The challenge
Dodsal is a large EPC contractor headquartered in Dubai, building cross country pipelines, refineries, chemical plants and power plants, with a focus on the energy sector.
The business had been running an older version of the software for about four years without upgrading, while its strategic plans demanded current technology.
Years of accumulated records meant a large volume of unused data had to be cleaned before anything could move.
What gulfHR did
- An independent consultant reviewed what the market offered and advised that gulfHR remained the best fit, given Dodsal's plans and long history with the platform.
- Data was migrated in stages, moving one or two companies at a time while both versions stayed live, so nothing stopped.
- gulfHR supported the migration both onsite and online, working directly alongside Dodsal's technical team.
- Performance Management and Employee Self-Service were added, two modules the business had not used before.
The results
Under one month, against four
The migration finished in less than a month. The previous upgrade had taken almost four.
Two new modules adopted
Performance Management and Self-Service went live alongside the migration.
Less paper, faster approvals
The new workflow system cut the volume of paper previously printed for approvals.
Efficient payroll processing
In the client's words, the business is now able to operate very efficiently in payroll processing.
This time, the migration took less than a month, compared to previous upgrade, done a few years ago, that took almost 4 months. We started using additional features such as Performance Management and Self-Service, which we didn't use before. I consider the integration of the HR features and the speed of the migration our biggest success factors. We are now able to operate very efficiently in payroll processing.
gulfHR has been very supportive, both onsite and online, and worked closely with our technical person. If there was an issue, they helped us. As I remember, it has been fantastic.
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