In 2026, most growing Australian businesses are running on a veritable petting zoo of software tools.

The HR platform handles onboarding, while the payroll system processes timesheets and workforce management lives somewhere else entirely. Add in recruitment tools, rostering apps, safety systems and a rogue spreadsheet or 10, and you've got a menagerie that costs real money – and effort – to maintain.

Every tool requires another login, another data reconciliation, another place for errors to hide and often, a dedicated keeper. For a warehouse manager approving overtime, that might mean checking three different systems before a single pay run goes through. For a CFO tracking labour costs across sites, it might mean stitching together reports that should already be connected. Combined, these roadblocks can cost the business days of effort and time, while amplifying security risks as passwords are shared between teams and users.

But what if you could swap out the petting zoo for a simplified solution that connects workforce and financial systems into a single, simplified platform?

Introducing: Wiise + Employment Hero EOS

Wiise has partnered with Employment Hero to replace that zoo with something simpler: the Employment Hero Employee Operating System (EOS) now connects directly with Wiise ERP. It gives businesses a single, unified platform that combines operations and finance with workforce and payroll – and ensures they actually talk to each other.

For too long, businesses have been solving operational problems by adding more technology. On some level, the logic makes sense — just find a tool that does the job well — but that approach creates fragmentation that only gets worse as businesses grow. Systems don't talk. Data gets duplicated. Teams build workarounds because nothing syncs properly across departments.

EOS changes that. It handles HR, workforce management, payroll, onboarding, leave, and compliance, while Wiise manages finance, operations, inventory, warehousing, purchasing, manufacturing, and reporting. Data flows between them automatically, with no need for exports or manual reconciliation.

In industries that require complex operations, this simplicity is especially critical — with Wiise + EOS, a manufacturer running three shifts doesn't need five apps to manage rosters, capture time, process pay runs, and maintain compliance records. A logistics business shouldn't need separate systems for driver scheduling, award interpretation, and job costing.

With Wiise + EOS, those workflows live in one connected environment.

A straightforward upgrade path

When you’re managing a patchwork of systems, technology changes can be downright painful. Even small upgrades ripple across multiple tools and require coordination between vendors and systems that don't talk to each other.

Wiise + EOS removes that friction.

Existing Wiise customers can add EOS capabilities without re-platforming their entire business, while new customers get an ERP and employee operating system that are already designed to work together. No custom integrations to build. No processes to reinvent.

That continuity keeps your team focused on running the business, not endlessly juggling change management projects. The combination of Wiise + EOS isn’t an integration project – it's a simpler, more straightforward operating model.

Better visibility and control

When systems consolidate, you gain efficiency and control over your entire operation.

With Wiise + EOS:

• Payroll teams work from a single source of truth, reducing errors and the need for manual fixes
• Managers can access workforce and operational data in one place instead of jumping between disparate systems
• Finance leaders see real-time labour costs tied directly to jobs, projects, or warehouse locations
• Operations teams get clearer visibility into staffing patterns and productivity
  

This streamlined functionality makes it easier to stay compliant, as employee data flows consistently across your business. This switch makes it easier to scale, since you're not adding new tools every time operations expand. And when the information you need isn’t scattered across disconnected platforms, it's easier to make informed decisions and minimise risk.

A manufacturing business opening a second site doesn't need to replicate a messy tech stack — they extend what's already working. A transport company adding 50 drivers doesn't need another roster tool — they scale within the system they already have.

Why this matters now

Virtually every business is under pressure to improve margins and reduce complexity, while labour shortages stretch teams thin. And leaders who are tasked with scaling their programs need real visibility into operations, not more data sitting in more silos.

The Wiise + EOS solution aims to solve those challenges with fewer, better-connected tools. For SMBs, that means:

• Efficiency gains can compound across the entire supply chain, starting with an average reduction of time-to-hire by two weeks

• Award interpretation and compliance require less manual intervention
• Inventory movement connects directly to job costing and profitability
• Operational and workforce data align seamlessly, without reconciliation
• Dispersed teams get simple, self-serve access to what they need, on-demand
• Ever-changing labour costs and shift patterns are easier to track with built-in time and attendance tracking

Fragmented systems can't support these realities as businesses grow — but a unified ecosystem sure can.

From chaos to clarity

The shift away from multi-tool stacks might be trending right now, but the reality is: it's because it’s an operational necessity.

Wiise + EOS strips out the complexity and gives businesses a simpler way to run.

When you're not juggling five or six different systems, everything gets easier: onboarding, scheduling, compliance, payroll, financial management, stock control, reporting, strategic planning. Rather than jumping between systems, your team can spend less time reconciling numbers, and more time actually running the business. When every system runs on the same inherent data, everyone can operate from the same source of truth, and the entire rhythm of operations improves.

Ready to see the platform in action?

Whether you're an existing Wiise customer ready to add EOS, or exploring both as a complete solution, now is the time to explore simplifying your tech landscape.

Learn more right now or request a demo to see how Wiise + Employment Hero EOS can streamline your operations, and move your business away from the petting zoo.