HRIS, HRMS - Is There a Difference?

As an HRIS Solution, a.k.a. HR software, HRMS solution, HR Payroll Software, web vendor, I am anyone in this industry are constantly searching for fresh keywords to improve our rank and thus, bring more users to our websites. Currently, we track over one hundred and fifty unique HRIS solutions keywords. The poser is many of these keywords define the exact same thing. So I solicit the question: "Are we confusing the HR profession by refusing to offer a language of terms that is more consistent? " With this article, my intention is to provide definitions to many of the terms those in the HR profession are likely to hear regarding HR software. Perhaps the argument for so many terms for HRIS software is online advertising itself. The vendors who market online are constantly searching for recent terms with which to rank well and attract vendors. There have been some vendors who have a brand strong enough to create their own terms and then everyone else jumps on the bandwag
on. The terms 'Talent Management' and 'Talent Acquisition' are the two best examples I have seen. This improvement of terms by marketing gurus happens in other industries as well. My father owned a Chevy blazer known today as a sport utility vehicle. Instantly every auto manufacturer has jumped on the band wagon and uses the same term. The contemporary term is cross over. What will the virgin term be for HR management software? It seems like the more simple terms which may have been created by IT community or programmers slowly become replaced by more sophisticated terms created in the marketing world. An example is HR database versus human resource material system (HRIS) or applicant tracking software versus talent acquisition software. HR Software - It used to be enough to disclose you were looking for HR software. Well, not anymore. Immediately saying you are looking for HR software is sort of like saying you are hungry however not providing any doct
rine of what you are hungry for. Think of the term HR software as all encompassing. It includes all of the terms used below. Personnel Software, Employee Software, HR Database, HR system - These were the common terms used to define what we know today as HRIS, HRMS or HRM software. These were terms likely created by programmers or technical people; in other words, non marketing people. These terms of yesterday seem to perceive smaller less sophisticated systems than the terms more commonly used today in HR software marketing. Human Resource News System, a.k.a. HRIS Solutions - This is the type of term you receive from marketing as opposed to terms used above created by an IT staff. Yep, it's all elegant much the same thing. However, an argument could be made that an HRIS application is more comprehensive in its capabilities than an HR database on the other hand this may, or may not, be true as there are no standards for the terms in our industry. In marketing,
however, perception is reality. Human Resource Management System, a.k.a. HRMS Solutions - Again, as far as I can tell, this term funds the same as HRIS, or any of the other terms used above or most offered below. Overall, I believe HRMS is perceived as being a more comprehensive HR application than HRIS systems. Full text: http://computerandtechnologies.com/technology/news_2008-12-10-15-30-04-845.html