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June 2008 MyWorkplace reports record growth.
Although recording a steady increase in its client base every year, June 2008 closed as a record year with more than 25 new clients joining the MyWorkplace family in the previous 12 months. Indeed June alone saw 10 new companies choose MyWorkplace as their partner of choice; including Impress Group, Davies Bakery, HPM Legrand, Jasco and Ryemetals. In many cases these clients are already live and enjoying the benefits that MyWorkplace provides.

May 2008 Onesteel (formerly Smorgon Steel) goes live with MyWorkplace.
The Onesteel Waratah site has gone live with the MyWorkplace implementation and has switched off the legacy Timewise application after over 12 years operation. MyWorkplace commenced the implementation in February this year and worked hard with the Business Services staff and the site staff to ensure an accurate and successful outcome. Veronica Kelly, HR Systems & Payroll Manager says “We are delighted with the implementation and have been very impressed with the responsiveness and support of the MyWorkplace team. We hope to now be able to role the system out to other sites within the business”

April 2008 After months of considering its options, National Foods Limited has chosen MyWorkplace as its system of choice to role out to all of its Australian operations.
National Foods has been utilising the services of MyWorkplace for a number of years in the ongoing support of the legacy Timewise product and in the use of the MyWorkplace system at the old Berri Juices sites. As part of its SAP implementation, National Foods has been reviewing options for a centralised standard time and attendance and rostering solution. The implementation of the first two sites is due to commence in June with an expected completion of the national role out by December 2008.

December 2007 Smorgon Steel Business Services chooses MyWorkplace to replace the failed Kronos implementation.
After a number of years attempting to replace the legacy Timewise time and attendance system in use at its Waratah Steel Mill with the Kronos Workforce Central application, Smorgon Steel Business Services has asked MyWorkplace to implement its current version instead. MyWorkplace has committed to provide significant modifications to the standard product to fall in line with current work practices at Waratah and complete an implementation before the end of the 07/08 financial year.

November 2007

Darren Staggard from MyWorkplace Solutions wins coveted Payroll Consultant of the Year Award. Pictured here, Darren Staggard receiving the Payroll Consultant of the Year award from Ken Low, the founder and Executive Director of TAPS. Darren received several nominations from clients who have known and worked with Darren for many years and is a worthy recipient of this prestigious award.

Bartter Enterprises wins holiday for two people to Port Douglas courtesy of MyWorkplace Solutions. Audrey Fong, National Payroll Supervisor for Bartter Enterprises completed the MyWorkplace Healthcheck survey at a recent TAPS Luncheon in Sydney. Pictured below, Jason Low, General Manager of The Association for Payroll Specialists and Richard Hazeltine Managing Director of MyWorkplace draw the winner from the competition box once the formal proceedings had been concluded.

Ingres Corporation announces MyWorkplace as the Australia & New Zealand partner of the month. Follow this link for more information. http://www.ingres.com/int-anz.php

October 2007 Saint Gobain Abrasives selects MyWorkplace to replace its Kronos timekeeping systems in Australia and New Zealand. The multi location company had been struggling to centralise its payroll process and MyWorkplace represented an opportunity to achieve this result.

October 2007 Locker Group selects MyWorkplace as the time and attendance system to roll out to all of its manufacturing facilities in Australia. Having completed her evaluations, Lesley Wilde, Accounting and Administration Manager concluded that MyWorkplace represented excellent value for money and was a system which would provide many efficiencies in the pay office. Locker hopes to be live with the system before Christmas 2007.

May 2007 The Glen Cameron Group, a major National Logistic provider has recently undergone a review of its time and attendance processes. After evaluating a number of systems, the Melbourne based transport company decided that MyWorkplace Solutions could best meet its requirements. The implementation of the software and biometric clocking equipment is planned to commence in early June with a go live date in late June or early July

May 2007 Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops, a leading Australian confectioner has gone live with MyWorkplace. In announcing that they had gone live with MyWorkplace, Narelle Worrad, National Payroll Manager commented on how pleased she was at the user friendliness of the system and that their supervisors had easily learnt the daily processing. ‘Having implemented MyWorkplace in our factory, we are looking forward to rolling the system out to all the stores’, she said.

Mar 2007 Pacific Brands report a saving and process improvement as a result of implementing the MyWorkplace labour costing system. Click here for more information.