Workforce data harmonization

Data harmonization is the process of cleaning, aligning, and structuring workforce data from different sources into a single, consistent model. This creates a trusted baseline you can use to understand your organization today and confidently plan for the future.

Data harmonization focuses on cleaning, standardizing, and aligning data so it can be meaningfully analyzed and modeled. Data integration focuses on how data is transferred into and out of Orgvue, whether through automated connectors, APIs, file uploads, or surveys. Many organizations start with harmonization and add integration as their needs mature. Orgvue data integration partners like Deloitte, Preos and Geconex.

Orgvue can harmonize a wide range of workforce data, including people, roles, skills, costs, reporting lines, locations, and diversity metrics. This data can come from across HR, finance, and planning systems, as well as from databases, files, SaaS applications, web services, legacy systems, and custom applications. Orgvue also supports bringing together data from different organizations, such as during mergers and acquisitions.

Organizations use data harmonization in Orgvue to create a reliable, consistent foundation for understanding how their workforce operates today. By bringing data together from across systems and aligning it into a single model, teams can move beyond fragmented reporting and gain confidence in the information they rely on. This clarity is essential for answering fundamental questions about headcount, cost, structure, roles, skills, and organizational effectiveness.

With a trusted baseline in place, data harmonization supports a wide range of workforce planning and transformation activities. Organizations use it to analyze spans and layers, assess diversity and inclusion metrics, identify critical roles and skills, understand cost drivers, and surface risks such as retirement exposure or capability gaps. It is also commonly used to support mergers and acquisitions, where data from multiple organizations needs to be aligned quickly to understand overlaps, differences, and future design options.

Beyond analysis, harmonized data in Orgvue enables more confident decision-making over time. It underpins scenario modeling, organizational design, and strategic workforce planning by ensuring that decisions are based on a consistent view of the organization. Whether supporting large transformation programs or more targeted initiatives, data harmonization helps teams reduce risk, move faster, and focus on designing what comes next rather than reconciling data.

Orgvue is delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, with security and data privacy built in by design. All customers benefit from consistent security controls, data management policies, and service-level commitments across the platform. Orgvue follows recognized industry standards and best practices to protect customer data throughout ingestion, harmonization, analysis, and modeling.

Orgvue’s security and privacy approach includes:

Independent assurance and certifications
Annual SOC 2 Type II report
ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and CSA STAR certifications
Penetration testing performed at least annually

Strong access controls and data separation
Customer data is logically separated by tenant
Each tenant is encrypted using a dedicated encryption key
Orgvue employees do not have access to customer data by default
Role-based access control (RBAC) and single sign-on (SSO) are supported

Robust data protection and compliance
Data encrypted at rest using AES-256 encryption
Compliance with international data protection legislation
Standard Data Processing Agreement available

Flexible and secure hosting options
Data hosted on AWS in multiple regions, including the United States, Europe, and Australia

Comprehensive and up-to-date information about Orgvue’s security practices is available through the Orgvue Trust Center.