Planning is a core capability that distinguishes HCM from simple HR systems. Ramco Human Capital Management includes extensive and flexible planning capabilities for enterprises. The planning horizon includes salary planning, staff planning, succession planning, and career planning.

Salary planning accommodates organizational structure, appraisals, and compensation details. Salary planning can optionally be linked to staffing planning to get a complete picture of compensation requirements during planning. Salary planning can also be rolled up and reflected in levels above, for a complete view of salary requirements. External and internal benchmarks can be leveraged for comparison purposes.

Staff planning allows organizations to capture existing and planned staffing needs. Forecasting can be performed at each level in the organization and rolled up to the entire enterprise. Reports can show planned versus actual staffing with variances as well as salary outflows for various scenarios.

Succession planning is vital for efficient operations as employees leave positions because of promotions, transfers, or exits. Sucession planning relies on information stored in the career plans, competency requirements for jobs, and employee competencies for the succession process.

Career planning tracks the evolution and growth of an employee throughout their tenure at the company. Each new position requires different skills and competencies and these are accumulated and aggregated into a comprehensive picture of an employee’s capabilities. These capabilities can then be matched in the succession planning process as well as for assessment of viability of a candidate for a new position.

Major capabilities of Planning include