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Welcome to the HumanConcepts Blog. As the developer of OrgPlus technology, the staff at HumanConcepts daily addresses the challenges, pain points and trends surrounding workforce decision support issues. This blog is an online community where our staff and other HR professionals can share their real-life human resources experiences and war stories, communicate best practices and highlight industry news.

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Martin SacksMartin Sacks,
President and CEO
Jim CandlerJim Candler,
VP Global Customer Success
Tammy SmithTammy Smith,
Sr. Marketing Manager
Suzanne JohnsonSuzanne Johnson,
Director, Global Services
Andy VenterAndy Venter,
Major Account Manager
Chris LewisChris Lewis,
Technical Support Manager
Jeremy RoarkJeremy Roark,
Hosted Systems Administrator
Scott JenkinsScott Jenkins,
Director, EMEA - West

Posts Tagged ‘Workforce Analytics’

HumanConcepts Launches OrgPlus Premium

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Today, we are proud to announce our newest product, OrgPlus Premium. OrgPlus Premium manages all human resource activities around workforce change – from planning through documentation and reporting. HR professionals can track all changes made during a workforce planning activity, measure their impact, and easily update them in the HR system of record. Read the press release here for more information.

Why the Resistance to Proactively Managing Workforce Change?

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Almost every time we speak with a prospective client, someone exclaims, “I wish we knew about your solutions a year ago”. This has been a common statement for years now, not just during the current economic hardships. A typical reason behind this wish equates to hard dollar losses and/or negative publicity related to managing the separation process inefficiently.

Through work with Fortune 100 Companies we have grown to understand the complexity of processes related to separations due to internal business rules, government compliance issues and the difficulty compiling critical information for decision making and multiple reporting needs in a short timeframe. We have developed easy to use, flexible and proven solutions to address these specific needs.

Unfortunately some companies ‘learn the hard way’ before seeking out an automated solution.  The financial and legal risks are real, causing plenty of companies to run into trouble without implementation of an end-to-end enterprise solution.  So why then is there resistance to seeking a solution that can help manage these processes before the pain affects your company? (more…)

Align your business with OrgPlus – the “positive” side effects

Friday, May 15th, 2009

I find that most of my customers today want a “prescription” that eliminates more than one “pain”.

With reduced budgets, solutions that apply to more than one project or company challenge will increase overall solution value, but may require buy-in from other departments.

For example, a recent customer needed to adapt its workforce to the current economic climate. At the same time, they wanted to align the business when the economy upturns. Through an initial “goal sharing” call, we identified that OrgPlus Enterprise (with OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint) suited their requirements 110%.

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Visualize and manage your workforce with OrgPlus Enterprise

Monday, April 13th, 2009

OrgPlus Enterprise transforms your HR data into organizational charts that can be easily shared across the organization. Incorporating role based security and user authentication allows OrgPlus to become a very powerful business system. The solution has a full range of features that gives you the flexibility to display and navigate workforce information in many ways:

• Organizational tree
• Directories
• Profiles
• Flexible view templates
• Search functions
• Sub-charts
• Hot-spots
• Hyperlinks
• Branch styles
• Conditional formatting
• Chart rules

Another benefit of OrgPlus Enterprise is the ability to automate the solution. You can easily upload your data files to our server via SFTP. OrgPlus Enterprise will automatically refresh your chart with current information when a new data file is uploaded. 

For more information on OrgPlus Enterprise, please click here.

Visual Business Intelligence

Monday, April 6th, 2009

At first glance, you may think that “enterprise” organizational charts are just static documents and no big deal.  However, as a seasoned enterprise technology consultant, I knew that “enterprise” organizational charts would be a very complex and powerful offering.

I experienced my first “a-ha” moment when I witnessed a client initially view their ERP data in OrgPlus Enterprise. The first time the client sees their actual data visualized in an OrgPlus organizational chart is when the light bulb goes off for them and they start to see the power of the product. As they say, “a picture is worth a thousand words”.

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The benefits of onsite training for OrgPlus Enterprise

Monday, February 9th, 2009

When it comes to best practices for using OrgPlus Enterprise, we recommend onsite training so organizations can take full advantage of the solution. Training ensures that OrgPlus Enterprise is being used correctly and helps the user avoid time intensive calls into our Technical Service Department. HumanConcepts offers two courses: Admin Training 1 and Admin Training 2. Each course is 4 hours in length with 45 minutes of hands-on exercises. (more…)