The Workforce Management Buyer's Guide provides a practical framework for organizations seeking to evaluate and select the right workforce management (WFM) solution to improve productivity, control labor costs, and enhance employee and customer experiences. It explains how effective WFM systems support core functions such as time and attendance, data collection, scheduling, absence management, analytics, compliance, and advanced workforce planning, while emphasizing the importance of aligning these capabilities with an organization's size, industry, workforce complexity, and strategic goals. The guide also outlines a structured approach to assessing current workforce challenges, defining requirements, and evaluating vendors based on integration, security, scalability, and support, enabling decision-makers to confidently choose a solution that meets both immediate operational needs and long-term growth objectives.
ADP's HR Trends and Priorities for 2026 outlines a strategic roadmap for leaders navigating a workplace defined by rapid technological change, evolving regulatory complexity, and heightened expectations around employee experience, emphasizing that success in 2026 will require balancing innovation with compassion and human-centric leadership. The report highlights how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent technologies are reshaping work and HR practices - from the emergence of agentic AI and deeper interdependence between HR and IT to the need for skills-based workforce planning and dynamic job redesign - while underscoring the importance of maintaining fairness, trust, and transparency in how technology is used. Organizations are encouraged to develop AI literacy, embed robust governance and human oversight in automated decision-making, and proactively address compliance challenges posed by multijurisdictional regulations, including AI usage in employment decisions and expanding pay transparency and leave requirements. At the same time, the report stresses that strategic workforce planning, meaningful professional development, and a strong commitment to employee well-being are essential for fostering resilience, agility, and long-term growth, even as companies leverage technology to streamline tasks and augment human capabilities. Ultimately, sustainable success in the evolving world of work will come to those who can drive technological innovation without deprioritizing people, respond to regulatory demands without sacrificing agility, and create an interconnected, intelligent workplace that remains deeply human.
This whitepaper argues that while QuickBooks may be adequate for small or straightforward businesses, it becomes a significant liability as a company grows, creating risks tied to heavy reliance on spreadsheets, fragmented data spread across multiple files or systems, limited reporting and forecasting capabilities, weak audit controls, and scalability constraints. It explains that organizations often compensate for QuickBooks' gaps with manual workarounds - such as external revenue-recognition spreadsheets, multi-entity tracking in disconnected files, or custom processes that lack proper oversight - which increases errors, slows month-end closes, and impedes real-time visibility. Through examples like Frey Farms and LovelySkin, the paper illustrates how companies juggling multiple business units, higher transaction volumes, or inventory complexity frequently struggle to obtain accurate, consolidated financial information, ultimately undermining compliance and decision-making. In conclusion, the paper contends that continuing to rely on QuickBooks beyond its natural limits introduces operational and strategic risks, making a compelling case for transitioning to a unified, scalable ERP platform such as NetSuite.
Effective time and attendance management is critical for controlling labor costs, ensuring compliance, and improving workforce productivity, yet many organizations still rely on manual or fragmented systems that introduce errors, inefficiencies, and employee frustration. The Excelforce Time and Attendance Buyer's Guide provides a clear, practical roadmap for organizations looking to modernize their timekeeping processes, guiding stakeholders from assessing current-state challenges and defining goals to evaluating vendors and implementing a best-fit automated solution. The guide demonstrates how automation delivers measurable value by reducing payroll errors, minimizing unplanned overtime, improving labor visibility, strengthening compliance, and freeing administrative resources for higher-value work. With real-time data, configurable workflows, mobile access, and employee self-service, organizations can improve accuracy, engagement, and decision-making. Ultimately, the guide underscores the importance of choosing a long-term partner and highlights Excelforce's integrated HCM platform as a scalable, secure, and cost-effective solution that unifies time and attendance, payroll, HR, and talent management to support sustained business success.
