Manchester Community Transport,selects Cezanne OnDemand HR software to help improve service delivery

April 18, 2012 - PRLog -- Manchester Community Transport (MCT) has selected Cezanne OnDemand HR software to help them streamline and improve the way they manage their people.

Rob Marshall, Director MCT explains. “Like any not-for-profit organisation, our employees and our volunteers are our biggest asset, but managing them had also become one of our biggest administrative overheads. We are a classic example of an organisation that had outgrown manual and paper-based HR processes. Our HR data was all over the place – various spreadsheets, bits of paper and multiple copies of the same information sat in different offices! We weren’t able to easily report on HR data, and standard HR processes, like annual leave, had become a nightmare to manage”.

“We realised that we needed an HR system to help us manage our people and processes in a much more organised and efficient way.”

Cloud-based HR solution a key selection criteria

Rob had already identified that a cloud-based HR solution was the best option for them. “An in-house HR system wouldn’t have worked for us. We’re based at a number of different locations, and connectivity would have been a problem. We also didn’t want to incur the additional overhead of having to implement, manage and maintain HR software in house”, he explains.

With cloud-based HR solutions, all of the hardware and software required to deliver the solution is managed by the vendor. All the customer needs is access to the internet. Rob says Cezanne’s zero cost updates were a benefit too. “It’s good to know that we’ll keep getting new features as they are released” he says. The security of their HR data was another concern, and Rob established early on that Cezanne OnDemand not only had an appropriate technology infrastructure, but was independently certified for ISO27001 – an international standard that provides a best practice framework for managing confidential or sensitive corporate information so that it remains secure.

Rob explains that they considered a number of other HR solutions but found that they were “Either too simple or required too much effort on our part to configure them around our business needs”. The selling process was important too. Rob especially liked the way that Cezanne was able to show how the solution fitted to their needs – rather than following a standard demonstration script.

Flexibility, friendliness and transparency

Rob says they selected the Cezanne OnDemand HR software for a number of reasons. “We really liked the self-service interface. It’s very straightforward to use, and the system manages the mix between being simple to use, yet still offer the sophistication to cope with complexity where needed. For example, with Cezanne OnDemand we’re able to set up and manage multiple absence plans. As lots of our staff have different working patterns, this level of flexibility is very important to us – as is the HR systems’ ability to automatically calculate holiday entitlements based on our terms and conditions.

As a not-for-profit, the ‘pay as you go’ monthly subscription pricing – and special discount available to registered charities and not-for-profits - was also very attractive. “It’s very straight forward and transparent, with no mandatory set up fee. We could have paid Cezanne to help us with the initial data transfer, but we prefer to enter the data manually as it’s a good opportunity to check that it’s OK,” he explains.

MCT has chosen to implement modules for HR administration and employee self-service, absence management and performance management to cover their 86 employees and volunteers. The flexibility of the cloud solution means that MCT were able to go from first demo to live data entry in just over a week.

“We recognise that charities and not for profit organisations, like MCT, are working hard to make our world a better place”, says Carlo Ugdulena, CEO of Cezanne Software. “We’re delighted to be able to support them by offering a special discount on the monthly subscription fee for Cezanne OnDemand. A good HR system, especially one that’s delivered as Software as a Service, will help charities and not for profits increase efficiency without adding complexity, so staff and volunteers can focus on the work that really counts.”

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About MCT

MCT was established with Urban Aid Funding in 1980 as a 'community-focused' travel scheme, with the support of Manchester City Council and Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (now TfGM). TfGM and Manchester City Council have remained firm advocates, contributing both financial assistance and training support, as the organisation has grown. MCT is part of the Manchester Community Transport Forum and is committed to Continuous Improvement in its service provision. They are currently working towards ISO9001 and ISO9002, to drive the Quality Standards in their service and are fully compliant with all the Health & Safety standards and regulations currently in force for community transport provision.

www.manct.org
 
About Cezanne OnDemand HR Software as a Service

Cezanne OnDemand is the first HR software solution to be offered on a pay-as-you-go basis, with monthly fees being adjusted up – or down – to reflect the average number of employees being managed each month. It provides small businesses and mid-sized enterprises with a quick to implement, low-cost HR software solution to help streamline people management, reduce administration and gather better HR intelligence to support planning and decision making. Pricing is just £2 per employee per month for companies of between 50 and 500 employees for HR and absence management, with performance management costing an extra £1. First released in June 2011, Cezanne OnDemand already has an impressive customer base of small businesses and mid-sized enterprises, many of whom are well-known brands and innovators in their own markets.

HR software in the cloud

Cezanne OnDemand is delivered in the Cloud, on a Software-as-a-Service basis, which means it is hosted and delivered online via a secure server, with updates automatically provided to clients as they are released as part of the subscription fee. There’s no need for small businesses to continually invest in their own hardware or software, or in installing updates. They simply log on via the Internet and have immediate access to the latest version of the system from wherever they are.

Local and global HR software capabilities

Cezanne OnDemand has been built from the ground up to support international companies – with many customers already benefiting from its global capabilities and ease of deployment across multiple countries. Available in most of the main European languages, including Portuguese, the system offers a wide range of features covering general HR administration, manager and employee self-service, absence management,  employee performance management and reporting.

Customers include well-known online brands and fast-growing companies such as PhotoBox, lowcostholidays, Octo, PebbleIT, Resilient Networks, Moschino, IMS, Lapithus and Samskip.

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Cezanne Software has many years’ experience of delivering HR and talent management solutions to companies worldwide. With offices and partners across Europe and in the Americas, Cezanne Software today supports many hundreds of organisations ranging from large global companies to mid-sized enterprises and small businesses.

For more information please visit - http://www.cezanneondemand.com

Editors Contacts:

Tony Flanagan
Cezanne Software Ltd
Tel: 020 7202 9300
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Cezanne Software is a leading supplier of HR and Talent Management software systems delivered on both a Software as a Service (SaaS) and on premise basis. Headquartered in the UK, Cezanne Software supports over 700 organizations worldwide.