WESTON, Fla., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ultimate Software , a leading provider of Web-based payroll and workforce management solutions, announced today that the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (MAPMG) is using UltiPro to control costs, improve enterprise integration, and gain faster access to accurate employee history. MAPMG's parent company, Kaiser Permanente, is the largest HMO in the country.
MAPMG employs approximately 900 doctors at 35 facilities in three states and went live in January 2004. The company made the change after evaluating budgets and determining that it needed to reduce employee management costs. Purchasing a quality HRMS/payroll solution was a pivotal factor in MAPMG's plan to improve efficiencies and gain control over its workforce-related processes.
"UltiPro offered us more functionality for the investment than any other vendor we reviewed," said Pete Wergin, HRIS director for MAPMG. "We are on track for a significant annual savings, and UltiPro offers us value-added benefits that we didn't have before. In payroll charges alone, we will be saving approximately $60,000 annually and that doesn't include other savings we expect to have when we use UltiPro's self-service functionality to go to a paperless payroll. We are very pleased."
Using UltiPro, MAPMG has discovered other cost savings as well, by eliminating the charges it paid its previous provider for exports to third- party benefits providers. Imports and exports are now free of charge and can be completed on MAPMG's schedule because UltiPro integrates with other solutions without the need for manual data entry or creation of Excel spreadsheets.
"With our previous provider, we periodically requested that information be incorporated into our general ledger or that format modifications be made. Even the simplest changes, such as altering the title of a column header, resulted in extra costs amounting to hundreds of dollars. Then I had to wait for days or weeks for my information," said Wergin. "With UltiPro, I can make the change on the spot, and it doesn't cost me anything."
Because UltiPro integrates so easily with other applications, Wergin was able to create an interface for a seamless transfer of data between UltiPro and his time and attendance solution. MAPMG used to manually enter employee hours from hard-copy time sheets to its payroll solution, but now the company has automated the process. "With UltiPro, writing the interface was a piece of cake," Wergin added.
MAPMG is not only benefiting from hard-cost savings and hassle-free integration, but its HR staff now can access employee history quickly. If the HR department wants to research employees who took a leave of absence several years ago, for instance, UltiPro provides that information in seconds. They can look it up by employee or run a report that will gather information companywide on multiple employees.
"I can locate historical information much easier with UltiPro than I could before. With my former outsourcing provider, I had to hunt for it and still might not find exactly what I needed," said Wergin. "Another big change with UltiPro is that I can run historical reports that are easy to read and understand. The bottom line is that I really appreciate having control over our payroll and workforce management processes."
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Ultimate Software, a leading provider of Web-based payroll and workforce management solutions, markets award-winning UltiPro as licensed software, as a hosted application through Intersourcing, and as a co-branded offering to Business Service Providers (BSPs) under the "Powered by UltiPro" brand. The Company employs 430 professionals who are united in their commitment to developing trendsetting solutions and delivering quality service. Ultimate Software customers represent diverse industries and include such organizations as Benihana Restaurants, The Container Store, Elizabeth Arden, The Florida Marlins Baseball Team, The New York Yankees Baseball Team, Omni Hotels, Ruth's Chris Steak House, SkyWest Airlines, and Trammell Crow Residential. More information on Ultimate Software's products and services can be found at http://www.ultimatesoftware.com/.
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