Best Software Delivers On Its Vision of Paperless Payroll.Business Editors & Technical Writers RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001 Professional Datasolutions Implements First Steps to Digital HR Administration with Abra Suite Best Software, Inc., developer of Abra(R) HR/payroll and FAS(TM) fixed asset management solutions, today announced that Professional Datasolutions, Inc. (PDI PDI Protein Disulfide Isomerase PDI Personal Docente e Investigador (Spanish: Personal Educational and Investigating) PDI Pre Delivery Inspection PDI Professional Development Institute ), has selected and implemented its award-winning, web-enabled Abra Suite(R) of fully-integrated, paperless HR/payroll applications. Temple, Texas-based PDI provides software, hardware and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to more than 23,000 convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. nationwide. PDI is using Abra Suite to automate its paper-based payroll, attendance, training, recruiting and organizational charting functions. Abra Suite is a comprehensive HR/payroll processing, recruiting, training, benefits administration HRIS HRIS Human Resource Information System HRIS High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer HRIS Highway Research Information Service HRIS High Resolution Infrared Sounder with an employee self-service module and automatic Web-enabled notification system A modern notification system is a combination of software and hardware that provides a means of delivering a message to a set of recipients. For example, notification systems can send an e-mail when a new topic has been added to Wikipedia. alerting employees and managers to key events via an existing email system. Abra solutions help relieve the strain on multi-tasked HR departments by eliminating the manual preparation associated with managing each employee's career path. "One year ago, at the 18th Annual APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture Congress, the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. Assistant Commissioner predicted that the payroll community was on the `eve of paperless payroll'," said Mark Sokol, Best Software's product manager for Abra Suite. "Best also anticipated this trend and today, just one year later, successful Abra customers like PDI have made this forecast a reality." "Abra's ability to manage resume processing and automatically send employment notifications has greatly reduced the administrative workload of our HR staff," said Kirk Fischer, senior vice president of finance and administration for PDI. "In fact, it has compressed our payroll processing cycle by at least a half-day per pay period." In addition to Abra Employee Self-Service(TM) and Abra Alerts(TM), PDI is also using Abra Recruiting Solution(TM) to process incoming resumes from its Web site and track hiring expenses. About PDI PDI provides software, hardware and professional services to more than 340 convenience store chains that operate approximately 23,000 stores. Headquartered in Temple, Texas, PDI was founded in 1983 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of McLane Company McLane Company, Inc. is the nation's largest wholesale-distributor of consumer packaged goods to the convenience store trade and other retail channels. It is also a major foodservice distributor to the quickservice restaurant industry. , Inc., the nation's largest grocery and merchandise distributor to convenience stores. About Best Software Best Software, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, is a leading provider of solutions which help organizations transform the way they manage their human capital and fixed assets fixed assets npl → activo sg fijo fixed assets npl → immobilisations fpl fixed assets fix npl → . With more than 50,000 customers throughout North America, it develops scalable, cost-effective solutions which complement core financial management systems and support the full spectrum of Microsoft platforms, including Windows(R) 95, Windows(R) 98, Windows NT(R) and BackOffice(R). For further information, call 800/368-2499, send an email to vacustserve@bestsoftware.com, or access our web site at www.bestsoftware.com. Best, Best Software, the Best logo, Abra and Abra Suite are registered trademarks, and Abra Employee Self-Service, Abra Recruiting Solution, Abra Alerts and FAS are trademarks, of Best Software. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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