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Discuss how to choose system that will yield the best results, as well as how to maintain it, and how to calculate its return on investment.
I wondered if anyone can comment on their experience with Oracle Payroll and HR. More specifically:
- How many employees do you have and what was the ballpark cost of software and ballpark for depl
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Experience with Oracle
posted at 5/26/2005 4:09 AM EDT
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I wondered if anyone can comment on their experience with Oracle Payroll and HR. More specifically:
- How many employees do you have and what was the ballpark cost of software and ballpark for deploying the system? - How long did it take to deploy, did you get everything you expected, and were change orders costs expensive? - How much did implementation cost? How much over or under was the implementation? My organization has been asked by a client to include Oracle in the RFP process for managing their payroll and HR for our 4000 employees, but I'm concern that what is quoted will be a) expensive, or b) will have a lot of cost creep. |
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Experience with Oracle
posted at 5/26/2005 4:32 AM EDT
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First: 3/22/2005 Last: 8/29/2011 |
Perhaps you and your client haven't read the papers lately, but Oracle purchased PeopleSoft in February and they plan to "fuse" the two together. I've worked with clients who evaluated it and never selected it. Not much bang for any buck, which is why they bought PS. |
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Experience with Oracle
posted at 6/10/2005 4:29 AM EDT
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The company may be called Oracle, but the product is still PeopleSoft. Same with JD Edwards. It won't be an Oracle product until Fusion is complete, whenever that is. As for your original questions, as in all things, that's hard to say. 4,000 employees isn't many, but are they all over the country, world? Makes a difference. Unions? Same. Special industry such as Health Care with lots of reporting and pay rules? How serious is the client to go with best practices as delivered in the application and change the way they do business? If they aren't will and ready, then you have a bigger implementation. Are all your processes well documented? That will make a huge difference, too. A tier one implementation partner, such as Bearing Point or Accenture is going to cost serious money, however, you will most likely get a decent implementation. You have to manage them, however. Tier two and three vendors are generally good and less expensive but you do need to be careful with them, too. As for how much this is going to cost you, I've seen everything from $250,000 to the many millions. I suggest you get the RFP into as many qualified software vendors as possible and also at least 5 implementation partners. Be sure you have the right to look at the consultants they are proposing. Lots of bait and switch still goes on. Be sure to check references, especially the ones they didn't give you. Once you have firm bids in hand, then give a holler. |
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