Therma-Tru Doors Handles End-to-End HR, Talent Management, and Payroll with Ultimate Software's Intersourcing

March 2006

WESTON, Fla. - Ultimate Software, a leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, announced today that Therma-Tru Doors, the number one exterior door brand in the United States with approximately 1,300 U.S.-based associates, is experiencing business benefits as a result of using Ultimate Software's UltiPro, including core HRMS/payroll, benefits enrollment, and performance management, through the hosted service model Intersourcing. Therma-Tru intends to roll out additional UltiPro feature-sets - recruitment, time and attendance, and self-service for managers and employees - later this year.

Three years ago, Therma-Tru's HR team decided to overhaul its human resources and payroll processes, and HR executives believed that a new Human Resource Management System (HRMS) was a critical aspect of this objective. After a formal vendor selection and bidding process, Therma-Tru selected UltiPro in March 2006 and began planning and implementing the new solution that the company internally branded as "PeoplePoint".

"Because our HR department does not have dedicated IT resources, Intersourcing is a valuable change for us. With Ultimate Software maintaining the solution, we don't have to worry about managing upgrades or payroll tax updates," said Carol Summersgill, vice president of human resources for Therma-Tru. "UltiPro is a key part of a larger plan that we have in place for greater efficiencies and more reliable, consistent service to our associates. Intersourcing gives us the advantages of UltiPro without the IT burden."

One service enhancement delivering business benefits to Therma-Tru is UltiPro's benefits enrollment. Companies that implement benefits enrollment enable their associates to review, elect, and submit their benefit elections at home or in the office via the Internet without meeting with a benefits practitioner. With benefits enrollment, associates are able to view and compare current benefits with the costs and designs of new offerings and make choices for the coming year.

"We had many comments from our associates about how easy UltiPro's benefits enrollment interface is. It is very simple to navigate," said Rhonda Francis, Director HR & Recruiting. "We are looking forward to implementing additional functionality with UltiPro's Web-based solution, including UltiPro's recruitment and time attendance modules."

In January, Therma-Tru rolled out UltiPro Performance Management functionality that allows organizations to proactively manage employee performance as part of an overall talent management strategy that incorporates the recruitment through retirement functionality integrated in UltiPro. With online performance review capabilities, including 360-degree feedback and goal-setting tools, UltiPro Performance Management can help businesses better understand employee competencies, identify and reduce competency gaps, and plan for future workforce needs.

"UltiPro Performance Management is becoming a key component of our talent management strategy," said Summersgill. "The solution is empowering us with the ability to streamline our employee review process, better identify employee competencies, analyze areas where we need employee development, and improve overall associate satisfaction."

"Therma-Tru is a great example of a company that sees the value of an end-to-end employee management solution with strong HRMS/payroll at the core and talent management features tied into one unified system. Having Ultimate Software as its single-source vendor for recruitment, performance management, time and attendance, and benefits enrollment, as well as human resources and payroll, simplifies the day-to-day processing HR departments do and gives them integrated strategic tools for better decision-making," said Greg Swick, senior vice president of sales for Ultimate Software. "We are very pleased that Therma-Tru's UltiPro solution was up and running quickly with an on-time, on-budget implementation, and they are already reaping such positive business results."

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