22 sites, one way of working:standardizing HR 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.
Six decades of growth, and no single way of working
With a legacy of over six decades in engineering and construction — and a vision of becoming the preferred choice in its industry — the group ran HR on a legacy HRMS and wanted to standardize processes across all manufacturing and operating facilities, and to enable employee and manager self-service. More than 1,900 employees were spread across more than 22 locations.
The key business challenges
Decentralized data. HR data was decentralized and unorganized across every operating facility.
DataInconsistent processes. A global solution was required — lower administrative cost and consistent processes across the organization’s locations.
ProcessNo self-service. Employee and manager self-service had to be enabled for the first time, across every facility.
Self-serviceEvery facility needed to work the same way, on the same data.
One platform, one process, every facility
VISCAP approached the engagement across three connected transformation areas — each one slides over the last as you scroll.
Implement Employee Central
A global solution delivering lower administrative cost and consistent processes across the organization’s locations.
Cleanse and reformat the data
Unorganized and unmanaged data was reformatted with data cleansing, giving the new platform a foundation the business could rely on.
Enable self-service and integrate
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 over SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI).
Implemented in 9 months with 1 month of hyper-care support.
A connected business technology environment
From 22 facilities working 22 ways to one platform everyone shares — one connected path.
Business impact
The most visible result: consistent processes across all 22+ locations, with automation and minimum manual intervention.
ESS and MSS live
Employee and manager self-service implemented successfully across all facilities, with the required integration behind them.
Automation over administration
Automation implemented with minimum manual intervention, lowering administrative cost group-wide.
Cleansed, connected data
Previously unorganized data reformatted and cleansed, with Employee Central connected to SAP HCM Payroll and SAP FI over CPI.
More than a system replacement
The group moved from a legacy HRMS and six decades of accumulated, decentralized data to one Employee Central platform — cleansed data, enabled self-service and payroll and finance integration delivered within one nine-month program.
One platform for 22+ sites
Employee Central replaced the legacy HRMS with a single global solution, carrying the same processes into every operating facility.
Data the business could rely on
Six decades of decentralized records were reformatted and cleansed before go-live, giving the new platform a foundation it could trust.
Self-service, integrated end to end
ESS and MSS went live across all facilities, with Employee Central connected to SAP HCM Payroll and SAP FI over CPI — delivered in nine months.
1,900+ people across 22+ sites, finally working one way.
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HR data scattered across facilities that each work their own way? Speak with VISCAP’s HXM team about standardizing on Employee Central.