Dayforce vs. NetSuite ERP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dayforce
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.N/A
NetSuite ERP
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A
Pricing
DayforceNetSuite ERP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DayforceNetSuite ERP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUsers subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.
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Community Pulse
DayforceNetSuite ERP
Considered Both Products
Dayforce
Chose Dayforce
It is nice not having to key in the new hires, pay rate changes and terminations. It just all flows through the system.
Chose Dayforce
At my branch we used Time Pilot Central v4.0 which is a simple time clock software with all what you need to manage the employee's hours.
It works perfectly fine but it is limited as it was not linked to payroll, so all the calculations for holidays, payroll, overtime rules, …
NetSuite ERP
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
DayforceNetSuite ERP
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
581 Ratings
0% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.1504 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.4539 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.9529 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.8531 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.4482 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.7527 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.5351 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.4
581 Ratings
4% above category average
NetSuite ERP
1.1
15 Ratings
147% below category average
Pay calculation9.0567 Ratings1.013 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.5283 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.9131 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.0456 Ratings1.010 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.0552 Ratings1.39 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.5436 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.1294 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.0
527 Ratings
1% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.3495 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.7509 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.9416 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
8.1
593 Ratings
0% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.5564 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.7577 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0397 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.1206 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.0473 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.5
97 Ratings
3% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets7.597 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.2
580 Ratings
5% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Report builder7.6571 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.7571 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.3399 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
373 Ratings
3% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
New hire portal7.8363 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.8319 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.7
240 Ratings
6% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting7.4201 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.8220 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.6188 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.9225 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.8
264 Ratings
2% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.5245 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.6210 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.9247 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.8243 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.0219 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
6.9
119 Ratings
13% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools7.194 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.8102 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search6.6107 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development7.094 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
7.3
286 Ratings
6% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.5270 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.5264 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.5221 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.5253 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.6216 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.4263 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.2257 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.1
74 Ratings
23% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.164 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings9.447 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.1
81 Ratings
11% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.262 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.180 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.1
72 Ratings
27% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings9.171 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings9.170 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.170 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
7.6
256 Ratings
0% below category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.3250 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.3231 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.326 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.428 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.041 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.435 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
8.8
48 Ratings
11% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.747 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.528 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings9.235 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
8.7
205 Ratings
11% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings9.153 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings8.1201 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings8.437 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.748 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.421 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
7.3
197 Ratings
1% below category average
Billing Management00 Ratings8.4186 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings9.327 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings8.331 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.527 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings9.335 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
6.3
32 Ratings
19% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings5.926 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings5.823 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings5.822 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings4.014 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings9.413 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings6.722 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
4.0
17 Ratings
52% below category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings8.514 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings3.311 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings3.010 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings3.68 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
12 Ratings
84% below category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings3.57 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.3
19 Ratings
71% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings2.010 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings3.613 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings9.513 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.2
11 Ratings
68% below category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings2.011 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings3.57 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.0
17 Ratings
78% below category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings2.89 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings9.414 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings2.511 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
8.9
16 Ratings
17% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.514 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings9.410 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings9.412 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.514 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
7.8
131 Ratings
7% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.617 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.4128 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.514 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Dayforce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.8
13 Ratings
62% below category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings2.610 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings3.29 Ratings
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DayforceNetSuite ERP
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Paypro Workforce Management
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User Ratings
DayforceNetSuite ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(621 ratings)
8.5
(354 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(85 ratings)
9.2
(49 ratings)
Usability
6.3
(60 ratings)
8.6
(231 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(12 ratings)
9.0
(16 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(13 ratings)
8.0
(15 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(65 ratings)
7.1
(215 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.0
(11 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Online Training
7.4
(18 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(43 ratings)
6.4
(17 ratings)
Configurability
8.8
(13 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(8 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.9
(14 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(18 ratings)
4.8
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.9
(12 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DayforceNetSuite ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
Dayforce
Ceridian is well suited for transferring time data between systems to ensure employees are accurately compensated based on their time. Ceridian is not ideal when an employee has transferred to a different country. (As previously mentioned, we are required to create a new user record which with our setup requires the existing employee to be hired in the new location).
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NetSuite
Really in this hybrid environment, being up in the cloud and being able to securely access the data and work from anywhere, I think it's a real game changer for my team. So I really like the fact that NetSuite keeps up with security features and allows users to access it from anywhere.
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Pros
Dayforce
  • Reporting. It has an extensive report builder with stock reports, ad-hoc reports, and the ability to build your own custom reports.
  • Payroll. The continuous payroll engine makes processing complex payrolls much easier and faster.
  • Forms. The stock forms are a great jumping off point to start creating custom forms that work better for your processes and organization.
  • Documentation. Every module is well documented, and you're always bound to learn something if you read through them properly!
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NetSuite
  • NetSuite does analytics very well.
  • They do reporting very well. I love the ability to have control over how the information flows through my NetSuite, my user roles, and my responsibilities. I can assign certain tasks to certain people, and they do that and then also have the control to approve that and make sure it's done correctly.
  • Just being able to drill down into a particular GL account or into a particular line item and see what really makes that up and what's driving our certain costs.
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Cons
Dayforce
  • In payroll, there are sometimes issues with calculating pay when people’s rates change mid-pay period
  • Would love to see an option to assist with building SQL or XML statements in the future (maybe co-pilot AI?)
  • Would love an easy way to store pre-hire documents with candidates that syncs over to their HR profile when hired
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NetSuite
  • Honestly, right now, my biggest pain point is kind of our own doing, but I would appreciate a little bit more support and help in the area of performance management and kind of understanding how our application is built, what are the best choices for customizing or solving a problem in terms of performance, because our company is rather large, we have a lot of data coming in and out, and that has been an issue for us recently.
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Likelihood to Renew
Dayforce
We are highly invested in Ceridian's Dayforce product. It give us the flexibility and scaling that our growing company needs. Its potential reaches beyond the basic HR functions to the decision making that our Management Team needs. Ceridian is always innovating the employee and employee experiences to offer cutting edge options.
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NetSuite
NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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Usability
Dayforce
I think it's very usable for the employee. I don't think it is as easy for the HR/PR admins - especially if there is an issue. There are so many setup screens that need to be looked at to try to figure out why payroll isn't calculating properly, hours aren't feeding over correctly, or benefits are not calculating properly. For the most part, they can't do their own troubleshooting. The same is true for the managers. Our managers find it cumbersome to go into make any schedule changes after the schedules have been generated.
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NetSuite
I have given this rating due to below use cases: - Order Management - Advanced Revenue Management - Invoicing - Automated Billing - Inbound and Outbound Integrations with applications such as Salesforce, Zip, Stripe, Mavenlink, Avalara, Floquast - Project management and billing - Training -Customer Support - Knowledge Article Support
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Reliability and Availability
Dayforce
We have never experienced a total/unplanned outages that effected our ability to process payroll. However, there are times when the application's speed is significantly effected - and processing a payroll may take up to twice as long as normal.
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NetSuite
It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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Performance
Dayforce
We haven't noticed any slow-down due to the integration of Dayforce WFM with our Ceridian HPL products (HRIS and Payroll). The new HTML view of the timesheets don't load as quickly as the old Silverlight view - however, we have gotten used to the change.
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NetSuite
Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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Support Rating
Dayforce
Most of the time the support is great; it's not always super efficient but I always get the help I need. Occasionally it takes a lot longer than we had hoped or get conflicting responses. We had one ticket recently where we were told we would have to pay the service team to support us on the project and then another person called the next day with the solution to our query and was able to find a solution easily. Generally, though, the response is great and they either walk me though how to do something via a Zoom Meeting or they email step-by-step instructions on how to do it and say if I have questions we can set up a meeting to discuss further.
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NetSuite
The account rep changes quite often, which requires restarting. Suite Answers is a very good tool but can be hard to use for somebody who is not fully confident with Netsuite. Asking questions that are not already answered in Suite Answers can be rough. Training is readily available, but most of the time stays on the surface and doesn't answer medium to more advanced questions.
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In-Person Training
Dayforce
Because the training we reviewed at Insights has changed how we use the system everyday. This is a key factor in our training.
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NetSuite
I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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Online Training
Dayforce
The online training is very good, there is a wide variety of topics offered and several dates and times. The instructors are very knowledgeable about the subjects they are teaching. There are so many ways to program Dayforce that just the basics seem to be covered in the class.
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NetSuite
Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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Implementation Rating
Dayforce
Have a strong internal team. Communicate with your implementation team - they are there to make it work for you. Take the time to really think about how you want the system to work for you - in some cases, you may need to rethink your own business practices to see if you are working harder when the system could do it for you
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NetSuite
I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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Alternatives Considered
Dayforce
All of the info for Payroll, HR updates, employee updates, Time worked and PTO are in a single application, with a single login, updated in every screen or module in real time. There is no lag in data from screen to screen or from user to user, its almost instant.
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NetSuite
Well, the reason why I'm with NetSuite is because obviously it beats out those other options quite considerably. It gave us the whole ecosystem that gave us everything we needed. I didn't need a dedicated administrator whose full-time job is to deal with it like our current system would need to really be useful. I can find people or train people how to use it right away. So for us, that really beats it out compared to the Sage and QuickBooks where we were looking at it from a perspective of, yeah, we can find people who are experts in those fields. They don't scale up to the size that we need as we're going to really quickly go from R&D company into doing tens of millions of dollars a year in revenue and activities. So that's where it beats us out over say Sage or QuickBooks is it's got that complete scalability. We can go to multiple subsidiaries, foreign currency, not a problem. It's got that full functionality.
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Scalability
Dayforce
Overall, we are extremely happy with the Dayforce WFM module. Our biggest pain point is concerning the twice annual software upgrades - which is the only reason I haven't rated them as a '10'. Because every customer is configured differently, the upgrades can sometimes have adverse effects on our current configured policies/rules. And although they roll-out the upgraded version in a test environment several weeks before go-live, not all testing is accurate in that environment. Some issues do not present themselves until you are working with live punches.
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NetSuite
We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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Return on Investment
Dayforce
  • Performance Reviews/Comp used to be handled via paper and tracking/reporting was a nightmare - having all of that in the system is so much more efficient and provides huge ROI
  • Our organization used to have big problems with hiring managers going rogue and hiring positions that aren't approved by Finance - we built an approval workflow in the system that triggers before any req is approved which has completely solved this problem
  • Dayforce Wallet has been a huge perk for our employees - it's heavily used and our crew love it
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NetSuite
  • Positive impact, again, it's our source of truth, so we are able to not have questions about how much money we have in the bank or do we have enough material to build this job. Being able to know those things immediately is super valuable.
  • I mean it's the grease that skids the wheels that gets us to accomplish the things that we do in our business.
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ScreenShots

Dayforce Screenshots

Screenshot of Dayforce Home ScreenScreenshot of Scheduling DashboardScreenshot of Compensation DashboardScreenshot of Succession Planning - Talent MatrixScreenshot of Payroll DashboardScreenshot of Dayforce Mobile - Recruiting

NetSuite ERP Screenshots

Screenshot of one view into the most critical business processes.Screenshot of Mobile-friendly design