HumanConcepts Releases OrgPlus 7
New Version Adds More Than 30 New Features for Creating and Communicating Org Charts and Managing Reorganizations
Sausalito, CA, - May 30, 2007 - HumanConcepts, the developer of OrgPlus, today announced the immediate worldwide availability of OrgPlus 7. The new release focuses on what matters most to HR professionals—making org chart creation easier than ever, while adding deeper functionality for analyzing, planning and communicating organizational structures.
OrgPlus 7 includes powerful new features that enable HR professionals to better understand and communicate company structure, and give managers and executives the tools and information they need to plan and action workforce change. OrgPlus 7 is the most intuitive and easiest to use version of OrgPlus to date. The combined ease of use and new planning and communication tools in OrgPlus 7 will help current and new OrgPlus customers to be more effective at understanding and planning their human resources.
"With more than 500,000 users of OrgPlus, we get a lot of feedback from our customers," said Martin Sacks, CEO of HumanConcepts. "This new release makes the process of creating and distributing org charts completely painless."
Focusing on What Matters Most - Ease of Use
OrgPlus 7 features numerous enhancements which simplify organization chart creation and management including:
- Easier Data Entry - Quickly add, delete, edit, promote and demote people in a chart using a tree-control data entry interface.
- Chart Complex Relationships - Improved matrix management allows depiction of complex relationships that exist in organizations today, such as alternate reporting relationships.
- Collaborate and Track Chart Changes - Keep track of changes and annotate org charts using comments.
- Represent More Employee Information - Enhanced, multi-tabbed profiles give even more options for communicating employee information and metrics, and allows for easy data updating.
- Distribute Charts Automatically Via Email - Email up-to-date org charts to a designated list on a scheduled basis. Email is an easy way to securely distribute org charts
- More Powerful HTML Publishing and Better Looking Printouts
- Microsoft Vista Certified and Office 2007 Compatible
"We have used OrgPlus for several years to create organizational charts for management in preparation for changes in our organizational structure," said Lea Campbell, Organizational Development Manager of Jacobsen, manufacturer of quality turf maintenance and utility vehicles. Jacobsen is a division of Textron, Inc., a global aviation, aerospace and industrial products corporation. "In addition to being able to easily design and view our corporate structure, OrgPlus gives us the ability to integrate data from our PeopleSoft HR System and the functionality to calculate headcounts, rollups and summaries, as well as to conduct succession planning."
Also immediately available are new releases of OrgPlus Reader and OrgPlus Express:
OrgPlus 7 Reader
OrgPlus Reader enables users to freely distribute and view workforce data in organizational charts. The free, read-only application allows individuals to securely open, view and print OrgPlus (.opx) charts. OrgPlus Reader can be downloaded at www.orgplus.com/reader.
OrgPlus 7 Express
For simple organizational charts, this Microsoft Office plug-in replaces the organizational charting functionality found in MS Word and PowerPoint with a more powerful, easy-to-use charting solution. OrgPlus Express can be downloaded at www.orgplusexpress.com.
OrgPlus 7 Pricing and Availability
OrgPlus 7 is priced at $189.95. OrgPlus Professional is priced based on company size, and starts at $295 for organizations with 100 employees. Upgrade pricing is available for current OrgPlus users. OrgPlus is available directly from HumanConcepts at www.orgplus.com or by calling 1-888-821-1261 or 1-415-332-3030 (outside the US).
About HumanConcepts
HumanConcepts is the leading provider of workforce modeling and intelligence solutions. With its OrgPlus technology charting millions of employees for organizations worldwide, including 400 of the Fortune 500, HumanConcepts has defined best practices in organizational charting. OrgPlus integrates with HR systems to automatically create, update and distribute organizational charts for team collaboration, workforce planning and critical decision-making. OrgPlus integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Office applications.
HumanConcepts is based in California with offices in the United Kingdom and Germany and offers OrgPlus software and services worldwide. For more information visit www.humanconcepts.com.
CONTACT:
Ron Campbell
Public Relations Manager
HumanConcepts
415-275-9182
ron.campbell@humanconcepts.com