Standardizing HR across 22 sites for an engineering & construction group

Six decades of growth had left HR data decentralized and unorganized across every operating facility. Employee Central gave 1,900+ people one way of working.

1,900+

Employees on a single HR platform

22+

Locations standardized on the same processes

9

Months to implement

1

Month of hyper-care after go-live

Client overview

Our client has a legacy of over six decades in the engineering and construction industry.

Their vision is to become the preferred choice in their industry, providing cost-competitive and innovative solutions as a progressive engineering “Construction & Project Management” company — creating long-term value for their customers, employees and shareholders.

Background

Six decades of growth, and no single way of working

The client was using a legacy HRMS for their HR operation, and wanted to standardize business processes around all manufacturing and operation facilities. They were also looking to enable employee self-service and manager self-service. More than 1,900 employees were spread across more than 22 locations.

The key business challenges

2 in total
01

Decentralized and un-organized data.

Data
02

A global solution was required — lower administrative cost and consistent processes across the organization’s locations.

Cost & process

The VISCAP solution

  • A global solution delivering lower administrative cost and consistent processes across the organization’s locations.
  • Un-organized and un-managed data was reformatted with data cleansing.
  • Employee self-service and manager self-service capabilities were enabled across all facilities.
  • Integration with SAP HCM Payroll, and of Employee Central with the SAP FI module, was completed.
  • Integration middleware used: SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI).
Timeline

Programme implemented in 9 months with 1 month of hyper-care support.

Benefits

The immediate benefits across the group’s operating facilities.

For employees and managers

  • Improvements in the employee user experience and satisfaction
  • ESS and MSS implemented successfully, with the required integration

For operations

  • Automation implemented with minimum manual intervention
  • Consistent processes across all 22+ locations

For data

  • Previously unorganized data reformatted and cleansed
  • Employee Central connected to SAP HCM Payroll and SAP FI over CPI

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Running HR differently at every site? Speak with VISCAP’s HXM team about standardizing on Employee Central and what the integration to payroll and finance involves.

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