Organizations Leading Towards Automation
The quarantine implementation due to COVID-19 has brought mainly negatives for the business sector to deal with, but there are positives. With serious effects for companies relying on operations which can only be accomplished through employees being physically present in the factory/office/stores but a positive impact in engaging the minds of business leaders to go beyond creativity to operate effectively during the crisis – mainly through digital transformation.
Enterprise planning solutions have been available for some years before the pandemic, and these gave birth to technologies catering to sales and customer support, manufacturing, finance, banking, health care, e-commerce and payment processing. But what about tasks that require actual human involvement? How do we accomplish the required increase in productivity? HR has evolved into a dynamic profession that is a valuable contributor to a company's success.
This evolution moved HR from being regarded solely as a cost centre, tasked to address employee concerns and manage payroll and employee files to being a profit-generating centre.
Today's Human Resource provides vital solutions for managing a company's talents and organizational development and enhancing productivity. Regardless of the situation, Human Resource can develop different creative approaches to continue its crucial roles as a department and to be properly equipped for best practice and functionality utilizing HR technologies.
Among technologies available in the market, a Human Resource Information System (HRIS) is a particularly valuable tool for the Human Resource professionals. It integrates HR activities and technologies by enabling users to generate employee data and demographics, managing recruitment, activities, time and attendance monitoring, processing payroll and benefits, tracking employee’s performance and productivity and creating instant and accurate HR-related reports. With this installation, manual tasks are reduced to a minimum, efficiency and productivity increased through on-time data, and HR enabled to concentrate on developing cost-efficient outcomes.
The HRIS functionalities have been a great help during the recent Enhanced Community Quarantine, providing an enhanced sense of security for management and employees. All stakeholders benefit from knowing that these functionalities provide continuity and security whatever the extraneous problems with which the company might be faced.