First Group Goes Full Steam Ahead with HR Software
18 November 2008:
The system will be used to better manage the data of circa 6,000 employees across the 260 UK sites of First Great Western and First TransPennine Express.
Sage HR & Payroll is a new division of Sage, delivering software and outsourcing services from former competitors, Snowdrop (HR) and KCS (Payroll).
First Group will implement integrated modules from the Snowdrop HR product suite: recruitment; online recruitment; personnel records management; training administration; succession planning and employee and line manager self-service.
The Snowdrop software was selected due to a maturity of system functionality that ensures an easy fit with both current and future business requirements. In addition, the HR team was impressed by the ‘push’ nature of the system, for example, information delivery by e-mail that prompts further action by the HR team and line managers.
Sage will help First Group consolidate employee data that is currently spread across a number of different databases.
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Source: onrec

