WorkBrain

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The business world is continually changing and over the last decade shifted into the digital age. The digital age has changed the way a lot of traditional business processes are done. Although we have a greater dependence on technology we also use it as a powerful tool that allows businesses to grow and expand at faster rates than ever before. It enables companies to structure themselves in such a way that permits them to work more efficiently.

[|WorkBrain] has been developing, implementing and supporting software that enables companies to be able to function in the most efficient and productive manner since 1999. They are the industry leader is producing management software. What makes WorkBrain unique is the fact that their Total Workforce Management System is 100% web-based. The system helps manage a companies workforces more efficiently and effectively to help optimize their overall profitability. WorkBrain’s workforce management system has many different features to perform the main function of organizing employee and customer’s records. It features workforce planning where the optimization of budget constraints help organizations reduce over and under staffing and predict future labor costs. Workforce planning helps organizations plan for the changing market or strategic adjustments by reducing planning cycle’s times. Workforce planning also allows organizations to accurately create labor budgets and forecasting through integrating productivity standards and attendance data to create future staffing requirements (Workbrain, 2006).

Another feature of the workforce management systems is managing time and attendance of employees. This feature includes more accurate payroll calculations in the most complex business environments. Self-serve capabilities allow the improvements of workforce performances through the integration of kiosk-style administrative processes that the employees use quickly and efficiently. Real-time capability to get the most accurate productivity performance while easily integrated to merge multiple workforce management systems (Workbrain, 2006).

This information system is strictly web-based. In order for all the above capabilities of the system to function as they are supposed to, the technical architecture is based on Java Platform Enterprise Edition which allows client-server architecture such as this information system to run on an application server as well as through a web browser. This allows the system to be scalable, secure and strong. An application-programming interface is used to allow multiple systems to be used together, allowing the workforce information systems to be easily integrated with existing systems (Workbrain, 2006).

= Example= [|British Airways] wanted a solution to their paper-based employee time and attendance sheets, to provide an online system to enhance employee productivity, loyalty and satisfaction at their workplace in the North American sector. British Airways wanted to ensure that this new system would be implemented fast and also have room to add features in the future. The airline decided to go with WorkBrain’s workforce management solutions system. This information system provided a solution to all of the airplanes issues in their employee sector such as allowing the employees to access the systems from computers and kiosks from different airports. There they can check their schedules, change shifts with other employees, schedule vacations, and monitor their hours work. As a result they have minimized overpayments, miss scheduled employees, and have seen an overall increase in performance by the employees (Workbrain, 2006).