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Human Resource Management
(HRM) specialist Vizual Business Tools was established in 1996 and develops Human Resources
(HR) software solutions for all business sectors across all company sizes, aimed at reducing the traditional administration associated with HR processes. Vizual sells direct and through a network of partners worldwide.
Vizual employs 160 members of staff in offices in Beckenham
, Greater London, England (sales, consulting and administration), Weston-Super-Mare
, North Somerset
, (development and support), and Chennai
, India
(product development, support and consulting).
, a relational database management system currently published by Corel Corporation.
In 2003, Vizual Management Solutions Ltd was established. They supply CaptureIT Time and Attendance which was an employee attendance monitoring system.
In 2005, following market research, Vizual began to develop new software targeting Microsoft's .NET
platform. The web based enterprise level product was marketed with the product name HR.net. In June 2009 this product was renamed HR.net Enterprise.
In February 2010 Vizual was acquired by Automatic Data Processing
. The Beckenham Head Office was closed in December 2010.
HR.net Professional aims to bring Employee Self-Service HRMS within reach to many companies by ease of set up.
HR.net Express offers remote web access and trigger based processes for the SME business sector.
HR.net Lite is a HR solution aimed at smaller or start-up businesses and is offered free of charge for a fully functioning version that is not time limited.
CaptureIT is a Time and Attendance System supplied by Vizual Management Solutions Ltd and includes PC based software & clocking in terminals.
Human resource management
Human Resource Management is the management of an organization's employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill, effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of...
(HRM) specialist Vizual Business Tools was established in 1996 and develops Human Resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
(HR) software solutions for all business sectors across all company sizes, aimed at reducing the traditional administration associated with HR processes. Vizual sells direct and through a network of partners worldwide.
Vizual employs 160 members of staff in offices in Beckenham
Beckenham
Beckenham is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located 8.4 miles south east of Charing Cross and 1.75 miles west of Bromley town...
, Greater London, England (sales, consulting and administration), Weston-Super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which is within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury...
, North Somerset
North Somerset
North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare....
, (development and support), and Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
(product development, support and consulting).
History
Between 1996 and 2009 Vizual supplied Personnel Manager and Personnel Director, which were Windows-based client-server applications. These products have one of the largest customers bases in the HR software market with over 20,000 copies shipped worldwide. The underlying database was ParadoxParadox
Similar to Circular reasoning, A paradox is a seemingly true statement or group of statements that lead to a contradiction or a situation which seems to defy logic or intuition...
, a relational database management system currently published by Corel Corporation.
In 2003, Vizual Management Solutions Ltd was established. They supply CaptureIT Time and Attendance which was an employee attendance monitoring system.
In 2005, following market research, Vizual began to develop new software targeting Microsoft's .NET
.NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...
platform. The web based enterprise level product was marketed with the product name HR.net. In June 2009 this product was renamed HR.net Enterprise.
In February 2010 Vizual was acquired by Automatic Data Processing
Automatic Data Processing
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. with about $10 billion in revenues and approximately 545,000 clients, is a provider of business outsourcing solutions. ADP offers a range of human resource, payroll, tax and benefits administration solutions...
. The Beckenham Head Office was closed in December 2010.
Products
HR.net Enterprise has been designed for larger organisations or companies with complex HR requirements. HR.net Enterprise now has nearly 300 customers worldwide. It is supplied with a graphical workflow tool which is intended to reduce the need to be dependent on external consultants for configuration issues.HR.net Professional aims to bring Employee Self-Service HRMS within reach to many companies by ease of set up.
HR.net Express offers remote web access and trigger based processes for the SME business sector.
HR.net Lite is a HR solution aimed at smaller or start-up businesses and is offered free of charge for a fully functioning version that is not time limited.
CaptureIT is a Time and Attendance System supplied by Vizual Management Solutions Ltd and includes PC based software & clocking in terminals.