HumanConcepts Announces OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint 2.0 for Workforce Reorganization

Sausalito, California - October 15, 2008 - HumanConcepts today announced a new version of OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint, named Top HR product by Human Resource Executive® magazine. Available in November 2008, Blueprint 2.0 rapidly facilitates company workforce reorganizations. The solution allows decision-makers to easily create a baseline view of their current workforce structure and costs. Multiple workforce scenarios allow management to collaborate on which scenario best balances business needs with headcount and financial objectives.

"Whether driven by M&A activity, strategy execution or cost reduction initiatives, the ability to conduct fast, effective and fair workforce reorganizations must now be considered an essential organizational skill set rather than a one-off crisis event. Executives who are not using the latest technology and tools for quickly analyzing, modeling and implementing workforce reorganizations will be at a substantially greater risk of seriously disrupting their organizations, sacrificing efficiencies and losing critical talent," commented Mark Herndon, co-author, The Complete Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions: Process Tools to Support M&A Integration at Every Level1, and president of the M&A consultancy, Parkwood Advisors, LLC.

Blueprint 2.0 empowers HR, Finance and executive managers to partner and collaborate with business unit leaders to plan reorganizations. The solution enables executives to quickly make workforce planning decisions and meet financial targets in response to economic and market shifts. As with all HumanConcepts' solutions, Blueprint 2.0 works seamlessly with HCM and ERP system data to deliver customizable workforce views that can be used for complex decision-making needs.

Key employee metrics such as performance, tenure, span of control, key skills and compensation can be assessed during the modeling process. Blueprint 2.0 assists organizations to meet headcount and budget objectives, retain key talent and stay within compliance guidelines. The solution automatically recalculates key metrics and displays the results side by side with established targets. In addition, intuitive drag & drop modeling tools simplify moving people or positions and reorganizing entire departments.

"Swiftly modeling the impact of change using accurate financial, workforce, budget and other resource data ensures that reorganizations improve corporate performance while retaining key employees and maintaining productivity," said Martin Sacks, CEO, HumanConcepts. "Blueprint 2.0 arms executives through the reorg process by visually packaging all relevant data in a collaborative environment for real-time, real world-modeling and management of workforce change."

OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint and Availability
OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint solution is available directly from HumanConcepts at www.orgplus.com or by calling 1-888-821-1261 or 1-415-332-3030 (outside the US). OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint is also available as an on demand solution so that a customer can be up and running in as little as 48 hours.

About HumanConcepts
HumanConcepts is the leading provider of workforce decision support software. With its OrgPlus technology charting over fifteen million employees for organizations worldwide, including 400 of the Fortune 500, HumanConcepts has defined best practices in workforce modeling and intelligence. OrgPlus empowers its users to proactively manage change, from departmental reorganizations to large scale mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

OrgPlus integrates with leading HCM and HR systems, including Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft and Lawson to automatically create, update and distribute organizational charts for team collaboration, workforce planning and critical decision-making. In addition, OrgPlus seamlessly integrates with industry-leading applications such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.

HumanConcepts is based in Sausalito, California with offices in the United Kingdom and Germany and offers OrgPlus software and services worldwide. For more information visit www.humanconcepts.com.

Press contact:
Jean Lombard for HumanConcepts
jlombard@ob1net.net
(415) 308-5326