Cezanne has launched Cezanne Insights, an AI-based analytics module for its HR information system, aimed at HR teams seeking quicker access to workforce data.
The module lets users query workforce information in natural language to identify trends in retention, absence, engagement and other organisational patterns. It is being introduced as an integrated part of the existing HRIS platform rather than as a separate analytics product.
The launch comes as many HR departments face pressure to demonstrate clearer business impact while still relying on manual reporting. Industry data cited by Cezanne shows that 39% of HR professionals have no access to people data for decision-making, while only half say their organisation uses workforce data to address business problems.
Among those with access to such data, fewer than one in four use it daily, according to CIPD research. That points to a wider gap between the volume of workforce information organisations collect and the extent to which HR teams use it in day-to-day decision-making.
Data access
The module is intended to reduce reliance on spreadsheets, static reports and disconnected systems. Users can ask direct questions about workforce data and receive immediate responses, which may help HR teams investigate issues before they become more serious.
Cezanne presents the software as a way for HR teams to move beyond routine reporting into a broader advisory role within organisations. By keeping analytics within the existing HRIS, it also aims to avoid the need for separate tools or specialist reporting skills.
Julie Lally, Chief Product Officer at Cezanne, said many HR teams are burdened by fragmented data and manual processes.
"For many HR professionals, reporting has become reactive, manual, and time-consuming. People teams are often buried in spreadsheets, static reports, and disconnected systems; spending more time compiling information than acting on it. Cezanne Insights changes that relationship with data entirely," said Julie Lally, Chief Product Officer at Cezanne.
Lally said HR departments often have access to significant volumes of workforce data but struggle to make full use of it.
"HR teams already sit on huge amounts of valuable workforce data, but too often they don't have the time, tools, or confidence to explore it properly," she said.
Broader platform
Cezanne sells modular HR software and payroll products to organisations in the UK and Europe. Its wider platform includes tools for core HR, onboarding, absence management, performance, compensation planning, pulse surveys, timesheets, recruitment, career and succession planning, analytics and payroll.
The addition of Cezanne Insights expands that product set with a stronger emphasis on data interrogation within the platform itself. For HR software suppliers, analytics and AI features have become a more visible area of competition as employers seek practical ways to interpret large and growing datasets across the employee lifecycle.
Natural-language interfaces have become a common way for software providers to make analysis easier for non-specialist users. In HR, that reflects the expectation that many teams support decisions on hiring, retention, wellbeing and workforce planning without dedicated analyst resources.
Cezanne said the new module is designed to help users uncover signals in workforce data and respond more quickly to business questions. It can be used to explore absence trends, identify retention risks, monitor engagement signals and understand broader organisational patterns.