Compass Group North America Points to Workscape for Online Benefits Administration; Food Service Leader to Launch Web-Enabled Benefits Enrollment Season in Fall 2003.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2003 Workscape, Inc., a proven provider of benefits and workforce management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space. solutions, today announced that Compass Group The British company Compass Group LSE: CPG is one of the largest food service businesses in the world. It provides catering services to many types of institutions, for example schools, hospitals, companies and nursing homes. North America, a division of U.K.-based Compass Group PLC, has selected the company's Web-based benefits administration solution for its 45,000 benefits-eligible associates. After a competitive review, Compass Group North America selected Workscape's open and ongoing benefits administration solution based on its superior usability, deep application functionality, and proven integration success with installed HR technology systems as well as leading benefit plan carriers. "Previously, we were using a paper-based system for benefits enrollment and transmitting forms via fax," said Robert Kovacs, vice president of compensation and benefits for Compass Group North America. "Our selection of a technology vendor that could quickly and effectively automate this system was critical to meet our aggressive goal of supporting the 2004 benefits enrollment season. By leveraging Workscape's significant experience deploying hosted solutions for other enterprises our size, we've gained not only the rapid implementation cycle we needed, but also the ability to seamlessly integrate with our existing SAP HRMS HRMS Human Resource Management System HRMS High Resolution Microwave Survey (SETI, Project Phoenix) HRMS High Resolution Mass Spectroscopy HRMS High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy HRMS Human Resources Management Specialist system." Compass Group North America, the leader in contract foodservice and hospitality based in Charlotte, NC, serves a prestigious portfolio of clients including Microsoft, Caterpillar, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , United Technologies Corp., University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used , Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. and the University of Houston. In addition, Compass Group provides catering to special events such as the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, the US Open, Ryder Cup and the Academy Awards. Compass Group also offers a comprehensive portfolio of proprietary brands including Au Bon Pain Au Bon Pain (French: At the Place with the Good Bread) is a fast-casual bakery/cafe chain headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Louis Rapuano and Louis Kane founded Au Bon Pain in 1978. Pavailler contributed baking machinery to the venture. and Ritazza, offering a variety of gourmet coffees. Workscape CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Tim Clifford stated: "Workscape is pleased to welcome Compass Group to our growing roster of benefits clients. Compass Group is a terrific example of the type of dynamic, high-growth company that is increasingly realizing the rewards of outsourcing their administrative HR processes to solution providers like Workscape. Our own client research tells us that most employees using our web-based enrollment system can register for their company-sponsored benefit plans in less than 10 minutes. Compare this to the expensive and time-consuming process that previously involved printing, distributing and reviewing multiple plan summaries, enrolling in each plan with reams of manually-completed paperwork, then processing and re-processing all those employee forms to ensure data was complete and correct, and the business case for a streamlined technology solution is hard to deny. Our philosophy of workforce adoption fostered by usability, coupled with the significant cost and performance benefits of our outsourced solutions, make Workscape the perfect choice for a growing business like Compass Group." About Compass Group North America Compass Group was the Official Catering Services Supplier at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. -- feeding 3,500 Olympic Village residents and 125,000 Games visitors daily. Compass Group also provided food service to 500,000 attendees at last year's week-long World Youth Day in Toronto, Canada, led by Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła . Charlotte-based Compass Group North America has fiscal year pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma annual revenues of nearly $5 billion and employs 116,000 associates throughout the US and Canada. It is a division of UK-based Compass Group PLC, the world's largest food service provider, employing 400,000 associates in 96 countries. About Workscape Designed for the workforce, Workscape's solutions transform the delivery and adoption of HR services across the enterprise to enable a higher performing organization. An innovator in HR self-service, Workscape provides a full range of online benefits and workforce management applications including employee self-service, manager self-service, compensation planning, and benefits administration, as well as an employee portal. Workscape's applications and services are configurable to support each client's unique business processes, easily integrated into multi-vendor environments to ensure protection of existing technology investments, and are available in multiple deployment options to enable rapid implementation and ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). . Workscape's award-winning solutions have been embraced by millions of employees worldwide at 140 major corporations. For more information, visit the company at www.workscape.com or call 888/605-9620. Note To Editors: Workscape is a trademark of Workscape, Inc. in the United States and other countries. |
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