Integrated Consulting Group

ASUG Minnesota Chapter Meeting | November 7, 2013

The next ASUG Minnesota Chapter Meeting is November 7, 2013 at the Target Campus West in Minneapolis. As usual, they have great line up with multiple tracks so there should be something for everyone. I'm especially interested in the ASUG Leadership 2.0 InDepth Roadshow sessions that will focus on Change Management. I have found Change Management to be a key ingredient to projects and something that is overlooked or discarded by struggling or failing projects. Any project that successfully utilizes Change Management ...

HR 2014 Orlando | March 11 – 14

120 sessions—including comprehensive workshops, lectures, demos, panel discussions, and interactive roundtables—presented by top experts at SAP, leading customers, and the most authoritative consultants in the SAP HR arena. An up-to-date guide to troubleshooting the payroll process if and when you encounter an error Mike Timm, ICG Time: Tuesday, March 11 3:00 PM Eastern Room: Southern Hemisphere III This session will take an in-depth look at the components of the payroll process and how they integrate with other solutions. By attending, you will: Review the different sections of ...

October 3, 2013 by ICG in Event

SAP ERP HCM Year End Customer Letter 2013

September 26, 2013 by Mike Timm in Blog

Financials 2013 Las Vegas | March 19 – 22

Don't miss Financials 2013, the most important event of the year for teams that use, evaluate, deploy, and support SAP functionality for financial management, reporting, and planning. The schedule includes in-depth sessions, networking events, and demos showcasing the latest updates and best practices for SAP Financial solutions. Optimize data flow between SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials: Proven strategies for a smooth integration Mike Timm Friday, March 22, 2013 8:30 am - 9:45 am Examine key integration points between SAP ERP HCM payroll and ...

February 25, 2013 by ICG in Event

HR 2013 Las Vegas | February 26 – March 1

110 sessions—including comprehensive workshops, lectures, demos, panel discussions, and interactive roundtables—presented by top experts at SAP, leading customers, and the most authoritative consultants in the SAP HR arena. Expert lessons to customize payroll using schemas, rules, functions, and operations Mike Timm, Integrated Consulting Group Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Raphael 3 Step through actual payroll processes and see real-life examples of how schemas, rules, functions, and operations are used and how each impacts the final payroll output and results. By attending, you will ...

January 5, 2013 by ICG in Event

SAP HCM Payroll tip: Preventing errors before they occur & using user exits to your advantage

As part of the audit process, SAP customers develop a number of custom reports for the HR module to look for things like missing infotypes or specific items. Let’s look at some tax calculations – especially if you're a company that has many, many tax jurisdictions. In the US, for example, if you’re a company in Pennsylvania or Ohio where employees move between areas and there are many locals. In these cases, you may not have the configuration set up for the ...

August 16, 2012 by Mike Timm in Blog

SAP HCM Payroll tip: Timing your payroll processing to prevent errors & give IT and HR some breathing room

Typically, companies are running their payrolls on Monday or Tuesday so they can get a payroll out by the end of the week and make direct deposits in a timely manner. When dealing with that, typically audits should start at least a day or two prior. If it's on Monday, by Friday you might want to start looking at some basic things: Do I have all my audit reports? Does everybody have a cost center? Does every employee have an Infotype 9? Then, based on your ...

August 13, 2012 by Mike Timm in Blog

SAP HCM payroll tip: Use the What If tool for quick testing of TaxFactory

SAP HCM relies on BSI TaxFactory for US payroll tax calculations, but HCM teams may be unaware that the tool is available and can help you do some quick testing when the time comes to apply TUBs, Cyclic, or upgrade to a newer version of BSI TaxFactory. For testing, we can reuse the scenarios we’ve already created by changing a few data elements instead of having to locate and create all the data in SAP. This does not replace end user testing, ...

July 16, 2012 by Mike Timm in Blog

Payroll Configuration: Reduce payroll risk of upgrades, support packs, and configuration changes

We are all familiar with the fact that there are many components that must be in proper working order for the payroll process to result successfully. Each component is a risk point in the payroll process and mitigation of that risk is necessary. Some components are outside of the payroll department control and result is a dependency on other areas that may not always consider payroll requirements. Payroll processes combines data from several sources including: SAP System HRSPs (HR Support Packs) Configuration (custom and delivered) HR ...

June 7, 2012 by Mike Timm in Blog

Q&A on troubleshooting payroll audits & process models with Mike Timm

During the Q&A on troubleshooting payroll audits & process models with Mike Timm (transcript) on April 17, Mike took questions on payroll errors and best practices for auditing payroll results. To follow the discussion, review the transcript here, or view the entire Q&A in the HR Forum. Amy Thistle: Welcome to today’s HR Forum! In this one-hour Forum, we invite you to ask HCM expert Mike Timm your questions about preventing and fixing payroll problems Mike Timm is a managing partner at Integrated Consulting Group, an ...

April 19, 2012 by Mike Timm in Blog

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