While it’s true that some companies spend a lot of time, energy and money figuring out their ESS / MSS strategy, it doesn’t have to be that way. By intently focusing on several key strategic decisions and building a strong business case, it is possible to come up with a go-forward strategy and detailed plan in as little as 4 - 6 weeks. Many companies spend months (or years!) trying to come up with an exhaustive set of ESS / MSS requirements that will satisfy all users in every region. As a result, these projects never achieve their full ROI potential. Conversely, by starting with a relatively small set of core functionality, it’s possible to rapidly build an easy to use, ROI-producing application that can be easily expanded to more complex areas over time. The key is to quickly come up with your strategy and stick with it.

Netting it out.

Empowering employees and managers with the content and business processes to accurately and quickly complete enterprise functions will help drive productivity, cut support costs, and reduce development and training costs associated with application deployment. Delivering robust SAP® ESS / MSS functionality through your corporate SharePoint platform provides employees with one, centralized location for all corporate knowledge and employee self-service business processes – a truly unified portal strategy. This approach to unified content, knowledge and business process will accelerate your company’s productivity and profitability goals.

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Start today on the road to an estimated 300% ROI for deploying a Microsoft® SharePoint® based SAP® ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) self-service delivery environment. Our company offers a special “HCM Self-Service NOW!” program designed to jump-start your ESS / MSS strategy. This 2 day engagement includes prioritizing self-service application business and technical requirements; preparation and delivery of a high-level project approach (‘how do we get there?’); and a comprehensive financial justification summary (‘how do we fund it?’) - All of which may be used as a basis for you to pilot an employee self-service solution. The cost for this program is $15,000 plus travel & related expenses and includes a satisfaction guarantee or Topaz Bridge will refund your entire expenditure.

Next month we will begin a series on HCM Business Value - What are the Five Core Elements of ROI associated with HCM Self Service Delivery. Until then…