Hms Software Announces Alliance With Deltek

May 8, 2008 - PRLog -- HMS Software, a leading provider of project management and enterprise timesheet solutions, announces a new partnership with Deltek® .  Deltek has named HMS as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner. This alliance will allow both companies to continue a technical relationship between HMS Software’s enterprise timesheet system TimeControl and Deltek’s line of enterprise project management tools including Open Plan and Cobra.

“The alliance with Deltek is a significant one for our firm,” said Chris Vandersluis, President of HMS Software.  “We have had a link between TimeControl and Open Plan and Cobra for 14 years and with Deltek’s acquisition of these enterprise project management tools, we are now able to provide ongoing support for clients creating a project environment which includes high end scheduling, earned value analysis and enterprise timesheet collection.”

There are numerous clients who are already clients of both firms including Rolls Royce, SAAB, CAE and General Dynamics.

”I’m pleased with the options our alliance with HMS Software offers our mutual customers. Not only can our customers manage and control their projects with the Deltek Enterprise Project Management suite, they can also facilitate simple and accurate time tracking that meets the needs of the Program Manager and Finance,” said Chris Bell, Senior Director, EPM Market Management at Deltek.

The Deltek, HMS partnership is based on the integration of HMS Software’s TimeControl timesheet software which has pre-configured links to move data to and from both Deltek’s Open Plan project management and Deltek’s Cobra earned value products.  For those clients who require a timesheet which is well suited for both financial purposes and project updating and earned value updating purposes, the TimeControl timesheet can be deployed in an enterprise-wide environment for both project and non-project personnel.  

“We’re very pleased about this relationship with Deltek,” said Stephen Eyton-Jones, Director of Technical Services at HMS Software.  “This will give us access to the very latest in Deltek’s software and ensure that we keep TimeControl up to date with any changes that are made with Open Plan and Cobra.”

TimeControl’s additional functionality makes the product an attractive add-on when an organization wishes to implement Open Plan and/or Cobra for project management and earned value and to use the timesheet data to update both these systems and financial systems such as Payroll, Billing, Human Resources or Job Costing.  TimeControl is able to link to virtually any financial system including SAP, Oracle, Timberline and Deltek’s CostPoint.  TimeControl has also been deployed in DCAA (Defense Contract Audit Agency) compliance situations which are very familiar to many Deltek clients.

“We’ve specialized in Enterprise Project Management and Enterprise Timesheet Systems since 1984,” says Vandersluis.  “It’s common to find organizations who wish to track employee time in a single system which will serve multiple purposes.  TimeControl was designed to handle the needs of both Project Management and Finance at the same time.”

One of the big challenges in a multi-purpose timesheet is the whole area of approvals.  TimeControl deals with this through its unique Matrix Approval Process for Labor Actuals™.  This process allows both departmental supervisors to approve hours and costs with an unlimited number of approval levels and for project managers to be able to verify and if required, redistribute accepted hours before they are transferred back to Open Plan and/or Cobra.  

For more information about TimeControl and how it links to Deltek’s products, visit the TimeControl website at www.timecontrol.com/solutions/deltek.

About Deltek
Deltek®  is the leading provider of enterprise applications software designed specifically for project-focused businesses. For more than two decades, our software applications have enabled organizations to automate mission-critical business processes around the engagement, execution and delivery of projects. More than 12,000 customers worldwide rely on Deltek to measure business results, optimize performance, streamline operations and win new business. Visit www.deltek.com.

About TimeControl
TimeControl was originally released in 1994. It was immediately successful in the project management sector and today is recognized not only as a project management solution, but also as an enterprise timesheet solution in use by companies worldwide. TimeControl is designed to serve the needs of both Finance and Project Management simultaneously. It includes features such as flexible user structures to allow for multiple levels of timesheet authorization and an open data architecture, which makes the product ideally suited for integration with existing data systems in any organization. TimeControl’s flexibility allows it to be deployed for use as a time and attendance, time and billing, project time and flex-time system.  TimeControl complies with a number of governance compliance standards including SOX, DCAA, FMLA and the European Work Rules compliance.
For more information about TimeControl, visit the TimeControl website at: www.timecontrol.com.

HMS has representatives or distributors in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, the UK, and the U.S.

About HMS Software
Based in Montreal, Canada with offices in Toronto, HMS Software has been a leading provider of project management and enterprise timesheet systems and services since 1984.  HMS Software's first customized timesheet application was written in 1984. With the launch of TimeControl as a commercial application in 1994, HMS Software began servicing clients worldwide.  

HMS Software's client list reads like a who's who of business. It includes Acergy, Alcan, the Atlanta Airport, Akzo Nobel, The Canadian Business Development Bank, Ericsson, General Motors, the Government of Saskatchewan, John Deere, Kelly Services, Lockerbie and Hole, Motorola, Organon, Rolls Royce, SAAB, Standard Life, Toronto Transit Commission, UPS, Volvo Novabus, Weyerhaeuser and hundreds of others.

For further information about HMS Software, please visit the HMS website at: www.hmssoftware.ca.

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HMS Software is the publisher of TimeControl, a project-oriented timesheet system designed to work across the entire enterprise, serving the needs of both Finance and Project Management.  HMS also offers project management services including implementation of EPM methodology and technical assistance with installation and configuration of Microsoft Project and Project Server. HMS is both a Premier Microsoft Project Solution Provider and a Microsoft Gold certified partner.