Manpower Software PLC
30 May 2001
Manpower Software plc ('MSW') today announces the award of two contracts for
the sale of its Maritime Crew Administration product to Royal Caribbean
Cruises Limited ('RCCL') and Sun Cruises Limited ('SCL'), the subsidiary of
Airtours plc. These contract awards follow on from the recent sales of MSW's
Crew Task Scheduling product to RCCL and the Access Control product, 'Souls on
Board', to SCL.
MSW also announces two contracts for the sale of its Workforce Planning
product to Guinness UDV Limited (part of the Diageo group of companies) and BP
Shipping Limited (a division of BP plc).
The initial value of the four contracts is in excess of £1.6 million.
RCCL has purchased MSW's Maritime Crew Administration product as part of an
enterprise-wide program of improvement. MSW's product will be responsible for
the scheduling of RCCL's entire crew in its growing fleet. The product will
be fully integrated with RCCL's new human resources system.
SCL has also purchased the Maritime Crew Administration product. It is their
intention to extend the use of the current Souls on Board system supplied by
MSW and already successfully in use within the fleet. The new system will
manage all crew assignments to the fleet and will greatly improve the
efficiency of the manning process.
Guinness UDV Limited and BP Shipping Limited have both purchased the Workforce
Planning product. These organisations will use the product to analyse their
current and planned resource deployment requirements within critical business
areas.
MSW's Workforce Planning product enables the planning of current and future
workforce requirements, organisation and project structures, the positions
within them and cost implications. It permits MSW's customers to track, at a
detailed level, the deployment and costs of their workforce over time, in turn
enabling management to identify areas for headcount and recruitment
optimisation, training budget efficiency and associated cost reduction ('the
right person in the right place at the right time').
For further information please contact:
Manpower Software plc
Simon Thorne, Finance Director (020) 7462 3300
Strand Partners Limited
Simon Raggett, Director (020) 7409 3494
Date : 30 May 2001
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