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HRMS ERP Application Key Selection Considerations – Part 3



This is the third and final blog in the series – HRMS ERP Application Key Selection Considerations. In this blog I will include some additional functional aspects that should be included in your selection criteria evaluation for your organization’s next (or first) HRMS ERP application.


Of course, this is not an extensive list – my organization has over 800 key factors that we utilized to determine exactly what requirements are critical to your organization. Hopefully, this summary as well as the items in Part 1 and Part 2, will assist you in ensuring that your organization is on the right track as you make this critical decision. Let’s begin by reviewing:


Benefits Administration

  • Provides total integration between benefits and payroll including other payroll vendors

  • Maintain calculations and limits in compliance with federal legislation

  • Assigns different benefit packages to different groups of employees based on eligibility rules

  • Establishes benefit/deduction plans with multiple types and options

  • Supports effective dated:

    • Benefit/deduction plans

    • Employee benefit/deduction plan enrollment

    • Employer benefit/deduction plan enrollment

  • Updates benefit/deduction plans based on employee status change

  • Automatically enrolls employees in required plans

  • Automatically cancels specified employee benefits upon termination

  • Tracks and maintains information for dependents and beneficiaries

  • Supports “catch up” contributions on deferred compensation plans

  • Supports multiple types of life insurance, long term disability, and short-term disability

  • Supports flexible spending accounts (FSA)

  • Modify existing benefit elections; waive or decline benefits; Review, add, modify, and remove dependents and beneficiaries

  • Report and track benefits-related information and activities as they relate to new hires, benefit group changes, dependents, session setup, employee elections, and terminations.




Attendance / Absence Management

  • Supports various legislative leave types (as appropriate)

  • Supports maximum duration of leave types and combined leaves

  • Tracks due dates of Certification of Healthcare Provider Form by associate

  • Tracks the approved date when the employee’s leave of absence is expected to start

  • Tracks the approved date when the employee is expected to return from the leave.

  • Calculates the planned duration, based on expected end and expected start dates.

  • Supports workflow approval processes for leave requests initiated by associates or managers

  • PTO plans can be configured for a lump sum accrual on an annual basis

  • PTO plans can be configured to accrue based on length of service and user defined rates

  • PTO plans can be configured to accrue based on user-defined frequencies:

  • Per number of days, weeks, months, years, fixed date, hours, pay period etc.

  • Employees can view PTO/leave plan balances

  • Employees can request PTO/leave

  • Manager can view PTO/leave plan balances and pending employee PTO/leave requests

  • Manager can request PTO/leave on behave of an employee

  • Workflow approval processes are included for PTO/leave requests initiated by employees or managers




Historical Data

  • Provides a narrative history (e.g., for disciplinary actions, grievances, exit interviews)

  • Provides point-in-time reporting capability, as well as year over year capability.

  • All historical data is viewable and reportable

  • Maintain unlimited history on the following:

  • Job information

  • Salary and wage data

  • Evaluation and performance data

  • Career, skills, and education

  • Training information

  • OSHA and workers’ compensation data

  • Organizational changes

  • Employee status

  • Benefit elections

  • Pay details

  • Earnings detail

  • Deduction detail

  • Archives older historical records




Hope that you enjoyed this series – please ensure you register or come back soon to read more blogs where I will share additional information that have assisted in making my client’s successful in their ERP implementations. If you are still feeling overwhelmed with trying to select the right ERP Application contact us and we can tailor an approach that is specific to your unique requirements and situation.

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