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FOR THE MONTH OF: January 2003

How to Redefine HR into a Strategic Role - Use PERMS Millennium

Situation - According to the Gartner Group, up to 70 percent of HR staff time is spent answering questions from employees, or pushing the paper they spawn. Most of this time burden is due to organizations relying on traditional methods for communicating HR and benefit information. Studies show that employers spend over $1,700 per employee, per year communicating benefits and policy information, according to a recent article in the Benefits & Compensation Solutions magazine

Need - The publication also notes that CTO's and other executives must first recognize the need to reduce the 60-70 percent of HR administrative time spent on administrative and transactional time, so attention can be focused more on planning, program development, and strategy. Furthermore, HR information must be communicated more clearly and efficiently. And the problem is that reducing administration and improving communication are functions that have been held back by a lack technology - until now.

Solution - Information such as training, benefits, payroll and applicant tracking is efficiently administered with a leading Human Resources Management. PERMS Millennium HRMS empowers companies to improve efficiencies and reduce costs by minimizing administration and improving communication. In addition, PERMS Millennium's robust features streamline operations, ensure government compliance, automate manual tasks and simplify reporting to improve the bottom line and free time for more strategic initiatives. PERMS Millennium Self Services open information to employees and managers via an intranet, the Internet, PDA and more. Below are just some of the solutions that address the need for a strategic HR department:

  • Triggers and Alerts
  • Salary Administration
  • Time & Attendance
  • Performance Management
  • Budgeting
  • OSHA/Worker's Comp
  • Training enrollment and testing
  • Government compliance reporting
  • Metrics
  • Benefits Administration
  • Electronic Approvals
  • Accrual Balance Summaries

Conclusion

  • Self-service meets senior management's needs for human resources to be more strategic.
  • Personalized information is accessed by managers and employees immediately and clearly.
  • An HR management system eliminates wasted time spent on administration.
  • Employee and manager self-services provide ease of use and quality of results.

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To learn more about how an HR management system can benefit your company, please call (800) 737-6766 or email info@midrangesoftware.com

WC/FieldS Enhancements

  • In the Work with RMA module, data from the Purchase Order Number field automatically transfers to quotes when they are generated through the RMA module.
  • The Technician's workbench offers the option to revise multiple line items within the same RMA.
  • The User Defined path for generating claims is provided through the customized version of the Help Desk.

To schedule a demo or receive more information please call (800) 737-6766 or email info@midrangesoftware.com

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Business One-Liners

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. - Milton Berle

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. - Abba Eban

A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

A consultant is an ordinary person a long way from home.

A coup that is known in advance is a coup that does not take place.

A couple of months in the lab can often save a couple of hours in the library.

A crisis is when you cannot say "let's just forget the whole thing."

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