Gone are the days where you merely paid your employees a salary and deducted tax and UIF. In today`s world, Payroll is Greek to most organisations.
Software as a Service (SaaS) could revolutionise Payroll processing as we know it. SaaS is a method of software delivery where the software company provides hosting, maintenance, technical support, security and business continuity for the software provided to the customer. Software can be delivered using this method to any market segment including large to micro organisations", says Dereck Gibbs, director of Pro Solutions, a SaaS provider of Axia Payroll services.
With the recent, but relatively belated, proliferation of broadband (ADSL, 3G, HSDPA, WiFi and other wireless options) in the South African market, companies and individuals now have access to affordable and relatively high performance telecommunications. This has enabled a vast number of new users access to internet-based services and empowered them to effectively apply such services to their businesses.
As a natural extension to the highly customisable Axia Employee Management Solution aimed at larger, more complex businesses, Pro Solutions has launched Axia Payroll services. This service is aimed at companies who have more standard payroll and HR requirements and are fed up with continuously being plagued with SARS penalties, no access to payroll and HR expertise, technology headaches, incorrect IRP5`s and the high cost associated with all of these.
"We appreciate that our customers often do not have the resources or know-how to perform tedious and time consuming software upgrades when statutory rules and regulations change and we have therefore make it much simpler by automatically updating the centrally hosted application, with these types of upgrades rolled out immediately to every single customer without them having to do anything. By managing each account from a central location, rather than at each customer`s site, we cut down on costly consulting fees for the customer. This solution also cuts the normal costs associated with specific hardware requirements when using traditional payroll and other software applications" says Gibbs.
Our customers have a choice of the "degree" of outsourcing they require from the solution - from totally outsourced where we run the entire payroll including data input and 3rd party payments to co-sourced where the customer chooses the processes and functions that they`d like to control.
The provision of software as a service is not a new thing, and Pro Solutions has offered their Axia Employee Management Solution as such for the last 10 years. This has placed them in a unique position where they are charging customers a `pay-as-you-go` fee structure rather than expensive software purchases with the usual license fees paid annually. It also provides customers with peace of mind that they are not tied into lengthy contracts and that the service levels are monitored by a strict Service Agreement.
Software as a Service is just another term for outsourcing your business processes - it delivers software and its related functionality, but without the overhead costs associated with operating a traditional application. With the widespread use of such software offerings, paying for software as a utility or literally, Software as a Service, is on a steady increase!
For more information on how your business can benefit from an online Payroll and HR solution, contact Pro Solutions on (011) 234 5600 or email info@prosol.co.za
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