Flint Industries and Flintco Companies Build Relationship with Ultimate Software.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1998-- -- 12-Person Panel Selects UltiPro HRMS/Payroll as New Human Resource Management System -- Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI ULTI Ukraine Land Titling Initiative ULTI Ultra Low Temperature Installation ULTI Ubiquitous Learning Technology Initiative ), developer of award-winning client/server HRMS/payroll software, today announced that Flint Industries and its operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. Flintco, Oklahoma's award-winning commercial construction and construction management company, selected Ultimate Software's UltiPro HRMS/Payroll after an extensive search. "Our prior HRMS/payroll system was outdated and did not offer us a viable route to become Year 2000 compliant a. 1. (Computers) having dates fully and properly represented, and not susceptible to failure due to the year 2000 bug. ," said Tom McCabe Tom McCabe (born 28 April, 1954) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, a former Minister for Finance in the Scottish Executive, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Hamilton South. , vice president administration and leader of vendor evaluation panel. "After a thorough vendor search, Ultimate Software was the only company that truly met all of our functional and technology needs." Over the last 90 years, Flintco has solidly crafted an outstanding reputation in the commercial construction industry by setting high standards of excellence with such projects as the University Center at Tulsa and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Flintco has been committed to quality and innovation while at the same time maintaining a vision for improving operations and increasing productivity. Those same standards were used when Flint and Flintco set out to review HRMS/payroll systems. The evaluation team that Flint assembled to review new HRMS/payroll systems possessed a significant amount of information technology experience. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. McCabe, Flint was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a user-friendly system that offered advanced reporting tools with the ability for multiple users to print without assistance from the Management Information System (MIS) department. Another factor that contributed to Flint's selection of UltiPro was its Microsoft SQL/NT platform. With its competent IT knowledge base, Flint is sure that the UltiPro solution is more manageable than others, according to McCabe. "More and more middle-market organizations are realizing their needs are significantly different from those of large global organizations and that enterprise solutions are not the most beneficial," said Scott Scherr, 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. , president and founder of Ultimate Software. "By choosing UltiPro HRMS/Payroll, Flint benefits from built-in functionality with flexible customization options, efficient conversion tools and implementation methodologies that facilitate rapid implementation. The end result is lower total cost of ownership." "Our internal project team has been spearheading the implementation and relying upon Ultimate Software to provide supplemental guidance and support," added McCabe. "The arrangement has been very successful from the start, and UltiPro's built-in functionality and conversion tools have been an added advantage." UltiPro HRMS/Payroll is a feature-rich HRMS/payroll solution that is complemented by UltiPro Employee Self-Service, the first in a planned line of Internet/intranet products. UltiPro HRMS/Payroll facilitates management of the total employee cycle, from inception of employment through retirement, including complex payroll processing and benefits administration, and ships with business intelligence tools from Cognos Corporation for "slice and dice Refers to rearranging data so that it can be viewed from different perspectives. The term is typically used with OLAP databases that present information to the user in the form of multidimensional cubes similar to a 3D spreadsheet. See OLAP. " data analysis and generation of custom reports. Designed to integrate seamlessly with UltiPro HRMS/Payroll, UltiPro Employee Self-Service provides managers and general employee populations convenient access to human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , benefits and payroll data through web browsers and offers sophisticated security for protecting the privacy of that information. About Flint Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Flint Industries, Inc., is the parent company of The Flintco Companies, Inc., a private corporation with operations throughout the south-central United States. Specializing in commercial construction and construction management, Flint has been in business since 1908 and designs, builds and manages a variety of structures including stadiums, schools and universities, museums, offices and hospital complexes. About Ultimate Software Ultimate Software designs, markets, implements and supports human resource management and payroll systems for middle-market organizations. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. , Ultimate Software employs more than 300 professionals nationwide and markets its UltiPro software systems through a direct sales force in 26 cities. Ultimate Software has licensed its software to approximately 900 clients, representing more than 1,800 affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. . Ultimate Software customers include United States Filter Corporation, Scottsdale Healthcare, JELD-WEN, First American Corporation
Officially referred to as The First American Corporation (FAC) , , The Florida Marlins Baseball Club, Ingram Entertainment, Inc. and The Krystal Company. In December 1997, Human Resource Executive, a leading human resource industry publication, selected UltiPro HRMS/Payroll as the only HRMS/payroll software to be included as one of its Top Ten HR Products of the Year. Ultimate Software product and service information can be found on the World Wide Web at www.ultimatesoftware.com. UltiPro is a registered trademark of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners. |
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