Agathon Consulting have over 10 years experience working on HR softare systems, initially Personnel Manager and Personnel Director but after these products were discontinued last year we began working on People Inc by P&A Software.

People Inc is a very powerful system however because of its simple user interface, it is easy to assume that it is simply a database which records staff information and does basic calculations. This is not the case, as People lnc not only comes with a wealth of built in functionality, it is also completely flexible with built in workflows through triggers and wizards making it much more effective as a HR tool as it does much of the repetitive work for you.

The way we have always approach how we work is to look to provide a solution for the customer rather than simply sell a HR System. To do this we need to understand the limitations of products, and then identify the customers needs. We can then develop a solution to which meets the needs of the customer within the limitations of the software available to us, whilst keeping the solution user friendly and as simple as possible.

With our previous systems, this was in some ways more straight forward as the software had many more limitations, for example we were unable to develop additional Parent/Child screens. Fortunately with People Inc these limitations are gone and we are now not just selling a newer more powerful HR Software System, we are providing a much more powerful and functional solution for our customers.

In one example, we have a customer who was using Personnel Director, but really just as a database recording basic contact details and some absence information. After providing training for them, we got into a discussion about their biggest and most time consuming task which was recruitment. It was clear there was a requirement to improve this process especially in light of the fact that one of the recruitment team had to spend a weekend, reviewing each applicants paperwork to see where he heard about the position to see which of their recruitment advertising campaigns was the most successful.

Unfortunately their existing system was never designed to manage recruitment, but after spending a day scoping out their requirements and understanding their processes, we were able to develop some custom screens to record the information their required. We then developed and documented a new process which through a series of filters, letters and reports completely transformed how they managed their recruitment saving them a great deal of time, money and duplication of effort.

The next phase of our continued relationship with the customer is to look at upgrading them to People Inc, to save them even more time and effort due to People Inc’s built recruitment area, which uses workflow via its system of customisable screens and triggers which can be changed specifically for the customer and their processes.

Additionally, using the specially designed migration tool, we can transfer all of their data into People Inc with a minimum of fuss and effort. Additionally, since People Inc already has a fully functional Recruitment system built in, it is just a case of configuring this to meet their requirements and they will be able to make a huge step forward in how they work, saving them even more time, effort and therefore costs.

This is just one example of how we can provide more than just a HR system. Through our partnership with P&A Software and working with their People Inc HR Software system we can now provide powerful solutions to solve the problems faced by HR professionals, without the cost and inconvenience usually associated with implementing a new HR software system.

People Inc. One database, multiple modules, fully customisable, HR software