Rostima Expands in the UK Marketplace

Rostima continues its expansion in UK marketplace with a new HQ in London Heathrow and appointment of a new Management Consultant.

1 May 2001, Rostima a global software company specialising in the creation of efficient, employee friendly, rosters, announces the opening of their new Head Office at Abbey House, on the Bath Road placing their operation close to the largest customer base at Heathrow. In line with Rostima's continued growth, Stuart Fullerton will be joining the team as a Management Consultant. Stuart's previous experience was at British Airways.

Stuart will be focusing on helping airport based businesses - Airlines, Ground handling companies, Caterers, Security companies achieve efficiencies through improving the quality of their rosters.

Commenting on the move, Steve Aitken, CEO of Rostima, said, "London Heathrow is the perfect location for Rostima's European Head Quarters, it places us at the heart of the aviation industry. We are ideally located to focus on the issues and requirements of our customers. We are also well placed to support other key vertical industries such as logistics and security."

Companies are continually facing the dilemma of rising labour costs and diminishing skilled labour resources, the pressure on companies to provide better customer service is constantly growing. Without proper resource planning and management tools, companies either over-allocate employees or suffer degraded service levels. Rostima's scheduling solution can find the optimal scheduler for a particular day or time whilst taking into account employee preference and availability, thereby reducing the level of staff dissatisfaction and employee churn at the same time ensuring that the customers requirements are met.

Rostima have many existing clients in the aviation sector including Qantas, Gate Gourmet, Groundstar, and ASIG in the US. More information on Rostima and its products can be found be calling 01628 581630 or visiting their website www.rostima.com

About Rostima
Established in 1996, Rostima is a global leader in 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. Clients include Lufthansa Sky Chefs, P&O Ports, Securicor, ASIG and Australian Air Express.

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

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