Human Resources, in general, is in charge of a variety of internal processes inside an organization, from recruiting and onboarding to benefits and payment. The role of a HR professional is always growing with the changing environment. As a result, many businesses are increasingly depending on HR automation to make better use of their employees’ time. For example, it may save the company’s time and money by minimizing manual operations and enhancing efficiency. When it comes to driving automation and digitalisation in a business, human resource plays a critical role.
Need for HR Automation in the Agritech Industry
Agriculture is a labor-intensive industry. Connecting with employees in remote regions still remains a challenge. In order to exchange information and engage with all of the workers at once, and to allow staff to spend more time on critical things rather than mundane tasks , Suguna Foods has become the first Agritech firm to automate its HR department with the help of E-Connect – HR Simplified
Suguna Foods’ implementation of HR automation has altered the company’s approach to regular and monotonous tasks. Now, rule-based, highly offloading work can be completed with little or no human involvement. Procedures involving a significant amount of manual and repetitive work, such as new employee onboarding, payroll processing, benefits enrollment, and compliance reporting, fall under this category. This automation has helped the business reduce total HR-related expenditures while also enhancing data accuracy and speed.
Suguna Foods believed that this implementation would provide its 7000+ employees with exactly what they were seeking for, given that the present generation places a higher priority on quality and value. With the help of HR automation, organizations can speed up transactional HR operations by freeing up the HR team to focus on more valuable and strategic activities.
Benefits of implementing HR automation in the Agritech industry
In general, every company’s human resources department plays a crucial role in assisting employees and enhancing the overall working environment to ensure that employees do their jobs efficiently. However, due to the high amount of data management, form filling, updating and validating information, and a continual flow of request processing – HR managers are swamped in repetitive admin tasks. Human resource automation enables businesses to significantly reduce tedious procedures by automating the most frequently performed tasks, freeing up HR personnel to focus on more productive and strategic duties important to the company’s success.
At Suguna Foods, the focus of HR automation is mostly on microtasks, integrating all of the procedures that the massive systems did not or could not solve. This has the ability to drastically change the role of a HR by increasing efficiency and providing a faster return on investment. The scope of HR automation is continually growing and is not restricted to any specific aspects inside a business. Implementing automation in human resources may lead to increased accuracy, considerable labor savings, and reduced processing time, resulting in happier workers and customers. This automation provides the necessary new solutions for the HR process, transforming how it performs its operations.
Conclusion
India currently claims to have the world’s second-largest agricultural market. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy. However, the industry has overcome several challenges over the years and is now at the pinnacle of digital transformation. The sector accounts for 14% of overall GDP in the nation. Despite a dearth of technology and innovation, agriculture has a large presence and significant development potential. As new technologies are developed and implemented, the industry will thrive and prosper in the future.
(The author is Mr. Subramanian Harish, CHRO – Suguna Group and the views expressed in this article are his own)
