Workday Elevate Digital Experience

The accelerated pace of technology innovation and access to unprecedented amounts of data is changing how finance operates. So how can finance teams thrive while embracing this change during uncertain times? This session explores the Workday vision for finance, and how our single system is uniquely equipped to deliver continuous innovation and support the digital enterprise.

The competitive advantage that the office of procurement can provide has never been more evident. In addition to delivering sourcing-centric cost savings, chief procurement officers are expected to extend their business impact into strategic areas such as supplier innovation and performance management. How can the office of procurement tackle these increasing expectations and responsibilities? Join this session to learn about the latest trends shaping the profession and how Workday can help procurement support more strategic initiatives across the organisation.

Have you ever wondered why accounting offices view those non-stop 12-hour days at month end as the norm? It doesn’t have to be that way. We believe challenging this status quo requires a different approach and a new foundation. Join this session to see how Workday Financial Management is designed to eliminate problems that legacy ERP systems have been causing for decades – including those 12-hour days. Get a glimpse into the innovative Workday foundation and the breadth of processes and accounting standards it supports to build a better future for accounting.

For finance leaders, becoming a better partner to the business often comes down to delivering fresh insights and dynamically adapting plans as business conditions change. This session explores how finance teams can use Workday to dig deeper into operational and financial data, then run ‘what if?’ scenarios to uncover new insights for better decision-making. Learn how finance can apply best practices to better support strategic initiatives across the enterprise.

What makes Workday deployments different for the large enterprise? This session takes you through the deployment process, much of which can be performed virtually. We also discuss how Workday helps set the stage for your own success. Learn how companies similar to yours have smoothly transitioned to the cloud and the value they’ve realised through continuous Workday innovation.

How does Workday take the risk, fear and guesswork out of deployment for growing businesses? We drew from the experiences of hundreds of successful medium enterprise deployments – often performed virtually – to create fixed-scope packages that can get you live on a predictable timeline. This session explores how Workday helps you prepare for success during your deployment and beyond, and why a preconfigured tenant can help you make better business decisions.

In this session, we explore how Workday drives business value across the digital back office, and review real-life examples of value realised by a selection of our customers. We will also briefly cover how you can leverage concepts and frameworks on value to create a compelling case for change.

Learn how Workday is supporting ForFarmers, one of the European leading companies in the animal feed industry to build a sustainable platform for their growth in the future with this video testimonial from Arjan de Grijs, former HR director.

Hear Robertjan (RJ) Dekker, Director of International Finance at Netflix, discuss how Finance is changing rapidly and how Workday is supporting the Finance team to gain agility and to adapt quickly to new realities.

Workday has transformed the way HR operates within PUMA fundamentally. Dietmar Knoess, Global director HR at Puma shares how – and what the impact is of the ability to make decisions based on realtime data.

In this session, TomTom discusses why they chose Workday and how it impacted the organization.

In this session Laurie Meissner, Senior Vice President & Global controller at Aon talks about the company’s deployment of Workday and how the cloud-based ERP system helps it build a single enterprise-wide application to enhance productivity.

At Levi Strauss & Co. the employee experience evolves with continuous innovation. In this session Scott White, Vice President Levi Strauss discusses how they do this using Workday as part of their transformation program.

French carmaker Renault embarked on a global rollout of Workday's cloud HR software across 120,000 employees following a successful implementation across the business of its strategic partner Nissan.Renault talks you through their journey.

In this session BlaBlaCar discusses why it selected Workday Financial Management and how it’s impacted the organisation.

Technology has enabled changes in work, the workforce and the workplace. As a result, HR leadership is challenged to manage a more fluid, dynamic and often remote workforce. This means a shift to decisions based on insight into needed skills, mobile communications and personalised experiences to improve productivity. Join this session to learn about key trends, and how Workday is helping customers adapt to the changing world of HR.

As businesses around the world transform their workplace learning from in-person to virtual, organisations must quickly pivot to adapt their training initiatives. To do this, business leaders are seeking ways to protect their employees, quickly communicate information to their workforce, adapt learning programmes and delivery, and establish and expand virtual learning. Join this session to learn how Workday enables learning agility in the changing world of work.

HR leaders face numerous challenges in today’s changing business world – new technologies such as machine learning, the rise of the gig economy and the need to reskill their workforce to remain competitive. As skills and talent become the new capital, organisations need to succeed, and barriers between people and data dissolve, it’s up to leadership to put the ‘human’ back in HR. This session explores how Workday can help you step into the future with the technology, agility and innovation you need to put your people at the core of HR.

Making strategic decisions about your workforce requires data you can trust – and lots of it. Workday delivers a full spectrum of workforce planning, reporting and analytics to help you better plan and manage your people for the ever-changing needs of your business. In this session, we explore how Workday helps you gets you the insights you want, but also enables you to act on those insights with agility to better plan scenarios, collaborate with your partners, and determine next steps in a single system.

Now more than ever, employee experience is the key to maintaining high engagement and productivity. Join this session to explore how Workday People Experience promotes connection and support for your workforce with personalised and curated experiences – accommodating any work environment or worker type.

Optimising talent leads to better business outcomes, and skills are the new paradigm that links worker talent to business strategy. Join this session to learn how the skills foundation in Workday creates a world where you can drive learning, talent mobility and personalised career journeys all within a single system.

The world of work is constantly changing. And digitally, we’ve seen  innovation that has gradually changed our lives – both at home and at work. The coronavirus (COVID-19) has greatly accelerated the pace of that change, challenging our ability to respond with agility and continue to innovate. But in a time of crisis and response, innovation shouldn’t stop. Join this session to learn more about the Workday approach to innovation, and how it can help organisations become better prepared for the new world of work.

Organisational agility is the key to adaptability in an ever-changing world – enabling businesses to quickly respond to unforeseen global events and accelerate digital transformation. Now, more than ever, architecture matters. Join this session to see how our technology foundation brings together an object-based architecture. You’ll see how it’s designed to adopt new technologies seamlessly with one source for data; a single configurable security model; a flexible and durable business process framework; and a foundation for collaboration and insight – setting a new standard in organisational agility.

You've explored the various ways you can configure Workday: the UI, business processes and reports, yet your teams want more. This session introduces Workday Cloud Platform, a portfolio of extensibility products that offer powerful ways to integrate third-party systems, create new user experiences, and develop completely new apps that work with Workday Human Capital Management, Workday Financial Management,  and Workday Student applications. Join us as we explore Workday Integration Cloud and Workday Extend. Development experience is not a prerequisite to attend.

Discover in this session how to build HR and Finance indicators using all your data sources, while guaranteeing data security and confidentiality and offering a unified reporting experience to your business users.

The professional services industry is becoming increasingly more complex, and the need for agility is more important than ever. In a new world where employees are remote, projects are delivered virtually, and business models are fluid, technology is vital. Join this session to learn how Workday can help you tackle these challenges with a single system to plan, execute, analyse and drive success for the changing world of professional services.

Agility, business continuity and operational resilience are front and centre as banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions adapt to the changing financial services landscape. Join this session to learn how Workday can help you tackle these challenges with a single system to plan, execute, analyse and succeed in the changing world of financial services.

Retail and hospitality companies are facing tremendous change and uncertainty. Organisational agility and the ability to respond rapidly is essential to remain strong and quickly recover from disruption. Learn how the modern cloud technology in Workday helps you manage and optimise a dynamic workforce, plan for the future, support changing business models, and provide real-time insights into people, financial and operational data.

The technology and media industry has always been at the forefront of digital transformation – shown in the proliferation of FinTech, telemedicine, online streaming, and more. The coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has compelled all industries to rapidly embrace digitalisation and cloud computing, resulting in the tech and media sector’s expansion into other industries to support new ways of working, playing and learning. Join this session to learn about Workday solutions across financial management, planning and analytics that are tailored for the tech and media industry.