Burlington Coat Factory Selects OrgPlus Enterprise for Consistent, Accurate Workforce Information
Sausalito, Calif. - August 3, 2010 - HumanConcepts, the leading provider of workforce decision support solutions, today announced that Burlington Coat Factory has selected OrgPlus Enterprise to provide deeper insight into its workforce and help plan for and manage workforce change.
By deploying OrgPlus Enterprise, Burlington Coat Factory will have an up-to-date visual organizational hierarchy of 4,000 employees initially, including their corporate office, distribution centers, field management, store and assistant managers. Seamless integration with the company's Oracle HR system will provide current workforce information and the ability to chart key performance indicators such as span of control, department budgets and salaries. OrgPlus provides an accurate and current view of the entire workforce along with valuable metrics for improved control and decision making.
"The implementation of OrgPlus Enterprise allows us to view the entire organization, analyze workforce metrics, and understand what we need to do to make the organization most effective," commented Joyce Manning, EVP, Human Resources, Burlington Coat Factory. "The OrgPlus solution allows our executives and HR staff to view the entire organization in context and access the workforce information needed to make more informed staffing and budget decisions."
In the future, Burlington Coat Factory plans on incorporating exempt store employees into the visual organizational hierarchy as well as implementing the award-winning OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint solution to model workforce options and plan for change. OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint provides a fast, flexible web-based system to align the workforce with business goals, and evaluate how change options would impact budgets and organizational structure.
"We're excited to have Burlington Coat Factory as a customer. An ever-changing workforce is a business reality," stated Hanif Ismail, Chief Strategy and Products Officer, HumanConcepts. "Using OrgPlus Enterprise, executives can better align their workforce with corporate goals and rapidly respond to changing business needs."
OrgPlus Enterprise transforms conventional organizational charts into a powerful business system to proactively manage workforce change. Combining the proven benefits of visualization with advanced modeling technology, the solution makes workforce information easily accessible to employees, managers and executives making workforce decisions.
About Burlington Coat Factory
Burlington Coat Factory, the retail authority in coats, offers a broad selection of branded quality merchandise at everyday low prices across many product categories, including ladies' sportswear, menswear, family footwear, children's clothing, baby furniture and accessories, home decor and gifts, along with the largest selection of coats for the entire family in the nation. The updated Burlington Coat Factory, founded in 1972, has expanded from a single store selling coats to a multi-department retail chain with more than 449 stores in 44 states and Puerto Rico, predominantly under the "Burlington Coat Factory" name. Bain Capital purchased Burlington Coat Factory in 2006. Additional information can be found at www.BurlingtonCoatFactory.com.
About HumanConcepts
HumanConcepts is the leading provider of on-demand workforce decision support solutions for organizations of all sizes. Over fifty thousand businesses worldwide-including 400 of the Fortune 500 - use OrgPlus® to help understand their workforce and manage change, using information-rich org charts, easy-to-configure workforce metrics, and advanced collaborative modeling tools. Named as Top HR Product of 2008 by Human Resource Executive® magazine, OrgPlus integrates seamlessly with Oracle, SAP, and other leading HCM and HR systems.
HumanConcepts also offers Transition Manager, a comprehensive decision support tool designed to help large companies meet the objectives and minimize the risks associated with workforce reorganizations. Transition Manager is the only solution on the market for managing reductions in force, and is currently in use by ten percent of the Fortune 100 companies. By providing real-time insight, reducing legal and compliance exposure, lowering separation costs, and minimizing the loss of key talent, Transition Manager provides immediate and significant value to any company undergoing change.
HumanConcepts is based in Sausalito, California with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany and Singapore. For more information visit www.humanconcepts.com.
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