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HumanConcepts Announces Enhanced Integration between OrgPlus and SAP

SAP HR data can now be accessed directly by OrgPlus Enterprise and OrgPlus desktop products using SAP's recently released HR-OCI (Organization Charting Interface)

Sausalito, CA, March 14, 2005 - HumanConcepts, developer of OrgPlus®, the industry standard software for organizational charting, today announced it has built new functionality into OrgPlus Enterprise and OrgPlus desktop products that allows users to access organizational data directly from SAP HR. OrgPlus Integrator for SAP 2.0 seamlessly integrates OrgPlus Enterprise into any portal including SAP's Enterprise Portal. The combination of OrgPlus and SAP allows employees to view accurate organizational charts and gives executives and management a powerful, robust tool for organizational planning, analysis and modeling.

"OrgPlus is already the organizational charting solution of choice for more than 500 SAP clients worldwide," said Martin Sacks, CEO of HumanConcepts. "This enhanced integration helps our SAP customers leverage their investment and provides them with improved access to key information for better understanding and managing their organizations."

OrgPlus Enterprise delivers the following benefits to SAP users:

  • Use OrgPlus to visualize and navigate any organizational hierarchy contained within SAP HR
  • Distribute charts electronically to the enterprise for use by HR professionals, executives, managers, employees and business partners
  • Perform organizational analysis and modeling
  • Export data directly to Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF
  • Print high quality organizational charts

The benefits of OrgPlus HR-OCI integration include:

  • Eliminates the need to install custom software into the SAP environment
  • Guaranteed compatibility with SAP® R/3® 4.6c, Enterprise (4.7) and future versions
  • Secure direct connection with SAP HR
  • Real-time and near real-time charting of SAP organizational data
  • Access to all SAP HR infotypes
  • Uses SAP native security to restrict access to data

The benefits of OrgPlus Enterprise integration with SAP's Enterprise Portal include:

  • The ability to provide portal users with relative charts based on their identity (my team, my department, etc.)
  • Single Sign On - eliminates the need to manage additional user account and password
  • Complete control over which organizational chart features are enabled (print, save or export)
  • Manager Self Service/Employee Self Service integration
  • Respect for SAP Enterprise Portal security

OrgPlus Integrator for SAP 2.0 is expected to be SAP certified in April 2005.

SAP customers who have recently selected or implemented OrgPlus include, Hunt Oil, JetBlue Airways, Viskase Companies, Inc., Novo Nordisk, Liberty Life and Thus Plc, among others.

About HumanConcepts
HumanConcepts provides industry-leading software for managing organizational change and supporting critical business decisions. HumanConcepts is privately owned and based in Sausalito, California, with branch offices in the United Kingdom and Germany.

OrgPlus technology is in use by millions of users worldwide - both as a standalone product and in a limited version as part of the Microsoft Office Suite. OrgPlus has been chosen by over 400 of the Fortune 500 companies. Based on knowledge shared by thousands of OrgPlus users, HumanConcepts defines methodologies for organizational charting best practices that are embraced everyday by companies worldwide.