OrangeHRM is a leading open source Human Resource Management (HRIS) solution which is headquartered in USA and has subsidiaries deployed across Europe and Asia. The architecture of the application targets small and medium Enterprises, thus providing a precise and convenient HRM System. The company was established in 2005, and the stepping stone of OrangeHRM was their first Beta release in January 2006.

OrangeHRM is released under the GNU General Public License

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History

The co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of OrangeHRM, Sujee Saparamadu had formed the building blocks through his expertise in developing and deploying enterprise applications. The organization started with four employees which included one developer.OrangeHRM 1.0 which was released in March 2006, comprised features such as PIM, ESS, and Reports modules, also enabling Admin users and ESS users to have different authority levels to the data in the application. Over the past 6 years, OrangeHRM had evolved into an HR solution with new modules and feature enhancements to suit the user’s needs. In year 2007, OrangeHRM was ranked as the fourth best solution in the category of Enterprise projects and was among the top ten of all projects,in the world's largest software development web site,SourceForge.net. On the same year, the company reached a noteworthy number of downloads and the application was made available to diverse user communities by introducing the application in Russian, Spanish and Danish languages. The company formed it's first partnership with Ross-Canada, making OrangeHRM services available to the Canadian market.Larry Stefonic, an international expert in escalating business growth specifically in the software industry was made part of the OrangeHRM Advisory board in year 2009. In year 2010, OrangeHRM launched it's web-based HR Management system, OrangeHRM Live. David Axmark is a founder of MySQL AB and also a developer of the free database server, MySQL whose prime objective was to build a successful business aided by free open source software, laid hands on OrangeHRM which was a major turning point of the company.

OrangeHRM Today

Today, OrangeHRM is an open source HRIS solution partnered and used by organizations worldwide. OrangeHRM comprises skilled developers as well as professional support and services which is a solid foundation to a stable system.

The latest version of OrangeHRM includes the following modules:

• Admin module - This module is designed for the HR Manager or other administrative members to perform the necessary administration tasks, while having the ability to maintain different authority levels for each user. The administrator can define the company structure, pay grades, and other information that forms the backbone for the entire system.

• Personal Information Management - The PIM module holds all the employee related information such as, personal information, educational and professional qualifications, work experience and job related information.

• Leave module - This module can help to perform all leave related tasks.The user can define leave types, view leave summary of all employees in one screen, define days-off and the user can apply for and assign continuous leave and receive auto notification e-mails after performing leave related operations.

• Time module - This feature handles all time and attendance needs of the company. The module automates time tracking related processes. The sophisticated module helps to efficiently organize labor data‚ improve the workforce management and minimize errors in enforcement of company’s attendance policies.

• ESS module - Each employee is given access to his or her personal information and the personal information could also be updated without a need to inform the HR staff. The employees can access their records from any location.

• Benefits module – Allows the user to manage benefit-related tasks such as covering medical and welfare benefits. This feature allows the user to define new benefits‚ by type‚ provider and several other areas. The benefits can also be assigned to employees in different ways.

• Recruitment module – This feature produces a solution to the time consuming and laborious recruitment process. This module includes, posting job vacancies, approval of vacancies‚ capturing candidate’s information‚ short-listing‚ attaching resumes and many more tasks related to recruitment.

• Performance module – A detailed analysis of the time spent by each employee on different projects or tasks can be retrieved using this module. This is a great tool aiding employees to keep track of their performance and reach work targets.

• Reports module – This feature allows the user to produce customized reports depending on the user requirements. Any number of reports can be defined by selecting from a range of search criteria and report fields.

OrangeHRM Live

OrangeHRM is also available as a hosted version namely, OrangeHRM Live. It uses a cloud-based data hosting system built on a proven LAMP architecture. OrangeHRM Live consists of many add-ons and advanced modules, giving a flexible and productive system to HR Personnel. OrangeHRM Live is hosted on a highly secured server, Rackspace (SaS70 certified server), thus ensuring higher performance and highly secured data storage. The application can be deployed in minutes and it does not require any installation, IT staff, or an IT infrastructure. OrangeHRM Live is hosted and maintained with timely upgrades and it is accessible at anytime from any part of the world. Companies using OrangeHRM Live are at the ease of following payment plans such as pay as you go and pay per user.

Add-ons

If the user is not satisfied with the features present in the current application, OrangeHRM provides add-ons, which are readily available features such as:

• Theme change
• LDAP
• Expense tracker
• Time-sheet
• Report CSV extractor
• Leave calendar
• Notifications
• Leave details CSV extractor
• Recruitment details CSV extractor

Customizations

The user is also given the privilege of requesting for customizations in the application, to suit the requirements of the company by contacting the professional services team of OrangeHRM. Moreover, the user is offered support/maintenance plans such as silver, gold and platinum, where each plan offers a variety of privileges.

OrangeHRM Training

OrangeHRM Online/Onsite training is conducted by professional lecturers, to enrich individuals with up-to-date HR Management techniques and greater knowledge on the application which benefits the user as well as the organization. OrangeHRM Online training is conducted via Cisco’s Webex, which allows small training groups to participate from any location. OrangeHRM On-site training is where OrangeHRM certified trainers will conduct training sessions at any location upon request. This training targets large groups of trainees. Individuals who successfully complete the training session and sit for the examination will be awarded a certificate of OrangeHRM Certified Administrator.

Partners

OrangeHRM offers partnerships to those who are capable of providing support and customizations to OrangeHRM customers, provided that the requirements are met. OrangeHRM partnerships program comprises Gold, Silver and Bronze partnerships which treats partners with many benefits. The company has privileged partners from all over the world namely:

• Ross - Canada
• VHC Advance - Thailand
• Identity Automation - USA
• ProcessMaker - USA
• SCsoft LLP - Singapore
• ODED Transformational Technologies - India
• K|P|K Ltd - Spain
• Factor Humano - Costa Rica
• Komunitas OrangeHRM - Indonesia
• Cirrus Computing - Canada

External links

• http://www.orangehrm.com - OrangeHRM home page
• http://www.orangehrmlive.com - OrangeHRM Hosted service
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/orangehrm - OrangeHRM Sourceforge Project Site
• http://www.orangehrm.com/blog - OrangeHRM Blog
• http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html - GNU General Public License (GPL)
• http://demolabo.com/orangehrm - Demos available in English, French, Spanish and portugues @ Demolabo.com