In this episode of the PeopleSoft Spotlight Series, you’ll learn drivers behind developing PeopleSoft Fluid UI, what Fluid UI is and what it can do, and how to develop a strategic plan to roll out Fluid UI. Fluid User Interface represents PeopleSoft’s strategic direction for delivering a robust and intuitive, yet familiar experience for application users. Application usability is something that PeopleSoft has been working on for a long time. Each of the last few releases of PeopleTools has included enhancements to the user interface. PeopleSoft has been paying attention to the overall experience that users have as they work with applications. The goal has been to make systems more intuitive and easier to use.

The newest version of PeopleTools is here and available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. PeopleTools 8.57 is ready to impress with an enhanced user experience with friendlier, customizable homepages, dashboards, and Work Centers. To increase all-important productivity, PeopleTools helps users access pivot grids, conduct successful elastic searches more easily than ever, and set important notifications.

Business leaders are asking themselves, “Why automation and why now?” Automation brings on a relentless drive towards more productivity. IT releases the mind from routine thinking and encourages creativity. Recently, technology has become mature enough for real-world application, and computing power has increased exponentially. Our ability to apply science to more areas and the increase of access to data has led to a perfect environment for automation.

Mark Hurd, the CEO at Oracle, wrote an article about two business opportunities with blockchain that are worth considering. Blockchain is the distributed ledger for sharing information securely across different organizations. This emerging technology is becoming increasingly popular, and CEOs are starting to ask how it can help boost revenue, increase productivity, streamline cost and create a better customer experience. Mark outlined two ways that blockchain can make an impact within organizations.

If you’re interested in contributing ideas for the roadmap of your PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) product, you won’t want to miss the chance to participate in a PeopleSoft HCM focus group. As a part of one of these focus groups, you will have the opportunity to meet with PeopleSoft Development and Strategy leads and other users to help shape the future of features with PeopleSoft HCM.

The functions and features of PeopleSoft translate into real and immediate benefits for organizations. PeopleSoft can impact the entire cycle of IT for Human Resources including recruiting, workforce administration, talent development, procure to pay, financial management and operations, and credit to cash. The impact is made possible by easy configurations, powerful analytics, personalization opportunities, notifications, and accessibility. Rebekah Jackson, Vice President of Product Strategy at Oracle, walks through each of the stages in the cycle and outlines the impact PeopleSoft can have on each.

Joe McKendrick, author, independent researcher and speaker exploring innovation, information technology trends and markets, wrote an article in Forbes about how to find and keep people within your organization who will help keep your digital transformation on track. He spoke with Werner Vogels, Chief Technology Officer at Amazon, and Scott Snyder, partner with Heidrick & Struggles, about how to attract and retain people who will help keep your organization’s digital transformation on track.

Gretchen Alarcon, the Group Vice President for Human Capital Management Strategy at Oracle, wrote a blog about understanding the benefits of leveraging new technologies within HR and having a deliberate plan for innovation within your department.

While one of PeopleSoft’s benefits has been the ability to customize, customizations do require maintenance costs. PeopleSoft customers now have more options to meet business objectives while minimizing customizations using new features in PeopleTools and frameworks. The experiences shared by a customer panel assembled for Quest Experience Week – PeopleSoft Day allows you to consider your organization’s approach to leveraging these new functionalities.