We're not talking about back office here - HR, payroll and so on.

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In most cases they jump to address the obvious areas of combining payroll, HR policies, IT in terms of methods and process.

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Or ask yourself this: how much time would you save if you could perform payroll automatically based on your HR and financials data in your ERP system?

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Not just payroll, but also benefits, talent management, time and attendance tracking and other HR functions.

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