Alphasoft
Alphasoft Application Overview - Personnel Records

Alphasoft
Financial and management information solutions

Advantages
Timely and accurate management information is critical to the success and growth of an organisation. From small companies to large groups and organisations Alphasoft personnel records database has been selected as a flexible yet robust part of a fully integrated systems solution. Most organisations employ people and it is of importance from both a management and statutory viewpoint to maintain accurate and informative employee records.

Options
The personnel database is an add on to Alphasoft Payroll. As well as holding information for current employees it may be used to store records for as long as is required not just the current payroll year. An events history is automatically maintained whenever someone joins, is absent, leaves or has a change of circumstances such as a promotion. An on screen, free form text memo feature may be maintained. Standard contracts and letters may be selectively sent using a mail-merge facility.
The numerous management analysis facilities are supplemented by a full user definable report writer. Alternatively data may be extracted for analysis by most major desktop PC packages.

Main features
As well as payroll records additional information fields include:
  • Phone, fax, mobile and e-mail nos.
  • Contact name, relationship, address and telephone
  • Status and state of health
  • Previous employer
  • Reference and contract of employment details
  • Qualifications held
  • Previous service
  • Company car details (with P11D information)
  • Hours worked and daily start/break and end times
  • Notice period required
  • Schemes joined e.g. Permanent health
  • Probation, appraisal and disciplinary dates
  • Bonus and last six salaries
  • Full search and browse facilities throughout

  • Alphasoft Personnel Records - Checklist
    General
  • Multi-company
  • Multi-user
  • Multi-tasking option
  • Full security system
  • User definable report writer
  • Facility to add or change records 'on the fly'
  • Online help and desktop calculator

  • Personnel database
  • Full file maintenance
  • Lookup fields via. User defined tables
  • Memo file option
  • Searching and browsing by number with wildcards

  • User defined tables
  • Status types e.g. trainee, probation, suspended
  • Event types e.g. Joins, leaves, holiday, sickness, qualification
  • Reasons for events, e.g. promotion, annual review
  • Schemes e.g. Health
  • Bonus types e.g. incentive
  • Relationships e.g. husband or wife
  • Contract types
  • Company cars
  • Qualifications e.g. Management course, HGV licence

  • Transactions
    Events automatically maintained include:
  • Joining, changing job or department or leaving
  • Absence through sickness, holiday or unauthorised
  • Pay or Company car changes
  • Any user definable events may be maintained e.g.
  • Disciplinary events
  • Benefits in kind received (for P11D)
  • Attainment of qualifications
  • The user may add text and reason for most activities
  • Leavers records are automatically deleted up to any date

  • Analysis and reports
  • Event history by manager, dept, job or employee
  • Absence analysis
  • Labour turnover analysis
  • Age analysis (e.g. reaching 18, 21 or retirement)
  • Length of service analysis
  • Hours worked vs. budgeted analysis
  • Mail merge
  • Output to spreadsheet or other database options
  • User definable report writer

  • Integrated options
  • Payroll through to nominal ledger
  • Output to 'open' formats: ASSCI, DIF, CSV file formats
  • Integration with Microsoft ‘desktop tools’ Excel, Access, SQL
  • E-Mail output option.
  • Notice
    The processes and all the routines contained herein are proprietary properties and trade secrets. Except as provided by license agreement, this code and documentation shall not be duplicated used or disclosed for any purpose or reason, in whole or in part, without the express written consent of The Alphasoft Consultancy Limited.
    This document is copyright of The Alphasoft Consultancy Limited.
    For more information contact Alphasoft on 020 7384 4980, fax: 020 7384 4989