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Pacific Brands reflects on utilising R.Review, Remesys’ award winning
software, to manage their annual salary and incentive review process.
The Need to Replace the
Spreadsheet Based Process
Pacific Brands had previously used
spreadsheets to manage their annual
salary and bonus reviews. This required the
production of numerous spreadsheets that
were distributed to managers to complete
reviews for their team members. The
spreadsheets were then returned to HR
for consolidation and sign off. Letters were
created as a mail merge in Word.
The fragmentation and duplication of data
involved in this process required significant
manual intervention. Furthermore, the time
spent checking and auditing figures and
manually producing letters slowed down the
review process.
Seeking an alternative, Pacific Brands
underwent a tender process evaluating
a number of solutions before selecting
R.Review. The Company recognised that
R.Review would provide the best solution
to address their issues and improve their
execution of the process.
The Selection Process
Pacific Brands undertook research on various
vendors of HR systems, payroll systems
and specific remuneration review systems.
After short listing down to three vendors the
Company had all three present proposals
to Pacific Brands HR and IT management.
Following live demonstrations, reference
checking, and features and benefits analysis
of the three short listed vendors, Pacific
Brands selected R.Review.
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The Solution
Pacific Brands implemented R.Review in
2008 to streamline their review process
across the organisation. The system was
configured to suit the organisation’s changing
remuneration requirements providing Pacific
Brands managers with secure access via a
web browser to all the information required to
complete salary reviews for their teams
In 2010, R.Review was further extended to
manage a two-phase process encompassing
separate salary review and bonus review
stages.
The Experience
R.Review significantly streamlined the
remuneration review process for Pacific
Brands. Managers found R.Review’s
clean interface intuitive to use, easy
to navigate and simple to enter their
recommendations. During the review,
system messages and alerts guided
them through the process and kept
recommendations within Company
guidelines. Real time reporting provided
information on the status of reviews,
recommended spend verses budget and
recommendations outside of guidelines.
Managers were updated on the status of
their team’s reviews via emails which advised
them of any change or requirements for them
to act upon a recommendation.
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C O M PA N Y
Pacific Brands
SOLUTION
R.Review replaced spreadsheets as
a means for reviewing salaries and
bonuses for over 4000 employees in
Pacific Brands’ annual remuneration
review process.
KEY BENEFITS
• One centralised source of data
• Ability to track the different stages
of the review process
• Automated generation of letters
• Easy data manipulation
• Ability to add employees and
update employee details
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At the completion of the review, salary letters
were generated directly out of R.Review. The
appropriate letter was automatically generated
based on pre-defined rules and electronic
signatures were included as required.
Pacific Brands had very aggressive timelines
and objectives for their 2010 review and these
would most likely not have been achieved
without R.Review.
The senior management at Pacific Brands were
extremely pleased with how well the review
process was executed, and in particular the
accuracy, flexibility and speed with which
Remesys were able to respond to requests.
Pacific Brands were impressed with the tool
itself and with the service and support provided
by Remesys.
The Key to Success
Remesys worked with Pacific Brands to
identify their requirements. Key milestones
were identified and timelines were always
met, if not exceeded. During user acceptance
testing (UAT), Pacific Brands identified further
refinements and due to the flexible nature of
R.Review these changes were easily managed.
Throughout the process Remesys worked
closely with Pacific Brands providing expert
advice. Remesys’ local team of developers and
consultants were able to provide impressive
levels of service and support.
Remesys is an Australian remuneration and talent
management software provider that was founded in
2001. We design, develop and deliver intuitive online
software solutions that are configured to meet all of an
organisation’s specific remuneration and performance
management requirements.
Our clients include:
Intuitive and configurable
Our user friendly software
is configured based on
your organisation’s unique
methodology, rules, processes
and guidelines.
Responsive local support
and service
We are an Australian owned
and operated company
that designs, develops
and supports our software
solutions.
Experience and expertise
Remesys consultants are HR
experts and are passionate
about the service and advice
that we provide.
Record of Success
Remesys is a market leader
with a record of success in
delivering innovative solutions
that assist organisations to
manage and streamline their
review processes.
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