With a history of over 100 years, SCG is one of the largest conglomerates in the ASEAN region, having evolved from being purely a cement producer to now a diversified conglomerate. The culture of continuous innovation and the passion of more than 50,000 SCG employees have ensured it remains as a role model for all organisations in sustainable development and corporate governance, in Thailand and the region.

The prevailing economic challenges, magnified by COVID-19, are bringing uncertainties for all organisations. While SCG has been taking several commendable initiatives to retain competitiveness, increasing customer expectations typically put a strain on the internal systems of the workplace to support new ways of working and improved customer experience initiatives. Given the size and diversity of SCG, this demand on its internal legacy systems would likely be even stronger.

Legacy-bound internal technology platforms are often cumbersome and are not designed for the agility required in today’s fast-paced business. To stay agile in response to uncertainties, organisations need to rely on accurate, real-time, data-driven insights to manage shifts within the workforce. It is for this reason that global leaders such as Dow, Hitachi and GE have chosen Workday as the platform for transformation for their workforce to drive operating efficiencies as well as improved talent engagement and development.

The Workday platform is built on a unique and highly flexible technology architecture framework that provides a single source of truth across all elements of Human Capital Management, enabling:

• Synergy across all business entities: Group level visibility into all aspects of Human Capital and organisations structures via actionable analytics from a single source of truth, to ensure appropriate allocation of resources across entities.
• Agility to respond to business needs: Ability to plan for the future using scenarios, and seamlessly execute plans with ease by leveraging a platform that is both easy to configure and enables dynamic re-planning and adjusted execution.
• Engagement of employees through a personalised, intuitive, and mobile-enabled experience, to ensure they can keep their focus on the number one priority – the customers.
• Talent Development: Direct access to real-time analytics that predictively monitor talent gaps and risk indicators across the group, as well as prescribe actions that enable leaders to make data-driven decisions to drive continuous talent development.

As SCG continues to grow, geographically and across business segments, Workday can provide the foundation to support the group’s continued ‘Passion for Better’ by offering an agile system, built on a flexible business process framework. This will allow SCG to further develop its passionate employees to meet the demands of the changing business needs and ensure SCG’s leadership for the next century.