Robbin Velayedam, Senior Director of Product Management for PeopleSoft HCM, gave a presentation with an update on the HCM roadmap. PeopleSoft customer success stories are the foundation for creating a roadmap for HCM updates. This roadmap focuses on specific responsibilities of HR professionals including Benefits Open Enrollment, Timesheets, Payroll Work Centers, Compensation History, Onboarding, Company Directories, Privacy Frameworks, Year End Forms, and Employee Snapshots.

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.

Data analytics are becoming increasingly popular and helpful to employers looking to attract and retain the top talent in their industry. Analytics can drastically improve HR processes like recruiting. Linda Currey Post, a senior writer at Oracle, wrote an article in Forbes about how Human Resources professionals are utilizing analytics in order to attract top talent and retain it within their organization. Analytics can quickly show you helpful information like which applicants are the best matches based on the requirements in a job posting.

As part of Quest Experience Week—PeopleSoft Day, Kim O’Connor, the Senior IT Manager at Tower International, gave a presentation about the company’s process of implementing self-service. The presentation covered the phases of implementation, considerations to keep in mind, and how they handled support and testing.

As part of Quest Experience Week—PeopleSoft Day, Rick Delaney, part of the PeopleSoft Strategy team for Payroll for North America, spoke about Fluid WorkCenters and how they can make life easier for your payroll department.