Powering meaningful analytics, workforce planning and managing a dispersed and diverse workforce. These are some of the most critical workforce management challenges revealed in Brandon Hall Group’s latest research. Mollie Lombardi, principle analyst and study lead, shares a sneak peek at some of the initial findings from this breakthrough study, including how organizations are rising to meet these challenges.
Key points covered:
- An overview of key concerns, drivers and trends in workforce management
- Study demographics
- Insights into how organizations are using technologies like automated time & attendance, scheduling, absence management and payroll solutions to drive business value
- A look at how top performing organizations are integrating workforce management with key talent and business processes
- The planned output from the study, including a timeline for publications on key topics
7. Top
Workforce
Management
Concerns
53%
44%
37% 36%
0%
20%
40%
60%
Improving
workforce
analytics
capabilities
Building
long-‐term
workforce
planning
capabilities
Managing
a
geographically
dispersed
workforce
Reducing
manual
transactions
within
HR
All
Respondents
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
8. The
Technology
Story
Strategy
Process
AutomaLon
IntegraLon
Know
your
goals
–
from
a
business
perspecLve
Don’t
automate
bad
process
Efficiency
and
effecLveness,
as
well
as
engagement
Measure
success
and
power
analyLcs
9. Tools
and
Technologies
Used
38%
37%
32%
32%
26%
24%
23%
25%
23%
27%
15%
32%
16%
18%
30%
25%
26%
24%
32%
30%
25%
7%
15%
15%
29%
10%
30%
34%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Self-‐service
analytics
tools
(drill
downs,
etc)
Task
management
Activity
tracking
Browser-‐based
self-‐service
WFM
tools
for
managers
Labor
budgeting
and
forecasting
solutions
Centralized
core
HR
data
repository
(HRMS/HRIS)
Browser-‐based
self-‐service
WFM
tools
for
employees
Not
implemented Not
widely
used Used
by
some Widely
used
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
10. Tools
and
Technologies
Used
51%
49%
48%
48%
47%
42%
39%
17%
10%
11%
17%
15%
20%
28%
20%
28%
25%
21%
24%
31%
24%
11%
13%
16%
15%
14%
7%
9%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Mobile
self-‐service
WFM
tools
for
managers
Browser-‐based
time
tracking
solution
Standalone
time
clocks
eSignature
capabilities
for
HR
forms
Mobile
self-‐service
WFM
tools
for
employees
Workforce
analytics
tools
Workforce
planning
tools
Not
implemented Not
widely
used Used
by
some Widely
used
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
11. Current
Workforce
Planning
Efforts
16%
33%
27%
23%
No
formal
workforce
planning
in
place
Near-‐term
schedule
planning
based
on
operational
needs
Planning
for
headcount
Planning
based
on
skill
gap
analysis
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
12. Types
of
ReporLng
and
AnalyLcs
Available
63%
60%
56%
50%
47% 44%
37%
48%
51% 52%
35% 38%
46%
35%
24% 22%
16% 14% 16%
21%
12%
0%
25%
50%
75%
Salary/
labor
costs
Time
and
attendance
Absence/
leave
management
Talent
acquisition
Scheduling Employee
performance
Learning/
skills
and
competencies
Run
reports
on
current
data View
historical
data Data
used
for
predictive
analytics
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
14. Impact
of
AutomaLon
2.69%
3.47%
2.70%
1.76%
2.17%
3.50%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
Time-‐off
accrual
error
rate
Time
tracking
error
rate Compliance
score
improvement
No
or
partial
automation
of
time
and
attendance
Fully
automated
time
and
attendance
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
15. Measuring
Results
on
MulLple
Dimensions
2.15%
1.52%
0%
1%
2%
3%
Payroll
calculation
error
rate
Not
or
partially
automated
payroll Fully
automated
payroll
1.90%
3.60%
3.20%
6.60%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
Change
in
customer
satisfaction Change
in
revenue
No
or
partial
automation
of
absence
management
Fully
automated
absence
management
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
16. Metrics
Tracked
• Error
rates
in
payroll,
Lme
tracking,
Lme
off
accruals
and
benefit
qualificaLon
• Employee
performance
• Turnover
• Customer
saLsfacLon
and
retenLon
• Compliance
• Revenue
alainment
• Workforce
capacity
uLlizaLon
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
17. CriLcal
Vendor
SelecLon
Criteria
82%
76% 75%
71% 68%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Customer
service/
support
Price/
cost Ability
to
integrate
with
existing
systems
Financial
stability
of
the
solution
provider
Configuration
capabilities
included
in
purchase
price
All
Respondents
Source:
Brandon
Hall
Group,
Workforce
Management
Study
2014,
EARLY
FINDINGS
18. Planned
PublicaLon
Topics
• Analysis
by
company
size
–
SMB
vs.
Enterprise
• Making
the
case
for
automated
Time
&
Alendance,
Scheduling,
Absence
• Workforce
Management
Trends
Infographic
• ACA
Strategies
• Payroll
Strategies
• Laying
the
foundaLon
for
Workforce
AnalyLcs
• Building
Workforce
Planning
CapabiliLes
• Self-‐service
*Subject
to
change
19. • Real-‐Lme,
relevant
industry
data,
filtered
by
market
size,
revenue,
geography
and
high
performing
organizaLons
(HR/Learning/TM).
• Ability
to
compare
and
contrast
data
points
from
industries’
leading
pracLces
across
High-‐Performance
OrganizaLons.
• Conduct
your
own
custom
research
projects
internally
using
Brandon
Hall
Group's
DataNow.
• Immediately
access,
filter
and
export
thousands
of
data
points
from
Brandon
Hall
Group's
leading
research
on
learning,
TA,
TM,
and
Workforce
Management/HR
–
that
can
be
used
to
support
your
business
case
or
messaging.
Workforce
Data
–
NOW
DataNow™
20. Timeline
• Data
collecLon
concludes
September
15
• Summary
KnowledgeGraphic
September
22
• KnowledgeBlasts
on
Lme
and
labor
management
topics
late
September
• Have
a
need?
Let
us
know
*Subject
to
change