Human resource software specialist company, Absalom Systems, has introduced Smart.HR, a suite of simple but highly effective management tools that foster strategic decision-making and enable management and HR professionals to drive and improve performance.
Smart.HR is a technologically advanced HR software solution that has been developed to enable the effective administration and management of people. Unlike many other complex HR solutions, Smart.HR is delivered as a core system with modular components.
Absalom Systems' managing director Brendon Gass says the Absalom advantage is the unique combination of products and services that differentiate them in the marketplace. “We provide clients with a competitive advantage through the effective administration, management and utilisation of their human capital.
“Smart.HR is a powerful management tool developed around the principle that people management within organisations is moving to line managers. The system is usually managed centrally by the human resources function and made available to line managers and executive management,” he explains.
Furthermore, Smart.HR has strong data analysis, extraction and reporting capabilities that ensure accurate, relevant and tangible information is at the fingertips of those who require it most. This enables management and human resource professionals to make informed decisions about significant business issues, such as performance management, remuneration, retention, succession, training and development.
“We realise the importance of information flow to any business' success, so it is crucial that all systems can be easily integrated. The integration we have created enables information, already held within either the payroll or Absalom Smart.HR, to be reflected between the two applications,” he adds.
Functionality built into the core module includes:
* A multi-level security system allowing access to information on a “need to know” basis.
* Automated audit trail recording all database changes.
* A comprehensive query builder to create customised queries on the database with all database fields as available criteria.
* A comprehensive suite of standard management reports.
* Ad hoc report writer to produce professional reports.
* Information and reports can be extracted to a variety of applications and file formats.
* Merging of documentation and letters with information from the database (eg, salary increase, notifications, correspondence).
* “Trend Analyser” reports for key performance statistics and indicators presented in a graphical format.
* Scheduler for automated task scheduling and report generation with automatic notification via e-mail.
* Storage and management of organisational related human resource documentation.
Smart.HR also offers an intelligent facility that enables one to import information from any electronic information source like payroll systems, financial systems and spreadsheets. Data imports are set up as templates to ensure the efficient administration of weekly, fortnightly or monthly imports.
Gass says Smart.HR Employee Self-Service (ESS) is an Internet or intranet-based component of Smart.HR that allows managers and employees access to a restricted view of their HR data stored in the database. “Dependant on access permissions, users can update their own personal, organisational and CV data and by using built-in workflows, perform HR functions such as leave and training applications, performance and documentation reviews online allowing organisations to move to a paperless environment.”
In addition, the Smart.HR suite makes use of SMS technology to allow employees to apply for and approve leave via their cellphones. “We are continually finding ways to maximise the usefulness of data managed in the Smart.HR database using available technology.” says Gass.
Among the many other features, Smart.HR Business Intelligence (BI) is a desktop application providing a visual summary of HR metrics derived from data in the Absalom database. With excellent drill down capability from organisational to employee level, Smart.HR BI is a useful HR dashboard for directors and executives who need to make decisions on people within the organisation.
Absalom Systems' implementation methodology has been developed to ensure that people management objectives are aligned with corporate and business objectives. The process is structured to provide immediate value to the managerial and human resources functions. Its consultants take a co-operative approach, working with clients to ensure that Smart.HR is tailor made to meet their requirements.
“We provide expert project management to deliver implementation on time and within budget. Our service is based on uncompromising dedication to making Smart.HR work for you. At Absalom, we are not interested in 'quick fixes', but rather, in building solid long-term relationships with our clients. This can only be achieved by providing excellent service to support our software,” says Gass.
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Absalom Systems (www.absalomsystems.com)
Absalom Systems is an HR software specialist company that offers comprehensive solutions for managing staff costs and productivity. Since 1996, Absalom Systems has provided software and data management services to hundreds of customer sites throughout sub-Saharan Africa and is renowned for offering affordable enterprise class HR solutions designed for the African market.
The company helps companies improve the performance of their people and their human resource function though innovative software solutions and specialist consulting, more than 200 organisations have improved the effectiveness and lowered the cost of their Human Resource management function with Absalom System's user-oriented solutions. These modular and adaptable solutions have been successfully implemented in Africa, South East Asia and Australasia, in companies that range from 40 to 25 000 employees.
With clients in industries as diverse as financial services, mining, manufacturing, breweries and professional services, its HR system's vertical focus affords Absalom Systems a depth of experience in specific industries such as civil engineering, healthcare and distributed manufacturing and services environments.
Successfully implementing the Absalom Smart.HR suite over such diverse cultures and legal entities has meant continuous improvement and unsurpassed accumulated experience in an exceptionally specialised field.
The combination of an executive team with over 30 years' industry experience, world-class technology, premium partners and a pool of knowledge drawn from real world deployments, make Absalom Systems a compelling HR solutions partner.
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