Shanghai General Motors Reduces Salary Calculation from Three Days to a Half-Day, Generates HR Reports in Real Time
 
 

Shanghai General Motors Reduces Salary Calculation from Three Days to a Half-Day, Generates HR Reports in Real Time

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Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd. (Shanghai General Motors) was cofounded by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group) and General Motors in 1997. As one of the leading international production companies in the automobile industry, Shanghai General Motors manufactures vehicles for a range of markets—from high-end luxurious automobiles to economical, entry-level cars. Its product lineup includes Buick, Chevrolet, and Cadillac. The company has four production bases: Pudong Jinqiao, Yantai Dongyue, and Shenyang Beisheng; four complete vehicle production factories; and two powertrain factories, where the company manufactures engine and transmission components.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd

  • “Oracle’s PeopleSoft HR applications have provided us with a flexible and stable human resources system throughout several company expansions. Its flexibility and built-in best practices have helped to significantly lower the cost of making changes to the HR system, boosted HR process efficiency, and shortened operational time. It also provided space for updating the system as our business develops.” – Qian Lin, Senior Manager of e-HR, Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd

  • Share human resource (HR) information, such as attendance statistics, wages, welfare, and employee training, previously only accessed by the HR department, with vehicle production workshops and other working teams and groups, such as finance and IT
  • Manage and monitor in real time the HR information for all vehicle production bases and other branches, including sales and administration offices
  • Enhance managers’ efficiency and capabilities by using best practice HR management processes for functions such as personnel management and performance appraisals
  • Reduce the redevelopment work needed during the implementation of the new HR information system, such as adjustments to employee tax, allowances, and salaries

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Implemented Oracle’s PeopleSoft Human Resources, PeopleSoft Global Payroll, PeopleSoft ePerformance, and PeopleSoft Recruiting Solutions for an HR management platform with robust internet architecture, providing fast and stable access to the vehicle production workshops in addition to other teams and departments
  • Generated HR reports, showing workforce allocation, attendance statistics, and personnel assessment in real time rather than 15 days, by enabling accurate, real-time updates to information in the HR database and giving all employees convenient online access to their personal HR information
  • Redeployed 50% of staff charged with daily, manual HR processes to more value-added tasks by automating HR management processes, such as monitoring and checking production staff and other working groups’ attendance, hours, and lunch breaks
  • Reduced time for salary calculation from three days to half a day and boosted the efficiency of other key HR processes, such as personnel management, wages, welfare, performance appraisal, employee training, and career planning, by utilizing some of the world’s best 500 HR practices that are built into Oracle’s PeopleSoft applications
  • Reduced system redevelopment work by more than 30% and system maintenance by 60%, due to the HR system’s flexible configuration, which enabled adjustments to staff tax, allowances, and salaries as necessary

Resources

上海通用汽车实时掌控人力资源信息并显著减少管理工作量