI were attracted by Oracle`s ERP solutions, advanced technology and web capabilities of its applications. Oracle chose DSI and DynamiQue Africa for their world-renowned expertise in the fields of payroll, HR and industrial relations.
DynamiQue Africa`s sales force is being trained to articulate the localised product with its vision to the market. The company is also training its top consultants to implement the Oracle suite.
Opperman explains that Oracle has four main objectives as far as HR is concerned: to reduce HR administration costs through self-service transaction processing; improve and leverage the skills of the workforce through end-to-end competency management; compete for scarce resources through total compensation management; and empower managers by providing them with the correct information through integrated workforce analysis.
David Brown concludes: "We aim to be the preferred supplier of world-class solutions and are reputed for developing lasting partnerships with our customers through qualified, accessible and client focused people. Oracle fits this philosophy perfectly."
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