EPI-USE

EPI-USE implements largest EC Payroll in the UK to date, for BT Group. London-headquartered BT operates in circa 180 countries, and is the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the UK, with a portfolio that also covers subscription television and technology services. In 2022, BT engaged EPI-USE in the UK in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services to implement a new SAP EC Payroll-based system to cater for 80,000 local employees. The 16-month engagement resulted in the largest EC Payroll deployment in the UK to date and the 6th largest ever, worldwide. For more information please contact Jessica Keartland, Associate Partner, at jessica.keartland@epiuse.com. Read more about this implementation at https://lnkd.in/exJMBT5h and https://lnkd.in/e4fzg4ri.

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EPI-USE in Brazil recognized as SAP ‘HCM Leader’ and SAP ‘S/4HANA Rising Star’ in ISG Provider Lens™ SAP Ecosystem 2024.   In early 2024, EPI-USE in Brazil participated in research and regional benchmarking with ISG Analysts, pursuant to which the firm was featured in ISG’s SAP Ecosystem 2024 report as a ‘Leader’ in SAP HCM, and a ‘Rising Star’ in SAP S/4HANA.   ‘We’re delighted to have been recognized in the ISG quadrants with this significant standing’ said Roberto Medeiros, Managing Director with EPI-USE in Brazil. ‘It validates our approach to clients, and our methodology for engagements’, he added.   EPI-USE in Brazil offers services in licensing, migration and software deployment, including ERP SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, WorkForce Software, ServiceNow, Process Excellence (SAP Signavio & SAP LeanIX), and infrastructure and cloud services. With a 14-year track record in the local market, it has been recognized since 2021 by ‘Great Place To Work® Brazil’.   For more information, please contact Roberto Medeiros at roberto.medeiros@epiuse.com.br.   EPI-USE Brasil

EPI-USE in Brazil engaged by Great Wall Motors (GWM) for first SAP Cloud ALM HR software implementation in Latin America.   EPI-USE in Brazil has successfully completed Latin America's inaugural implementation of HR software using SAP Cloud ALM, for GWM, a recent entrant into the Brazilian motor industry.   GWM sought to enhance its Goals and Performance management through SAP software. The selected modules included Goal Management, Performance Appraisal, Competency Assessment, Potential Assessment and Calibration.   Nikolas Oliveira Carneiro, Senior HRIS Consultant at GWM, highlighted their need for precise monitoring systems to meet aggressive goals, previously managed manually via Excel spreadsheets and email, complicating auditing and reporting.   EPI-USE and GWM executed the project entirely remotely in just eight weeks, utilizing SAP Cloud ALM to streamline operations. ‘The intuitive design of SAP Cloud ALM, available at no extra cost with the SAP Cloud license, significantly eased our implementation.  Its user access levels, centralized activities and clear test plans, ensured a quick and smooth process,’ said Roseli Knysak, Associate Partner at EPI-USE in Brazil.   The implementation has resulted in fully digital goal and performance management at GWM, allowing for the clear alignment of individual, departmental and company-wide goals. The new system provides a more transparent, auditable and traceable process, and a solid foundation for further deployment within GWM, starting with the Mexican operation later this year.   For more information, please contact Roseli Knysak at roseli.knysak@epiuse.com.br. GWM Brasil

EPI-USE deploys WorkForce Software for NYSE-listed Lumen Technologies.   Lumen is a global communications service provider, with over 24,000 people based in the Continental US. As part of a wider system modernization initiative, Lumen recently engaged EPI-USE in America to implement WorkForce Software (‘WFS’) Time Management technology. Citing EPI-USE’s deep technical know-how and understanding of complex workforce processes as primary reasons for their selection, Lumen recently went live on a WFS-based Time & Attendance system, tightly integrated into other relevant systems in the existing IT environment. ‘We are pleased that EPI-USE was able to come up with innovative answers to our specific needs and challenges, showing agility and adaptability in a changing environment’, said Erin Toliver, Vice President of Global Compensation and Payroll at Lumen. ‘They’ve helped us optimize our processes, generate efficiencies and enhance our user experience’ added Ms. Toliver. For more information on the engagement, please contact Dewald La Grange at dewald.lagrange@epiuse.com or Will Giberson at will.giberson@epiuse.com.

EPI-USE enters into expanded alliance with ReluTech, to enable and accelerate SAP migrations to AWS.   EPI-USE, an Advanced AWS Partner with decades of experience with SAP, recently expanded its relationship with ReluTech, an organization well known for third-party maintenance, hardware procurement, IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) and cloud migration services. Under the new arrangement, ReluTech will finance cloud modernization engagements, leveraging EPI-USE’s Safe Harbor Inclusive of Passage (SHIP) methodology and approach to SAP migrations to AWS.     Using SHIP, EPI-USE’s AWS-certified specialists evaluate a business's SAP landscape, develop a business plan, and run a proof of concept as a prelude to migration to AWS. ReluTech’s asset management staff assess data center asset values at the outset, and during migration, provide maintenance support and manage final asset disposition, post-deployment to the cloud.   Hardware buyback and leasing options address the conundrum of businesses having to pay for new cloud services, while simultaneously having to fund ongoing maintenance of systems targeted for disposal, during a transitional period.   ‘This new arrangement leveraging SHIP, fortifies our value-accretive approach to SAP migrations’, said Carel Bekker, Head of AWS Services at EPI-USE. ‘The partnership with EPI-USE allows for acceleration of cloud migrations through comprehensive data center services, combining our products and services with EPI-USE's AWS expertise and SHIP methodology’ added Seth Hester, CRO of ReluTech.   For more information, please contact Carel Bekker at carel.bekker@epiuse.com. Amazon Web Services (AWS), EPI-USE Services for AWS, AWS Partners #APNProud #AWSPartner

EPI-USE acquires prominent Peru-based ERP business.   EPI-USE in Peru recently acquired Omnia Solution S.A.C., a leading SAP S/4HANA specialist with a 160-strong local client portfolio. Omnia has lines of business covering SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, Business Intelligence, SAP Digital Access and Certified Packaged SAP products, all to be integrated into EPI-USE. ‘Omnia’s people are exceptional, and we’re thrilled about the prospect of them becoming part of our Group’ said Larry Ramirez, Associate Partner at EPI-USE. ‘This is a fabulous deal, strengthening EPI-USE’s already dominant position in the Peruvian market, and likely to also accelerate our growth efforts in the wider LATAM theatre’ said Eli Grobler, a Partner in Group Elephant, EPI-USE’s parent. ‘We’re excited about the transaction, and look forward greatly to the international opportunities likely to be afforded by being part of Group Elephant’ according to Nancy Salazar Nishi and Lizandro Rodríguez Frías Benza, Omnia co-founding partners. For more information, please contact Eli Grobler at eli.grobler@groupelephant.com.

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The International Payroll Executives Group (IPX), a multinational payroll user group convened by EPI-USE celebrated its second anniversary at a recent London event.   The conference, hosted by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), marked the fifth gathering of delegates since IPX’s establishment. Unlike conventional user groups, typically characterized by a single vendor’s technology, IPX is about payroll as a discipline and a function, and is accordingly open to organizations using any payroll technology. It serves as an enabler for collaboration among senior payroll executives from renowned multinationals such as ADM, Boehringer Ingelheim, Diageo, KPMG, LSEG, Meta, Ricoh, SLB, Takeda and Upfield.    The theme for this event was payroll transformation. Raj Hora discussed LSEG’s transformative adoption of AI-driven employee portals to streamline information access and Charlotte O'Driscoll gave insights into the organization’s adoption of the kaizen methodology for process enhancement applied to payroll.  Zsófia Lang of SLB provided an overview of SLB's ambitious plan to consolidate its global payroll systems across over 100 countries onto a single SAP platform by 2030 using agile methodologies, and the program is already well underway.   ‘IPX is proving to be highly beneficial for our payroll function, through my exchange of ideas with my IPX peers’, said Carmen Visone, representing Takeda.   Zsófia from SLB remarked, ‘Our shared experiences and visions not only serve as an inspiration, but they challenge me to strive for excellence in our field.’   The next IPX event is planned for October. For more information, please contact Jan van Rensburg at jan.van.rensburg@epiuse.com. Carmen Visone, Charlotte O'Driscoll, Dave Nelson, Davis Aguilar, Hans Dewulf, Kerry Hudson ATT(fellow) ACIPP, Maria Laura R., Matt Warwick FCIPP, Michael Schwarz, Raj H, Renata Fajardo Rawas, Tracy O., Zsófia Láng