Rostima launches web-enabled next generation Enterprise Workforce Management solution

London UK – 2nd March 2006: Rostima, a global leader in the development and supply of Enterprise Workforce Management solutions, has launched enterprise plus, its next generation software portfolio. enterprise plus is on the Microsoft .Net technology platform and provides both staff and management with extended functionality and the convenience of web access.

enterprise plus is a comprehensive solution for workload planning and roster scheduling through to roster and attendance management and self service. Rostima is accredited by Microsoft as a certified partner and has produced an n-tier application that encompasses all aspects of workforce management.

Rostima’s new Working Time Engine has extended schedule optimisation functionality to meet the increasingly complex demands of working time legislation and employee constraints. Shift and day preferences, overtime requests, and training, holiday and sickness leave are automatically factored into the generation and balancing of staff rosters while ensuring that the best possible utilisation of staff, in the right place at the right time, is achieved.

“Rostima’s new scheduling and optimisation engines are right at the forefront of technology in terms of design, functionality and benefits for our customers,” said Steve Moore, General Manager UK. “Rostima has a well-established reputation for its excellent strategic rostering capability. These new modules extend this at an operational level to minimise the time consuming task of balancing staff requests with business requirements and represent the culmination of several years’ investment in next generation scheduling capability.”

To complement this extended scheduling functionality, Rostima has also launched Self-Service, and Time and Attendance (T&A) modules on the .Net platform. The Employee Self-Service allows staff to specify their availability to work, to update personal records, and to bid for leave, training, overtime and shift swaps from anywhere with access to the internet. The T&A module interfaces with till, clock or biometric devices and allows managers and supervisors to track and update schedules via the internet.

Rostima CIO, Stephen Aitken commented: “The enterprise plus portfolio on the .Net platform is a massive step forward in workforce management technology. It will also broaden Rostima’s market penetration via foreign language versions and will enable us to support our customers on-line. We have incorporated a new n-tier architecture which will allow us to run on a large number of thin-client peripherals from a central server.”

The first release of Rostima enterprise plus will be delivered in April 2006 with further releases to follow in the summer. Existing Rostima customers will be provided with migration tools and assistance to move across to the new version in the second half of 2006.

About Rostima
Established in 1996, Rostima is a global leader in Enterprise Workforce Management solutions. The open, flexible technologies developed by Rostima enable organisations to optimise their labour schedules by matching workload to staff resources thereby increasing operational efficiency, reducing labour costs, improving staff retention, and improving service levels.

Rostima’s flagship software, Rostima Scheduler™, has been selected by major corporates and medium sized organisations in the transport, logistics, airport services, hospitality, and retail sectors.

Today, Rostima is defining the way organisations approach labour scheduling. For more information, call +44 (0)1628 581 630 or email info@rostima.com

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