How dsm-firmenich Streamlined Their People Data Insights To Create a More Data-Driven HR

dsm-firmenich's user adoption rates dramatically increased with a new streamlined and intuitive people data interface from Visier Workforce AI, resulting in a more data-driven team.

80%

of time regained previously spent gathering data

Our Summary

Industry

Manufacturing

Headquarters

Heerlen, Netherlands

Company size

23,000+

Visier solutions used

Workforce Insights

The challenge:

With people data scattered across more than five Power BI dashboards, dsm-firmenich’s analytics team spent 80% of its time integrating data and building ad hoc reports

Why Visier Workforce AI:

Visier's intuitive interface made adoption easy, and it works alongside existing enterprise reporting tools to show people and organizational data together.

Key outcomes:

HR leadership and Finance adopted Visier quickly; the team validated insights right away (such as hiring patterns among line managers), and HR earned a reputation as a strategic business partner.

THE CHALLENGE

Scattered people data

The Vice President of Global Strategy, Analytics & Employee Experience, Laura Stevens, and her team sought a solution to their scattered people data landscape. With more than five different Power BI dashboards, her team was spending 80% of their time on integrating data sources and ad hoc reporting. They wanted to put that time and effort into seeking solutions that would add business value instead. In their pursuit to spend resources more effectively on projects with business impact, they decided to partner with Visier.

THE SOLUTION

Intuitive user experience

For Laura, getting a solution was less about the technology than it was about the likelihood of adoption and adding business value. “Making the approach to data or insights democratization as easy as possible is paramount,” she says. With no shortage of data nowadays, presenting only the relevant data is key. Visier’s intuitive user interface and ability to coexist with enterprise reporting tools that present people and organizational data together was a perfect fit.

The ability to reveal subconscious patterns on a daily basis without having to spend an enormous amount of modeling efforts just adds a tremendous amount of value to the organization. - Laura Stevens, VP Global Strategy, Analytics, & Employee Experience

THE OUTCOME

Quick user adoption

The greatest success for DSM has been the enormous amount of rapid adoption, which has led to Laura’s team becoming more data-driven.

We strongly believe that when our people adopt or make use of insights, the quality of their decision-making actually increases and that better decisions make us a better organization increasing our value. - Laura Stevens, VP Global Strategy, Analytics, & Employee Experience

LOW EFFORT REQUIRED FOR INSIGHTS

After implementing Visier Workforce AI, Laura’s team was able to immediately validate a hypothesis that male line managers have a tendency to hire more males.

IMPROVED HR'S REPUTATION

Being able to provide insights quickly has positioned HR as a strategic business partner within the organization. While HR teams are often criticized for not providing enough value, this isn’t the case for dsm-firmenich, which Laura says has been made possible because of Visier.

EXTERNAL VALIDATION

The next focus for DSM is to drill into Visier’s benchmarking solution. A common follow-up question from business leaders is how the company’s people data compares to other businesses. Plus, external benchmarks help Laura’s team communicate the value of focusing on certain problems to solve.

All the people in the HR leadership team have access to Visier. Our head of finance by the way, also has access. So, they use it for cost reporting, for FDA reporting. I bet that if you would ask the executive committee whether they know Visier, they would say yes. I actually think that they find it one of the greatest tools or platforms that came out of HR over the last few years. - Laura Stevens, VP Global Strategy, Analytics, & Employee Experience