Attend the Annual Sage Summit in Chicago - November 3 - 6, 2007

The annual Sage Summit takes place at the McCormick West Convention Center in Chicago from November 3 - 6, 2007. Several of our customers are already registered. Please let us know if you plan to attend, and we will see you in the Windy City!

Some of the highlights inlcude: Peer2Peer Roundtable Discussions, Meet and Greet Receptions, Information-Packed Breakout Sessions, Support Center, Sage Summit Trade Show, Networking, Keynote Speakers and A Night of Comedy at The Chicago Theatre with the awsome Second City Improv troupe.

Objective: To deliver more value to your company, HR and payroll personnel must improve both process efficiency and the quality of their employees’ working environment. This raises the challenge of understanding how to implement, operate, and administer HRMS and payroll solutions in the most cost effective and productive manner possible.

Sage Abra
Sage Summit provides the most comprehensive training and peer-learning event for Sage Abra customers. You’ll attend expert-led breakout sessions that take deep dives into topics that matter to you most—including employee self-service, payroll, benefits administration, reporting, legislation, SQL Server, and more. Plus, you’ll share ideas with colleagues and engage in thought-provoking discussions with people facing similar challenges.

Sage Payroll Services
Payroll is one of those critical tasks that must be done and done right—every single time. If not, you’re apt to get grief from your employees and from government agencies. Sage Summit can help you keep your payroll process running smoothly and in full compliance while spending as little time and effort as possible doing so.

Sage Summit is the Spot to:

• Learn how to maximize the value of your software investment by becoming a more skilled user.
• Exchange ideas and outcomes with peers who share similar job roles, HR organizational challenges, and technologies.
• View recent and planned product enhancements and learn how they can benefit your organization.
• Learn about solutions and services that complement or work together with your current Sage Abra installation.
• Benefit by becoming an active part of your product community and connecting with colleagues, Sage Software team members, and HR industry experts.

Who should attend:

• Presidents and CEOs
• VPs of HR
• HR directors and managers
• Training and development professionals
• Benefits and payroll directors and managers
• Recruitment directors and managers
• Payroll personnel
• Time and billing staff
• IT administrators
• All Sage Abra and Sage Payroll Services users

Sage Abra Highlights include:

• Beginning, intermediate, and advanced reporting, including Crystal Reports workshops
  
• Product roadmaps and future enhancements
  
• Employee self-service technology
  
• In-depth product training, including hands-on labs Customizing and configuring your system
  
• Tips and tricks
  
• Year-end processing techniques
  
• Industry trends and legislation
  
• And more

For more information, including registration, please visit:
http://www.sagesummit.com/

Sage Abra HRMS - Go paperless with Sage Abra's online solutions

SAGE ABRA ESS

Automate your company's business processes and give employees ownership of their personal information with Abra ESS. With superior workflow capabilities and highly customizable features, Abra ESS provides a central location for employees, managers, and administrators to view and manage important personal data and company Information. Instead of calling the HR department with routine inquiries, employees and managers can access information ranging from time off and current benefits to open job requisitions and training history - anytime, anyplace via the Internet or company intranet.

In addition to a comprehensive range of features, Abra ESS delivers tremendous time and cost savings with a proven return on investment. By automating employee activities such as time-off requests and dependent and beneficiary changes, companies can save considerable administrative time and expense associated with paper forms and manual processes. Plus, studies have shown that readily-available company information can significantly improve employee morale and retention. Abra ESS can positively impact your company's bottom line by allowing HR staff more time to focus on strategic business issues such as management development, effective recruiting programs, and competitive compensation plans.

Sage Abra eRecruiter

Manage applicants and requisitions better than ever before. Abra eRecruiter is designed with HR departments in mind, whether the recruiting function is performed by busy HR managers or dedicated recruiters. This 100% Web-based process-oriented system completely streamlines the recruitment process. Abra eRecruiter features comprehensive paperless workflows, role driven functionality, and intuitive configuration that makes it easy to meet your unique needs. Abra eRecruiter automates applicant processing and routing with a customized career center on your company Web site. In addition, online applications, screening questions, integration to major job boards, and built-in workflow and e-mail communications allow recruiters, hiring managers, applicants, executives, and employees to manage the recruiting process.

With Abra eRecruiter, you'll fill open positions faster by maintaining a searchable applicant database and posting new requisitions immediately to your company Web site, cutting down on the time it takes to locate qualified applicants. Recruiters can review applicants from one organized page and automatically route applicants to hiring managers, who can provide instant, electronic feedback on each one. Additionally, role-based functionality provides everyone involved in the recruiting process with access to unique features based on their job function.


SAGE ABRA BENEFITS ENROLLMENT

Save countless hours and piles of paperwork by moving benefits open enrollment online. Abra Benefits Enrollment takes the powerful benefits management solution of Abra HR to the next level by empowering employees to make their own benefits elections via the Internet or Intranet. Easy, step-by-step wizards guide administrators through the benefit plan set-up process, and walk employees through open enrollment. Abra Benefits Enrollment even includes year-round life events management that allows employees to update information such as marital status and dependents.

Abra Benefits Enrollment can provide invaluable cost and time savings for any organization. It saves paper and postage fees by eliminating the need for printed documents, and significantly reduces time delays due to manual processing by having employees enter their own benefit elections. It can even increase employee satisfaction by giving everyone full and detailed 24/7 access to benefit plans, and including links to providers who often answer key benefits questions on their web sites. Finally, when combined with Abra HR, it provides a powerful, reliable, secure, and complete benefits management solution for any mid-sized organization.

Sage Abra HRMS - Go paperless with Sage Abra's online solutions

This Webcast will demo Sage Abra's online solutions, including Abra ESS, Abra eRecruiter and Abra Benefits Enrollment modules. Learn how to go paperless with Sage Abra solutions.

Dates Available:
October 30, 2007, 2 pm - 3 pm
November 13, 2007, 2 pm - 3 pm
December 18, 2007, 2 pm - 3 pm
Click here to register.