Chapter 1
1 Overview
OrangeHRM, emerging in line with the new generation of web HR systems, will assist you in managing your company's most important asset - human resource. OrangeHRM, which is applicable to diverse business industries, is a perfect platform for re-engineering your
HR processes and redefining the workflow operations of HR professionals, paving the way to a new level of HR Management.
Why OrangeHRM should be chosen to be the HRM system for your organization is summarized in the graphic below. All these point speak for themselves. Be part of it!
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OrangeHRM is based on modular architecture and consists of the following modules:
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Admin Module
The part of the system where the HR Manager or other appointed personnel perform all system administration tasks. This includes defining company structure, pay grades and other information that serves as the backbone for the rest of the system. Security issues are taken care of through this module as well by defining user rights.
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PIM Module
This core module maintains all relevant employee related information, including different types of personal information, detailed qualifications and work experience, job related information etc. Picture of employee is included as well. Information captured in this module is utilized by all other modules, thus eliminating data redundancy.
Employee Self Service Module (ESS)
Employee self service is a powerful tool providing employees of the company with the ability to view relevant information such as personal information, updating personal information with web - enabled PC without having to hassle the HR staff.
The functionality of this module spans through the entire system, making information available anywhere, anytime. Of course all information is subject to company defined security policy, where everyone can only view the information he/she is authorized to. Time and cost saving effects from this solution are tremendous.
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Leave Module
A comprehensive leave management module with extensive possibilities of defining leave types and more. It caters for all application and approval processes and is able to display information on leave entitlement, balance, history etc. Thanks to the web-enabled and self-service concepts, it significantly streamlines all leave related procedures, eliminates paperwork and saves costs.
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Time Module
The module automates time tracking related processes. It helps to efficiently organize labour data and improve the workforce management. Time module allows employees to define and submit their timesheets, which can be approved / rejected and modified by their supervisors. The module has the functionality for the tracking employee attendance, as the employees can enter there punch in and punch out times. Through the time module employees can specify the time events related to the particular projects, they are working on and administrators of the projects can manage the projects easily through the functionality offered by the project reports menu items.
Reports Module
This feature produces customized reports according to your needs. Any number of reports can be defined by selecting from a range of search criteria and report fields. Report definitions can be saved to avoid repeating this task.
Once the report definition is saved, the report can be generated by providing the required criteria data.
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Benefit Module
This module illustrates on the company’s Health Saving Plan policies. This allows the administrator of the system to define the suitable health savings plan policy for the organization, ESS users to make requests on health savings, administrator to approve or reject the requests and the systematic monitoring of the user accounts on health savings.
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Recruitment Module
Recruitment Module comprises the comprehensive job application, publishing and recruitment process. The bulky, methodical manual recruitment procedures have been changed into a flexible, user friendly, efficient process.
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BUG Tracker
In the event of any bugs being encountered while using the system, these bugs could be immediately reported on-line using the Bug Tracker module which would be useful for fixing them.
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To provide continuous technical support OrangeHRM has introduced support plans. With the help of our support team and professional service activities as data migration or upgrades will be made into a smooth and efficient process. For a more detailed list of benefits your organization will gain from subscribing to support plan please go to our website http://www.orangehrm.com/subscribe-support.shtml
and evaluate which of these options will be the right choice for your needs.
Additional to the open source product OrangeHRM offers an On-Demand solution. This subscription-based hosted service was implemented to suit organizations that want to use the OrangeHRM but do not have IT staff to install or maintain the application. This
Software as a Service model will comfort the use of OrangeHRM for these organizations by providing that NO installation, maintenance, manual upgrades nor internal IT personnel is required. To read more about the advantages of using OrangeHRM On-
Demand and the benefits for your company please check this http://www.orangehrm.com/ondemand.shtml
where you can also register for a 30 day free trial to evaluate the service.
To assure your working experience with OrangeHRM to be the most efficient and user friendly you have the options to purchase Add-Ons. The LDAP Add-On securely creates user IDs which helps users being authenticated by your company's LDAP Server. Another
Add-On type OrangeHRM offers exports reports and time sheet data in CSV format. To buy Add-Ons please go to our website http://www.orangehrm.com/addon-plans.shtml
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