Workforce Planning Guide
April 1999
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Examples of Workforce Planning Software
Tailored workforce planning software is becoming more common. Usually
formatted for personal computers, this software ranges in price (at this writing) from
a few hundred dollars to many thousands of dollars. The features run the gamut
from simple to complex. Those who coordinate a workforce-planning program
should review several such packages before purchasing one.
Software System and
Vendor's Name/Address
Key Features
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This IBM-compatible software:
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Is a true Windows software system.
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Tracks employee and position information
necessary to carry out succession planning.
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Allows you to create detailed career development
plans that track with your succession plans.
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Links career paths to candidate lists.
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Allows preparation of replacement charts.
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Is available in single-user and multi-user
versions.
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Provides for user customization of data,
formulas, screens, reports, forms, graphics, and
organization charts.
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Client/server architecture.
This IBM-compatible software:
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Plans the movement of people up, down, in, and
out of the organization.
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Totally relates career development with
succession planning.
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Develops a five-year strategic plan for every
person in the system with expected position
openings.
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Gives all minorities and protected classes access
to upward mobility in compliance with the "glass
ceiling" report.
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Gives the most accurate picture of who is going
where of any system, because it matches expected
openings with real people to get the right person
in the right job at the right time.
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Generates three very user-friendly reports and
hundreds of other reports using two simple but
powerful report writers.
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Is priced at $26,000 for a single user, which
Blueprint
TM
Vendor:
Criterion, Inc.
9425 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, Tex. 75063
214-401-2100
Career Forecasting Reports
Care-For
TM
Vendor:
Charles Russ Associates
P.O. Box 6667
Shawnee Mission Kans. 66206
913-338-1211