Case Studies
Furniture@Work
Company Profile
Furniture@Work Limited is the UK 's largest online Office Furniture supplier with over 125,000 products to choose from.HR Challenge
With a growing workforce of 87 personnel, both office and field based, including directors, senior managers, line managers and employees, Furniture@Work needed a pro-active HR system that would generate clearer information about the organisation, to facilitate more effective management, as well as provide employees and line managers 24/7 access to HR.Solution
Simply Personnel's ‘ Personnel Manager ' and ‘Self Service' provided the company with a user-friendly HR system that can be used by managers and employees alike. Its powerful reporting system enables line managers to gain greater departmental control; employees are able to make online requests for annual leave, etc, whilst the system's secure architecture ensures the HR manager remains in total control.“Simply Personnel has proved to be a key tool in enabling us to streamline our administrative processes. It has helped us reduce absenteeism, has facilitated better management and planning within each department, and has increased productivity throughout the organisation.”
Stephen Jeffers – Head of HR
Benefits
Senior managers gain a clear picture of their organisation, as the software allows us to generate reports and charts, which reduces black-hole scenarios by identifying problems and issues that may otherwise be overlookedAbsenteeism has been reduced and time-keeping has improved, as the pro-active warning system warns us when individual patterns emerge, by calculating the Bradford Factor
Line Managers are able to manage their department more effectively by deploying ‘Self-Service' which delivers real-time information to make scheduling and planning easier
Employees feel more empowered as they have online access to HR and are able to make requests or amend their personal details, 24/7
Time spent on administration has been slashed significantly as all employee information is centralised and can be updated automatically
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