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In case you missed the premiere of our Coffee and News Sessions, you can still watch it by signing up below!
Brendon Andrews-Warmuth VP Product Enablement and Delivery SpinifexIT
Pablo Zendrera Director Business Development, SAP SuccessFactors SAP
Stay tuned for future sessions!
Don’t miss upcoming Coffee and News Sessions, which feature the trends in the HXM and payroll space, and the latest news about SAP and SAP SuccessFactors, SpinifexIT, and developments across its solutions, offerings, and services.
Each session will be led by our team of experts, plus special guest speakers and customers/partners!
Watch out for the upcoming session this June! Get the details here.
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Strato 1.17 – Going live this August!
We are pleased to announce the release of our latest update for Strato. Strato 1.17 includes new features around its workflow, dashboard, and storage functionality which further optimize your SAP SuccessFactors document generation.
Strato 1.17 will be deployed for UAT on August 29, 2021 and will go live on Production by mid-September. You may view the release calendar here.
New tools to extend SAP SuccessFactors document automation and compliance capabilities
Expedite your document’s routing, approval and e-signing process by setting time-based conditions in your Strato Workflow.
Trigger email reminders, automatically accept or reject changes and documents, and execute a corresponding workflow immediately after without any manual intervention.
Examples:
• Auto-approve a Job Offer Letter on behalf of the Manager before proceeding with sending it to the Candidate
• Add an automated email reminder for a Candidate if they have not yet signed their Job Offer two days after receiving the letter.
• Auto-reject the Job Offer Letter and stop the Recruitment Workflow process if the Candidate does not Accept / Reject the Job Offer Letter five days from its issue date
Improve your Data Privacy Compliance (GDPR, etc.) by adding document archiving and deletion automations.
Strato Storage can now allow Administrators to automatically change a document’s status based on their validity, expiry, and compliance laws.
Examples:
• Automatically archive Performance Documents from two years ago
• An option to delete the digital documents of employees who are no longer in the company for 1 year
• Tag a document (Passport, ID, Visa) as “expired” once it gets past its validity date and send an automatic prompt to the Employee to renew
Attach supporting documents into your approval workflow. HR may also attach PDF files to a document being sent for routing and e-signature.
This enables them to provide their recipients and signatories with the full information in line with the document they are reviewing and signing.
Examples:
• Include a PDF copy of the Job Description alongside the Job Offer Letter for signature
• Attach the past Performance Evaluation results of an employee when routing the new Performance Forms to the Manager and Employee
• Append a new Total Compensation Statement alongside the Merit Increase acceptance process
Improve your HXM document generation and employee experience
Generate documents using the employee’s ‘pending’ data to aid during your Employee Movements and Change of Compensation discussions. Have the ability to show the employee their new Position Title, Compensation and Benefits package during your discussion.
Empower them to decide with the right information on hand before making it official. Integrate this process seamlessly into your workflow in this release.
Here’s how this feature works at a basic level.
Likewise, once the pending data has been approved in SAP SuccessFactors even for future effectivity, employees may generate a version of their documents that show their new information- as long as it has already been approved.
Examples:
• An employee is due for an increase on October 1, 2021. The increase has been approved as early as today, but will only reflect on the employee’s paycheck in October.
• Extend your managers’ reach. Allow people managers to generate documents both for their direct and indirect reports.
• Integrate Strato with other 3rd party apps. Enable Strato to send and store a document in your CRM system (Salesforce, etc.), other parts of SAP SuccessFactors, or via SAP Archive Link.
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Strato 1.16 will be going LIVE on UAT this Sunday, May 23rd, 2021. The update will be deployed on Production a couple of weeks after on June 5th, 2021.
Find out more about our latest document viewing and storage solution, Strato Storage.
Meet Strato Storage – View, Store and Retrieve your SAP SuccessFactors documents
Save your documents in a secure, cloud-based server that you can customize to follow every step of the employee’s HR lifecycle journey.
What you can do: • Enable any time! • Save and organize documents outside of the SAP SuccessFactors modules • Store HXM files in a fully encrypted environment that is compliant with major data security protocols • Easy folder management based on the employee’s journey or location may be customized at will
Strato Sign has a new look! Sign your SAP SuccessFactors HXM Documents on the go.
Strato Sign is an add-on solution for Strato Documents and Strato Workflow that enables your team to route documents for electronic signature without the need for third party applications and licenses. Strato Sign now comes with a new look and a unique Signature ID tracker to help you easily report on and validate employee signatures.
What you can do: • Activate anytime instead of getting a separate e-signing tool! • Sign for yourself / sign on behalf of someone else based on smart conditions • Use the unique Strato Signature IDs to track and validate signed documents
See Strato Sign in Action and how it integrates with SAP SuccessFactors
What is Strato Sign?
Discover how Strato Sign can help you strengthen your security and compliance strategy
Check out the rest of our Strato 1.16 updates here. Save the dates! View our full release calendar here.
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SpinifexIT Global Pty Ltd recently completed SAP ICC Certification for its Easy Suite solutions.
The SpinifexIT Easy Suite solutions have been proven to integrate with SAP® solutions and are compliant with the technical requirements under the SAP certification procedures.
“I am extremely pleased to announce the certification of our SpinifexIT Easy Suite,” says Darren Souter, SpinifexIT Co-Founder and Global Solutions Architect.
“While already an established and trusted industry solutions provider of choice, having our Easy Suite SAP Certified brings an additional layer of assurance to the thousands of companies using the SAP technology that we are committed to support their SAP HCM infrastructure by delivering value-add solutions that take their organization to the next level.”
List of SAP Certified Solutions under Easy Suite 2020.R2
SpinifexIT is one of the accredited SAP app developers with SAP Certified solutions listed in the SAP Store.
In the next few days, the entire SpinifexIT Suite will be available in the SAP Store, but for now, here’s a catalog of our currently available solutions in the marketplace.
In addition, SpinifexIT continues to participate in the SAP PartnerEdge® program. This enables SpinifexIT to closely work with SAP to develop and publish its SAP Certified solutions across the SAP and SAP SuccessFactors ecosystem.
About SpinifexIT
SpinifexIT, an SAP silver partner, is a leader in producing SAP-certified business process improvement software that helps companies optimize their HR and payroll processes. This includes solutions for on-demand HR and payroll reporting and reconciliation, document generation, payroll processing and employee help desk applications.
SpinifexIT is a global company with headquarters in Australia, and offices in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom and the Philippines.
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In my previous blog, I’ve shared some of my views about SAP’s Single Touch Payroll (STP) solution and some considerations to keep in mind whilst implementing it to your existing payroll process.
For today’s entry, I will share some technical details for SAP’s STP solution which includes its minimum system requirements, configuration and implementation.
SAP have been talking about the upcoming STP solution and its system requirements in the past 12 months, and now that it’s almost here, it is confirmed that customers are indeed required to be on a minimum SAP HR Support Pack Level in order to load up this new solution.
For customers who are a long way behind on their SAP version, now is the time to start planning for this work. The table below gives you a guide on the minimum level you need to be in based on your existing SAP release. In all cases, the May 10th sync point is the minimum HR level requirement.
Additional Requirements
SAP is delivering the STP solution to their customers as part of their normal upgrade process. However, this is not the complete solution as does not include the ability to physically transmit the file to the ATO via a secure encrypted process.
In order to meet this requirement, additional functionality will be required. SAP’s recommended approach is to use their SAP Cloud Platform Integration (SCPI) solution. You may learn more about SCPI and check out their standard pricing here.However SAP have agreed on special pricing to enable customers to quickly migrate to STP. You should speak to your sales representative or partner to discuss this further.
While the ATO does not require the use of SCPI, organisations are expected to comply with its requirement: transmissions and communication should be secure and encrypted following the EbMS3/AS4 protocol. Should you decide to take up SCPI, you will likely need a Test and Production SCPI system as the minimum requirement.
As you can see, the few steps listed above can quickly start to be a larger project. For most customers, this will involve preparing for the following requirements:
Development Environment
The development environment is where you will initially install the system upgrades and configure the new STP solution. The following gives you some high-level guidelines of what will need to be done here.
Upgrade system to minimum HR Support levels
Install STP solution. NOTE: If you upgrade the system to the latest HRSP level, then you will not need to install a separate STP update
Modify your Schemas, Wagetypes, ABN Details and Setup connections to the SAP Cloud Platform Integration solution
Development Unit Testing of the above
Test Migration of Clusters to create new STP data
Testing of the Payroll runs
Testing of the STP Data Creation Reports
Once happy with the solution, plan to migrate these changes to Test
Test Environment
The Test environment is where you can test the STP solution with more up to date employee data. It would be a good idea to factor in a copy of your production environment prior to commencing this project so that you can test the entire process including the payroll results conversion on your recent (2019) data. Otherwise, you may be needing to create test data to simulate what will occur in production.
Copy the production system or Clone data from production (If you have a tool to do this)
Upgrade the environment to the latest support packs (As per development)
Import configuration transports
Conversion of the payroll clusters
Test the STP file creation process
Setup of the SAP Cloud Platform Integration solution and liking this to test
Test the encrypted transmission to the ATO
Test the execution of Payroll runs
Retest the STP file creation
Retest the transmission to the ATO
Production – Go Live
Once everything is completely tested, you will then have the option to go live with STP. This will often be done across a weekend as there is the need to upgrade the SAP environment, convert the payroll clusters and perform some additional testing. During go live, you will have steps such as the following:
Upgrade the environment to the latest support packs
Import Configuration Transports
Convert the Payroll Clusters to be ready for STP
Perform Additional Testing
The remaining steps then will be part of your normal payroll process. For example: Next payroll run, you will create the first STP file for transmission to the ATO and transmit it.
Upgrading your HR Support packs as well as configuring and testing STP may not be a huge change but it will involve some time and effort to complete. Planning ahead is vital to streamline this process. As part of this preparation, we recommend that you also look into the following key activities:
Review and modify your payroll business process
Plan for your STP project’s resource with consideration to variables such as configuration, data validation, testing reporting, and finalisation
Check your SAP HR support pack level and planning for the upgrade if required
Explore and finalise your file transmission options:
SAP Cloud Platform Integration (SCPI) is the easiest option
You can also explore the services provided by your clearing house such as Click Super and Plum
Find out more about ATO compliant gateways
Upgrading the HR Support Packs can also bring in a lot of new functionality on top of the STP solution. This may also require more extensive testing to ensure that there will be no impact on your production payroll.
So, here’s Part 2 of my 3-part blog series. Once again, if you’d like to view Part 1, click here. We’re publishing Part 3 next week, where I’ll talk about the importance of STP reconciliation and howSpinifexIT’s Easy STP solutioncan make this process faster, better & easier.
Are you a current Easy Payment Summaries user?
We’ve got great news for you! You can avail of our Easy STP upgrade for absolutely NO COST! Our Easy STP solution will be available after October 11, 2018 once SAP releases their STP solution. E-mail us at [email protected] or message our support team through our Customer Care Portal to learn more about the update.
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Discover how SpinifexIT solutions can help On-Premise SAP Customers prepare to move to SuccessFactors and improve their day to day communications and overall employee satisfaction while enabling an easier transition to the cloud.
This webinar will be hosted by Stephen Gallo, our Product Architect from SpinifexIT North America. Stephen will give a brief description and demonstration of our cloud-based on-demand document generation solution, Strato. Strato is built for both on-premise and cloud environments and offers a seamless user experience for users who are using both or either environment.
This webinar is highly recommended for:
Organizations who are using SAP HCM on-premise and are looking for ways to improve their document distribution and employee communication processes
Organizations using both SuccessFactors Employee Central but still with On-Premise Payroll (hybrid) who are looking for ways to easily bridge the gap between their cloud and on-premise solutions by being able to generate data from both sources without the need for external downloads, manual efforts, third-party software, or interface files.
Organizations who are looking for solutions to help them create and automate the distribution of key employee documents like Letters of Employment, Claims, and Total Compensation Statements
SuccessFactors customers who are looking for a robust document generation solution that can easily combine data from across multiple SF modules, including ECP (Payroll)
Improve your on-premise to cloud transition processes with SpinifexIT’s 2018.R3
Our third solutions update for this year goes live on November 19, 2018. This release will be available for a few pre-identified customers first before its full public release.
For any questions related to the rollout, please contact our Customer Care team. Below are the most requested updates we’ve made available for you:
Easy Reporter Updates
IMPROVING SUCCESSFACTORS INTEGRATION
Connect to SuccessFactors systems via SAP Cloud Integration.
Include new Time Off Reporting Fields within Employee Central to include Time Off Absences, Leave Balances, Attendance records and more
NEW FEATURES TO ENSURE GDPR COMPLIANCE
Report on SAP system logs (most requested!) to read access logs and transactions run by users
WEB REPORTING ENHANCEMENTS
Reporting performance with regards to loading reports using the Web Reporter has been improved with more features added to the Additional Selection tab.
A new capability to add Data Input Fields to a report or document selection screen under the tab “Report Parameters” has also been added. *** Performance improvements, additional parameters (2nd paragraph) details can follow
Payroll Control Center Integrated Solution
ENHANCED USABILITY
A new option to call SuccessFactors Employee Central when investigating errors has been added. This can be accessed within the Payroll Error Solution screen.
The new enhancements to be delivered will also enable Easy Reporter reports to be linked into the payroll processing functionality. The results of these reports can also be stored for future references
Strato
NEW FEATURES TO COVER MORE SUCCESSFACTORS MODULES
A new option to call SuccessFactors Employee Central when investigating errors has been added. This can be accessed within the Payroll Error Solution screen.
The new enhancements to be delivered will also enable Easy Reporter reports to be linked into the payroll processing functionality. The results of these reports can also be stored for future references
ADDITIONAL CUSTOM DATA SOURCE
You can now upload CSV files to be used as a catalogue while creating new documents or new fields.
Easy Single Touch
ADDITIONAL CUSTOM DATA SOURCE
Along with the new STP Solution from SAP, we’re releasing Easy STP at NO COST to all existing Easy Payment Summaries customers. Learn more about Easy STP here.
Easy Clone
MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS FOR CLONING SUCCESSFACTORS DATA
7 shiny new updates are in place to make Employee Central data cloning and scrambling a breeze. This includes new scramble rules and customisation options, the option to include data retrieval for non-key fields, and some additional Admin options to keep this process fool-proof.
Additional Resources
Visit our Customer Care Portal
View the complete set of release notes and updates by signing up, if you haven’t yet.
Join our webinars
We will be hosting two webinars for 2018.R2 on the following schedules: ANZ/APAC: TBD US/EU: December 6, 2018.
FAQ
It’s so easy to upgrade to 2018.R3. We’ll answer your top release related questions here.
NOTE: 2018.R3 will be released incrementally, first to a select group of customers, prior to a full public release.
How can I update?
Two ways. You can e-mail us at [email protected] and ask for an upgrade, or file a ticket using our Customer Care Portal. If you’re using one of our on-premise products, the update will be in the form of a transport. If you’re using Strato, the update will be included the next time you log in.
I’m using an old version. should i update to the latest one?
Of course. You can do a one time big time update rather than updating to the next version after yours. It’s easier and more practical that way.
How many versions do you support?
SpinifexIT supports three active solution versions. If you’re still on 2017.R2, an upgrade is in order.
What benefits do i enjoy when i upgrade to 2018.r3
We’ve enumerated the top requested enhancements only, but we’re really delivering over 50 new features and enhancements. You can also view our public release notes by visiting our customer care portal.
I want to learn more about your solutions
Great! We highly recommend that you browse our solutions section, and if you have any questions about these, don’t hesitate to send us the note using the form on the page’s footer. We can arrange for a quick call and demo. You can also e-mail us straight at [email protected]
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SpinifexIT is proud to announce that they will be exhibiting at the upcoming SAPinsiderHR Payroll Seminar to offer proven advice to attendees.
The event takes place November 7-8 in Chicago. This year’s must-attend event is packed with lectures, demonstrations, and interactive discussions all led by top HR experts.
HR Payroll Seminar is produced by SAPinsider and is the premier event for organizations running SAP payroll who are looking to achieve greater control over payroll-related costs and resources while evaluating or preparing their organization to transition payroll to the cloud.
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We’re hosting our annual SpinifexIT Customer Day and User Group Meeting across Australia from October – November 2018.
Our annual Customer Days and User Group Meetings are great opportunities for you to get the latest updates about our solutions, talk about how we can support your organisation better, and build your network by connecting with peers, SAP HCM/Payroll and SAP SuccessFactors users, fellow SpinifexIT customers and the SpinifexIT experts within your State.
You will also be able to meet with key SpinifexIT staff members during the User Group Meeting. This is the venue for you to help influence the features and capabilities of our solutions’ development which can benefit your organisation moving forward.
SpinifexIT is covering the cost of the event so it is free for a number of your company’s team members to attend. More information about the upcoming Customer Days will be posted on this page soon.
Save the date!
We’ve listed the dates and locations of our upcoming Customer Days below. We will be sending the first set of invitations in the next few days. The registration is currently limited to two people per organisation but if you have a larger team, please call or e-mail the organisers listed below so we can see if we can accommodate your request for a stand-by space or additional registration.
Schedule & Location
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Adelaide
October 18, 2018 The Playford 120 North Terrace
Melbourne
November 15, 2018 RACV Club 501 Bourke St
Canberra
October 25, 2018 QT Hotel 1 London Circuit
Brisbane
November 22, 2018 Christie Conference Centre 320 Adelaide St
Sydney
October 26, 2018 Cliftons Venues 60 Margaret Street
SpinifexIT Presentations Introducing the new Easy STP solution Generating Employee Documentsfrom SuccessFactors Web Reporting and Documents Tips & Tricks Latest Product features (2018.R3)
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 12:45 PM
User Group Meeting Customer Presentation on STP (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane) Product roadmap update Open Forum
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SpinifexIT joins this year’s DSAG Jahreskongress, the 19th annual gathering of the German-speaking SAP User Group. The three-day event will be held at the Leipzig Congress Center from October 16 – 18, 2018. More information about DSAG can be found here.
DSAG Theme – Business Without Borders, Architecture of the Future
This year’s theme talks about business digitisation and automation, cloud migration strategies, and finding the right solutions for the most common issues organisations using SAP On-premise deal with. The event will highlight how organisations can choose the best platforms to use for their continuous growth.
SpinifexIT’s Brendon Andrews-Warmuth and Henning Bachmayer will be joining the event, and will be glad to help you solve your top HR & Payroll puzzles in line with SAP and Successfactors. More information about SpinifexIT’s presence in DSAG will be posted in this page. Stay tuned for more updates.
