Newsletter February 2006

Content:

• US Payroll Tax Models in SAP HR
• Job postings and publications in e-recruiting vs. R/3 recruitment
• Change trip status of any trips
• Fixed price package: Workshop Manager's Desktop
• We are at HR2006 in Las Vegas!
• Characteristics of a good Consultant
• Free Download of Chapter 5 of “Mastering HR Management with SAP”

1. Tips in mySAP® HR

Reporting: Selection period and further selection help

Do you know the difference between data selection period and person selection period? Do you use to full capacity of the selection screen for reporting? Answers to this you can find here.

US Payroll Tax Models in SAP HR

Tax models drive how wages are taxed in the SAP US payroll calculation. SAP supplies a general tax model with the system, but if you do business in local tax authorities or have complex taxation rules then you will most likely have to configure your own tax models. There are several steps and basic settings that define what is taxable, non-taxable, or adds to a taxable wage base. Several items on the tax jurisdiction (i.e. tax authority) have to be set up and then that is matched to the appropriate processing class values to achieve proper taxation.
The full article of Steve Bogner from Insight Consulting Partners you find here: http://www.insightcp.com/res_21.htm

Job postings and publications in e-recruiting vs. R/3 recruitment

When changing from the old recruitment solution in R/3 to e-recruiting, you will see that a very annoying problem of the old solution’s data structure has been solved in the new solution. You can now assign many different publications to one posting. This is exactly what is necessary, because in most cases more than one publication channel is used to publish a posting. In R/3 recruitment you had to create a new posting for each publication thus creating redundant data. If you migrate from R/3 recruitment to e-recruiting, make sure that you do not stick to the old concept but make use the benefits of the new structure.

Change trip status of any trips

The program RPRTRVSW allows changing the status of an individual trip. To be able to use the program you have to modify it by marking the following lines with asterisks first:
IF extern IS INITIAL.
WRITE: / text-001.
WRITE: / text-002.
EXIT.
ENDIF.

The program contains this exit command for security reasons. Only persons who know the logic of the trip status should be authorized to use this program. The results of the status change should be tested in the test system. Please note the documentation of the program, too.

2. Our fixed price packages

Workshop Manager's Desktop

Together with our experts, find out how you can benefit from SAP Manager’s Desktop to empower your managers and to streamline your business processes.
Develop a pragmatic solution, which pays off quickly.
Fixed price: 1.500 Euro only (depending on location)
For further information about the Workshop Manager's Desktop please do click here (Download PDF file).

3. Events in mySAP® HR

We are there!


Please note: You can meet one of our experts at the SAP HR 2006! Sven Ringling will present the session “Save money with SAP Manager's Desktop, a low-cost alternative to MSS“ there. His presentation will be on Wednesday, March 8th from 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm.

On the same day between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm you can meet him at “Ask the Experts”. You can also schedule one-on-one consultations with Sven to get detailed advice on how to overcome your toughest challenges. Just send a message to mailto:s.ringling@iprocon.de or call 1-781-751-8650.

SAP HR 2006 is the definitive event for teams that work with SAP HR, payroll, ESS, MSS, benefits, compensation, and workforce and talent management. Teams tap into strategies, detailed instruction, and best practices to better evaluate, implement, customize, and leverage SAP HR solutions from the world’s leading experts. This important educational and networking event features more than 120 practical sessions, across eight comprehensive tracks that include in-depth classes, sessions for advanced users, and detailed customer case studies. You can get full details on the agenda and how to register at http://www.SAPhr2006.com.

4. What’s new in Human Resources?

Characteristics of a good Consultant

Generally, a Consultant is called in by a company to provide his expertise. A consultant is expected to know or to do things which the customer’s staff doesn’t know or isn’t capable of doing. At first sight, this expectation seems to suggest that the consultant remain passive, and to wait for the client to set the pace, to define topics, to ask questions etc.

Truth is: it is the other way around. In order to gainfully use his experience and expertise, a Consultant needs to be an active player. Only then will his client draw maximum benefit from his expert knowledge.

Via this link you find the full article and get to know the characteristics of a good Consultant.

5. News from AdManus

AdManus consultants meet British colleagues from roc consulting

Last year AdManus began establishing contact with roc consulting ltd. Roc is a British SAP HR specialist headquartered in Weybridge near London. They currently employ 30 very experienced consultants with an average of 6 years of SAP knowledge.

On January 23rd and 24th, 6 AdManus consultants met their colleagues from roc in Weybridge to explore opportunities for cooperation and share expertise on some focus topics around SAP HR.

6. Publications from AdManus

"SAP Manager’s Desktop - Make Your Line Managers’ Day-to-Day Work More Efficient: Part 2"

HRExpert Dezember 2005 - Wellesley Information Services
Abonnenten der Online-Ausgabe von HR-Expert können den Artikel über diesen Link einsehen: http://www.hrexpertonline.com

7. News from SAP

“India slowly gets expensive”

In the low-wage country India costs are growing. For this reason SAP wants to look for alternative locations. On focus are China and Eastern Europe. Henning Kagermann, Chief of SAP, lately said to „Financial Times Deutschland“, only a certain number of employees will be recruited any more in Bangalore (India) and they will look about other locations, too.
(Financial Times Deutschland, 01/30/2006)

8. Book Recommendations

Mastering HR Management with SAP - Available now!
C. Kraemer, S. Ringling, S. Yang

This is the second book written for SAP PRESS® by AdManus-consultants that is translated into English. This book contains a lot of our project experience what makes the book very up-to-date in a technical, organizational and conceptual manner.
The authors describe a personnel management process beginning with the recruiting until the transfer of the personnel data to financial and cost accounting. Every chapter deals with one process of the HR modules. In addition cross-section processes as quality assurance and personnel controlling are discussed. Every chapter first explains the managerial basis, after with help of case studies the conceptual implementation in R/3® and finally the concrete customizing. The integration with the process of personnel planning is discussed, too. Because the book shows chances, risks, stumbling blocks, critical success factors and approaches with concrete process examples - it is very practice-oriented.

The readers of the book may also use our online offers, particularly the download of all processes you find in the book either as ARIS® database or PowerPoint files.

For more information about “Mastering HR Management with SAP” like the ordering, the table of content and the free download of Chapter 5 “Organizational Management in mySAP HR” – do click here.

9. German Language Lesson

We invite you to practise your German language skills as our German subscribers do it reverse. In this issue the subject of the lesson is „Business Events“.
You find the lesson via this link