ERP software can be a big help for the health care industry, enhancing human resources (HR), patient record tracking, and materials management. Although industry-specific solutions for the health care industry may not be up to par with industries such as distribution or manufacturing, Microsoft Dynamics® GP is paving the way in this particular sector:

• Microsoft Dynamics GP simplifies HR management through its integration capabilities. You can also streamline HR management with Payroll and HR reports, including employee attendance, hours, and primary pay.

• Microsoft Dynamics GP also makes patient management a breeze through automated processes and communication capabilities. Hospitals can reduce the manpower needed to set up appointments, process billing, enter insurance, discharge or transfer patients, and more with Microsoft Dynamics GP.

• Management of materials can also be simplified through reduced stock outages and lower inventory costs. Bar-coded labels, handheld data collection capabilities, expiration dates, serial and lot management, and multi-bin and multi-location management ensure that supplies are on-hand when needed.

Microsoft Dynamics GP delivers the comprehensive financial solution with features and tools that health care providers need to run the business end. Download this whitepaper to learn more about healthcare specific capabilities within Microsoft Dynamics GP and feel free to contact us for more information.

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1. Secondary Status Code Field
   There is a new field for tracking a secondary status code for active and inactive employees to provide more detail regarding leave.  An active employee might be on probation, awaiting grant assignment, or between school terms.  You could also use this as an additional reporting field to show whether an employee has exempt status. 
2. W-2 Reporting Flexibility
   You can designate as many as four different locations on the W-2 forms for where the same amounts will be printed for some Pay Codes, Benefit Codes, and Deduction Codes.
3. Fiscal Year Tracking for Payroll
   You can track Fiscal year values for payroll expenses rather than just calendar year for budgeting and reporting purposes.  You can also set both fiscal and calendar year limits for Benefits and Deductions.
4. Simultaneous Pay Runs
   For organizations that have multiple payroll clerks who conduct separate pay runs for different departments or business units, they each can get through a build check process and validate transactions for errors and warnings. 
5. Payroll Posting Edit List
   There is a Posting Edit List available to review the effect on the general ledger prior to printing and posting payroll.  This is helpful if you add a new department or payroll code and you want to make sure you have all of the posting accounts set up properly.
6. Reprint Paystubs
   There is the ability to reprint paystubs and earnings statements! You can even print multiple checks at a time.
7. Improved Garnishments Management
   If multiple garnishments are levied against an employee, you can now deduct the garnishments in a specified order until reaching the limits. For more information on this feature, please see our blog post Payroll Garnishment Management Made Easy in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

To learn more about how Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 can help you automate your Human Resources and Payroll processes contact The Resource Group.

by Donna Church, The Resource Group – Seattle, Washington Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner

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The following are some of the payroll and HR modules worth considering:

• Payroll extensions – This free download for GP 2010 allows the user to “automate routine tasks and extend availability of all employee data”.  It includes calculating blended overtime rates, automatic creation of payables, and many other features.
•  Advanced Payroll – These modules are designed to solve unique payroll issues within an organization, with industry-specific streamline processes.  Features include: pay policy management, employee cost allocation, advanced labor reporting, and more.
•  PTO Manager – The Paid Time Off (PTO) module allows you to manage complex vacation and sick time policies with automated ease.
•  Certification, Licensing, and Training – For industries that require any type of licensing or training, this module allows you to keep track of completion dates, expiration dates, and more.
•  Benefit Self Service – With Benefit Self Service, you can implement a full online benefits enrollment program for your employees.  The module works in conjunction with Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft Business Portal to create a web-based benefits enrollment solution.

With the modules you need installed within Microsoft Dynamics GP, you can have a completely streamlined, scalable ERP solution that addresses business needs for HR, Payroll, and beyond, delivering the results you need without the paperwork or the headache that usually follows.

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But what are the pro’s and con’s of offering a self service portal to employees?

Some of the benefits are:

• Improved employee satisfaction and empowering employees to update and maintain benefit information ‘on demand’ such as viewing benefit enrollment, adding dependants, submitting address changes, viewing paystubs, and submitting vacation request
• Portal becomes ‘virtual online benefits’ department 24/7 across multiple locations through a consistent, instant, anytime access environment
• Automated approval workflow handling and tracking the status of requests submitted
• Secure access with a  convenient single sign-on capability
• HR and Payroll staff can receive and facilitate employee requests at a faster speed than before
• Reduced costs and time to respond through uses of technology to integrate data and handle workflow rules
• Multiple Open enrollment periods can be facilitated through portals by providing employees with current enrollment benefits and providing options to choose and validate missing or incomplete information

 Some of the downsides are:

• Employees and managers that do not have access to computers, need physical accommodation, or ESL will need to be facilitated through either a kiosk or designated facilitator that is made available
• If employees have questions, companies who utlize portals need to have a support mechanism by  phone/email in place to support employee questions
• Lack of human interface can make some employee’s feel that the process has become impersonal.  Providing  initial up front training or recorded webinars can assist employees and managers with helping them feel more comfortable with the transition to self-service
• Employees may have privacy or security concerns viewing or updating very sensitive information over the internet..  The portal security and database has to be very secure to gain the confidence of users and meet government requirements.  New employees will need help becoming familiar with the self service portal and will need to get access immediately following their hire date.

Microsoft Dynamics GP portals for Human Resource Management enable organizations to empower employees, managers, and human resource departments in a cost-effective and secure environment.  With the HRM Self Service Suite, a browser-based application, it can be easily customized and is seamlessly integrated with MS Dynamics GP HR and Payroll series. 

By InterDyn – Remington Consulting, Microsoft Dynamics ERP Gold Certified Partner in Nevada

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So, let me get to my point. InterDyn – Remington Consulting can help free your human resources staff from the drudgery of performing routine administrative tasks by allowing them to focus on more strategic objectives through the deployment of  Dynamics GP Human Resources.  Dynamics GP Human Resources and HR Self Service Suite make it easy for your employees to update their own records, via secure web environment, including the following functionality:

• self-service functionality for managers and employees
• employee pay history inquiries
• benefits enrollment and status
• employee profile review and updates
• and skills and training information

The HRM Self Service Suite enables healthcare organizations to empower managers and employees and reduce administrative costs.  All the above information is tightly integrated with Microsoft Dynamics GP Payroll that includes all the functionality you would expect.  Microsoft Dynamics GP Payroll delivers the features, control and security needed to manage sensitive payroll information required by Assisted Living Organizations. Direct deposit processing can streamline salary disbursement, reducing costs and enhancing security. The Payroll module also offers seamless integration with Human Resources, unlimited pay types, automatic calculation of shift differentials, unlimited deductions and benefits, on-screen inquiries, drill-down capabilities, unlimited pay history and automatic tax updates.

As you can see, Microsoft Dynamics GP helps healthcare providers manage the extremely complex HR and Payroll requirements that healthcare organizations face.  Dynamics GP can make it easier for your organization to attract and retain talented, motivated employees with tools that make it easier to record, store and access employee information. 

In my next post we will go a little deeper into the pro’s and con’s of the HRM Employee Self Service.

By InterDyn – Remington Consulting, Nevada Microsoft Dynamics Gold Certified GP Partner

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