Guide
What is an HRMS?
An HRMS (human resource management system) is software that keeps one record for every employee and runs the HR processes built on it: hiring, onboarding, attendance, leave, payroll, performance, learning and employee service. It replaces spreadsheets and separate tools, so HR, managers and finance work from the same data.
What an HRMS does
An HRMS holds the employee record — job, manager, pay, documents and history — and runs the processes that read and change it.
Requests move through approvals, payroll uses the same attendance and leave data, and reports draw on one source instead of several exports.
Modules to expect
A complete HRMS covers these five areas. NanoHRMS includes all of them in one product, on one employee record:
- Core HR, Attendance & Leave: Core HR, Attendance, Leave
- Payroll, Compensation & Benefits: Payroll, Compensation, Benefits
- Talent: Recruitment, Performance, Learning & Engagement: Recruitment, Performance, LMS, Engagement, Surveys, Recognition
- Service: Helpdesk, Grievance, Policies, Workflow & Assets: Helpdesk, Grievance, Policies, Workflow, Assets, Knowledge base, Integrations
- Reporting & AI: Reporting, AI, Workforce forecasting
How to choose an HRMS: questions to ask
- Which countries do you pay people in, and who keeps tax rates and statutory rules up to date?
- Do payroll, leave and attendance share one employee record, or will you reconcile exports?
- Must the system run in your own environment, or is the vendor's cloud acceptable?
- Which languages do employees and managers need, including right-to-left scripts?
- Can your team change approval chains and policies without the vendor?
- How is your data separated from other customers, and is every change audited?
- Which identity provider, accounting and messaging tools must it connect to?
Where NanoHRMS fits
NanoHRMS is one product for core HR, payroll, talent and HR service, built for organisations that pay people in more than one country. Statutory values are dated settings each tenant edits, the interface is available in English, French and Arabic, and Enterprise customers can run the same product on-premise.
NanoHRMS is in early access and in active development, so it suits teams that want to evaluate a product with us before launch.
Key facts
| Topic | Detail |
|---|---|
| Category | HR and payroll platform (HRMS) |
| Module groups | Core HR; payroll; talent; HR service; reporting and AI |
| Editions | Cloud on every plan; on-premise on Enterprise |
| Languages | English, French and Arabic (right to left) |
| Status | Early access, in active development |
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See NanoHRMS on your own data
NanoHRMS is in early access. Tell us how many people you pay and in which countries, and we will set up an evaluation tenant with you.