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CIP Newsletter : Client Event, Free Outsourcing Paper, Online Support & More!

by Dan Whitmore on 09/04/2009 in CIP Client News with 1 Comment

EVENTS : Save money whilst making the most of WHO you’ve got!

This event will look at the proven cost-savings that can be achieved by addressing key areas such as your wage, absence, benefits, expense and recruitment bills – getting the most out of who you’ve currently got!

Book your FREE place(s) on our cost-saving event and complete
this pre-event questionnaire and you’ll be eligible to receive our free guide on “How your business can save money today”. The first 20 delegates that book & attend one of these events will also receive a complementary one day training course at our Marlow offices (worth £295*).

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Hosted Services – Benefits, Challenges and Trends in HR, Finance and Payroll ‘Software as a Service’

by Dan Whitmore on 06/04/2009 in Free HR Papers, HR Articles with 3 Comments
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“From automation to business intelligence: the next generation of hosted services”

An analysis of the benefits, challenges and trends in HR, Finance and Payroll ‘Software as a Service’

Introduction

If you’d suggested at the the turn of the century that hosted services would be firmly established as a mainstream model for running business software, you’d have been greeted with derision. The model – also known as Software
as a Service (SaaS) – got of to an inauspicious start, blighted by a combination of technology problems and the dot com colapse. Today, however, it’s an established form of outsourcing in a broad range of business disciplines, from customer management to people management.

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Expense Management Article Featured in “A Director’s Guide”

by Dan Whitmore on 03/04/2009 in HR Articles with No comments

The Expense Management briefing paper, written by Webster Buchanan Research in association with Computers In Personnel has been featured in a recent issue of ‘A Director’s Guide’.

“In a cost-cutting environment, expenses are often the first area to come under fire.And while monitoring and pruning spend may bring immediate results, close attention to the actual expense management process could bring greater benefit in the long term.

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Free HR Briefing Paper : Expense Management, from Efficiency to Effective Procurement

by Dan Whitmore on 03/04/2009 in Free HR Papers with No comments
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Travel, entertainment and other non-PO expenses represent a significant outlay for most organisations, but many concede that they exercise poor control over their expenditure. Frequently relying on in-house spreadsheet templates to capture and allocate expense data, their processes are often time-consuming and inefficient, and many struggle to enforce employee compliance. Above all, while they actively seek out economies of scale in other areas of procurement, many organisations are missing the opportunity to analyse their expensed outlays and consolidate suppliers.

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Event, May 8th : Save money whilst making the most of who you’ve got. Book your place!

by Dan Whitmore on 02/04/2009 in CIP Client News, Free HR Events with No comments

This event will look at the proven cost-savings that can be achieved by addressing key areas such as your wage, absence, benefits, expense and recruitment bills – getting the most out of who you’ve currently got!

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Free HR Briefing Paper : The Business Case for HR System Outsourcing

by Dan Whitmore on 13/03/2009 in Free HR Papers with No comments
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This new Briefing Paper from Webster Buchanan Research explores HR system outsourcing, an arrangement where customers pass responsibility for system maintenance, efficiency improvements and data management to a third party.

Arguing that this is a business decision for HR, not just a technology decision for IT, this paper looks at the challenges and potential benefits, from cutting costs and reducing risk to enabling HR to get better value from its systems.

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