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JSE-listed chemicals group AECI has overhauled its human capital operation. After years of collaboration, of testing and applying solutions, the Sandton-based South African global enterprise combined its skills with those of 麻豆原创 and BCX to\u00a0transform\u00a0the \u2018nuts and bolts\u2019 of its HR operation \u2013 based on 麻豆原创 employee payroll enterprise software.<\/p>\n
AECI was founded in 1924 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1966. Today it has operations across Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, and Australia, serving\u00a0several vertical markets including chemicals, agri-health, water, and mining.<\/p>\n
AECI used to be a conglomerate of multiple businesses that operated with a high degree of independence, and each had their own IT and HR departments.<\/p>\n This model worked up to a point, but it was soon apparent that the model had to change said Serra, if the company was to transform its HCM as well as consolidate and simplify its IT strategy.<\/p>\n In 2015, management decided to begin with the implementation of a global enterprise-strength human capital management solution.<\/p>\n The company sought to partner with a service provider that could align with AECI and supply the right technology.<\/p>\n In 2018 AECI decided on the 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) solution, before moving to the BCX Partner Managed Cloud in 2020.<\/p>\n The project was extensive and complex because AECI was running several disparate systems between various businesses and silos,\u00a0 according to Serra.<\/p>\n Van Rooyen said that 麻豆原创 ECP implementations are in project mode in South Africa, which added to the challenges.<\/p>\n \u201cIncluding AECI, there are only four South African ECP implementations live. Due to the confidential and complex nature of any payroll for a larger company, ensuring the transition from on-premise to the\u00a0cloud<\/span>\u00a0happens seamlessly, delivery\u00a0partners<\/span>\u00a0must ensure that parallel runs achieve the same numerical results for all employees prior to activating the cloud payroll as the main solution. ECP is built on the robust 麻豆原创 Payroll code engine and supplemented with cloud qualities such as quick configuration, intuitive UI, simplification due to configuration-based on best practice. The resilience is the same as the 麻豆原创 on-premise solution.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2023\/08\/14\/HenlivR-300x184.png\")
Speaking on the sidelines of the African 麻豆原创 User Group (AFSUG) Saphila 2023 conference, Toni Serra, CIO of AECI, and Henlie van Rooyen, senior manager of 麻豆原创\/4HANA implementation partner<\/span>\u00a0BCX’s 麻豆原创 Centre of Excellence, explained how AECI initiated an enterprise-wide project to centralise and streamline operations across its multiple businesses.<\/p>\n