Adaptiv's PeopleScheduler chosen by Ace Hardware as standard employee scheduling solution.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1995--Adaptiv Software Corp. Friday announced an agreement with Ace Hardware Corp. to provide it's popular PeopleScheduler Plus employee scheduling software Employee scheduling software automates the process of creating and maintaining a Schedule (workplace). Such software will usually track vacation time, sick time, compensation time, and alert when there are conflicts. to Ace's 5,000 independent retailers. The scheduling software will be part of ACENET+ Ace's newest store management system. The contract commits Adaptiv and Ace to a long-term relationship, with an initial installation phase beginning immediately using PeopleScheduler Plus, version 2.0. Ace will continue with a planned rollout of PeopleScheduler with ACENET+ over the next 12 to 18 months. Ace will upgrade all of its initial installations to Adaptiv's PeopleScheduler version 3.0 when it is released later this year. PeopleScheduler version 3.0 will include budget management features, as well as full networking functionality, ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. connectivity, and Windows 95 compliance. "After a thorough review, Ace chose PeopleScheduler Plus as its standard for employee scheduling because it represents the best combination of ease of use and powerful features," said Mark Balce, vice president of sales and marketing for Adaptiv. PeopleScheduler Plus was evaluated in approximately 30 store test sites, and received enthusiastic endorsements by store managers at Ace's recent national sales convention. "We felt that usability would be key to implementing labor scheduling across our stores," said Frank Murphy For other persons named Frank Murphy, see Frank Murphy (disambiguation). William Francis (Frank) Murphy (April 13, 1890 - July 19, 1949) was a politician and jurist from Michigan. , manager of electronic services for Ace. "PeopleScheduler was hands-down the most usable solution, with strong functionality we needed, and they provided good support for our OS/2 Warp The client version of the OS/2 operating system. It includes peer-to-peer networking, fax and communications programs, multimedia viewing and editing applications and IBM Works (word processing, spreadsheet, database and other office tools). Introduced in late 1994 as Version 3. environment as well," Murphy added. PeopleScheduler Plus brings employee profiles, time and attendance and scheduling together in one easy-to-use system. PeopleScheduler Plus version 2.0 was released in December of 1994 as one of the software industry's first 32-bit Windows applications A program that is written to run under Microsoft's Windows operating system. Such applications typically run under all 32-bit versions of Windows, but earlier applications might also run under the 16-bit versions (Windows 3.x) as well. See Windows. . PeopleScheduler, which debuted as a featured product at Demo 94, was named one of 1994's 10 most innovative products by the American Electronics Association The American Electronics Association (now known as AeA) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry in the United States. . PeopleScheduler Plus was named a finalist in the Software Publishers' Association Codies Awards for Best Vertical Application in March, 1995, and has profiled in many computer industry publications and national magazines including PC Magazine, PC Week, PC/Computing, FORTUNE, Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. Age and Information Week. Adaptiv Software was founded in 1989 to bring workforce scheduling to the PC. Adaptiv is privately held and located in Irvine, Calif. Some 5,000 Ace stores in all 50 states and over 55 countries and territories comprise Ace, a dealer-owned cooperative. Founded in the early 1920's, it has 14 retail support centers strategically located across the country, with a 15th center to open in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. in mid-1996. Wholesale sales for the company in 1994 were $2.3 billion, up 15.3%. CONTACT: Adaptiv Software, Irvine Mark Balce, 714/789-7331 |
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