In April 2019, leading global payroll provider CloudPay published the introductory Global edition of the Payroll Efficiency Index, an industry-first benchmarking report of payroll processing KPIs. The unique, centralised platform and servicing model pioneered by CloudPay put the payroll leader in the enviable position of being the only global provider to maintain direct control over […]
Compliance, performance, efficiency—it can be tough to prioritize goals within a global data management strategy. Depending on your yearly objectives, regulatory demands, and market opportunities, data quality and security can seem more urgent, complicated, or beneficial in widely varying ways. Continually developing technologies, like cloud-based services and process automation, have enabled multinational companies to recognise the […]
Whoever said “if I had more time I would have written you a shorter letter” may have been a SaaS copywriter. Attempting to capture the depth of an innovative, comprehensive technology solution and clearly communicate its value to potential customers on a global scale in a concise, easily digestible collateral piece is a true challenge. […]
Since 2007 the industry-leading business magazine Forbes has ranked the world’s largest economies in order of business friendliness. The annual report draws on data available from multiple renowned sources to evaluate 161 countries according to 15 different factors ranging from taxes and technology to personal freedom. To create their 2019 list of the Best Countries for […]
In the past few years, leading economists and business analysts have increasingly focused on the rise of superstar firms as a newer phenomenon shaping our global economy. Attaining practical insights from the analysis, however, has been a challenge, in large part because the definition of a ‘superstar’ has varied widely. That changed last year, when the […]
Today’s global economy is a shifting landscape of market opportunity, compliance challenges, and workforce evolution—an environment in which even the most advanced and innovative companies must work to keep up. Yet, the operational status quo for many organizations includes an outmoded, decentralized global payroll model that underserves their needs and employees while racking up hidden […]
Although payroll is one of the more fundamental business needs, our understanding of the function and its implications remains minimal at best. In fact, many business leaders rarely consider payroll beyond the basic requirement of paying employees, failing to realize the strategic value of this core function, which often represents the largest cost center of […]
Today’s compliance and environmental data management regulations are becoming increasingly strict, requiring more detailed information to satisfy directives. To meet requirements, data must be collected more frequently, meaning an increase in the volume of data that must be managed, processed and reported. As companies globalise and begin to satisfy laws in new locations, that volume […]
A buzzword just a few years ago, globalization is now an operational fact and a central component of any business strategy. With instant connections across borders and fewer barriers between geographic regions, we must reconsider our accepted working definition of “global,” which effectively maintains a distinction between US and international populations. As integration and process […]
Big data may be nothing new to global businesses today; however, the means for analyzing big data in payroll are relatively recent developments. Just as they have embraced the advantages of technology and automation in HR, finance, and marketing, successful multinationals are now exploring the potential that has laid right there, in their biggest data […]
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