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3,600-Employee Medical Products Distributor Chooses Ultimate Software's SaaS Model for HR, Talent Management.


WESTON, Fla. -- Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI ULTI Ukraine Land Titling Initiative
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) is "live" on Ultimate Software's core UltiPro, delivered through its software-as-a-service model, Intersourcing. Over the next six to eight months, PSS World Medical will roll out UltiPro Performance Management, UltiPro Recruitment, and UltiPro Time and Attendance.

A national distributor of medical products to physicians and elder care providers through its two business units, PSS World Medical has over 3,600 employees and operations in all 50 states. PSS World Medical chose UltiPro to improve the strategic contributions of its HR team and consolidate all workforce information into one solution for improved data management and reporting.

Prior to selecting UltiPro, PSS World Medical used separate systems to manage the company's human resources, payroll, benefits, and talent management processes. According to according to
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, UltiPro enabled the company to consolidate its employee-focused solutions. The company's human resources team can now spend less time managing transactions and devote more time to the employee development programs and strategic workforce planning Strategic Workforce Planning involves analyzing and forecasting the talent that companies need to execute their business strategy, proactively rather than reactively, it is a critical strategic activity, enabling the organization to identify, develop and sustain the workforce  needed to facilitate anticipated growth.

"One year ago, the last thing I was contemplating was to change human resource solutions. But, our executive team realized that to help achieve our financial goals, we needed to have talent acquisition and leadership development tools in place alongside analytical reporting capabilities," said Smith. "We have an employee-centric organization, so we knew that to continue to elevate employee services and the contributions of our human resources team, we needed one solution. We found that in UltiPro."

PSS World Medical is now using core UltiPro's integrated human resource, benefits administration, and payroll solution, as well as the UltiPro portal that includes employee and manager self-service. With manager self-service and UltiPro's rich reporting capability, leadership can obtain facts about their team members, including job and compensation history, whenever needed. Associates can log on to the UltiPro portal at any time to locate employee forms and news or view their own human resource and payroll details, including deductions, direct deposit choices, and year-to-date payroll records.

"Our company cares about our employees and we want to make sure they have the information they want easily, quickly, and conveniently. By giving them access that doesn't require phone calls or e-mails, HR and payroll are also free to spend time on core business projects," said Jeffrey Anthony, PSS World Medical's senior vice president of Corporate Development. "The UltiPro implementation was also the most seamless of any solution we have ever had."

"With Ultimate Software's holistic approach holistic approach A term used in alternative health for a philosophical approach to health care, in which the entire Pt is evaluated and treated. See Alternative medicine, Holistic medicine.  to building human capital management solutions, PSS World Medical can greatly simplify its workforce reporting and streamline operations," said Greg Swick, chief sales officer for Ultimate Software. "Businesses that use Ultimate Software's UltiPro know they have an HR partner in Ultimate Software that is focused solely on human resources and looking forward with HR leaders to creating the very best solutions for managing today's and tomorrow's people management challenges."

About Ultimate Software

A leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, Ultimate Software markets its award-winning UltiPro products as on-demand services through its software-as-a-service offering, Intersourcing, and as licensed software. Based in Weston, FL, Ultimate Software employs approximately 750 professionals who are focused on developing the highest quality products and services. Ultimate Software's IT team won a first place award for its management of Intersourcing from the American Business Awards in 2007, and its customer service team won two first-place awards for service excellence in 2006, one from the Service & Support Professionals Association and another from the American Business Awards. Ultimate Software was ranked #3 on the 2006 and 2007 lists of the Best Medium-Sized Companies to Work For in America by the Great Place to Work Institute. Ultimate Software has approximately 1,600 customers representing diverse industries, including such organizations as The Container Store, Elizabeth Arden Elizabeth Arden (December 31, 1878 - October 19, 1966) was a Canadian businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire in the United States.

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UltiPro and Intersourcing are registered trademarks of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners.
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