PeopleLog 

Client: The PeopleLog was originally devised for HR-Advantage, a Human Resources Services Company.

Primary Aim: To provide a web-based, user-friendly employee database, within which organizations could store and arrange personnel information, ranging from names and addresses and career histories to absence and holiday records.

Key Challenge: To provide a secure system that would also be cost-effective and easy-to-use at all levels.

Solution: An internet-based system with different levels of access that can be managed and customised by a nominated administrator. The system's security is assured by using a dedicated Secure Socket Layer (SSL) server.

Using the PeopleLog database, necessary tasks can be done faster and more efficiently because:

• It can be accessed from any point with an internet connection, providing great flexibility of time and location
• It has a range of generic settings, but is also easy to customise, using particular department names, training programmes, dates, etc.
• Information can be entered, edited and deleted easily
• Reports can be quickly generated using a dedicated Reports function

Access to the database is determined and controlled by the Administrator. The Administrator decides which users have access, and at what levels, either simply to view information or to edit the entries. They can provide users with passwords and usernames while maintaining the security and confidentality of the system as a whole.

There are three levels of access available:

• Administrator - able to see and edit details of all employees and of the company
• Manager - able to see and / or manage records for their own staff, as enabled by the Administrator
• Employee - able to see and / or manage their own records, if enabled by the Administrator

Post-implementation evaluation

The PeopleLog is currently being deployed by a range of organisations. It has proved adaptable, easy to use and cost-efficient.