Allocate Software is the leading workforce optimisation software applications provider for global organisations with large, multi-skilled workforces. With over 2 decades of experience, they ensure customers can match operational demands with workforce supply. Using MAPS, Allocate Software’s workforce optimisation application, organisations can deploy the right people with the right skills, to the right place, at the right time. Founded in 1991, Allocate Software plc is a British public company listed on the UK AIM stock market.

Working with customers to optimise their workforce, Allocate Software’s industry-leading MAPS software platform is a powerful and proven technology. As an enterprise-level platform, it has been designed to meet the demands of organisations with large, multi-skilled workforces. The MAPS software platform is the enabling technology that today, has more than 1,000,000 people deployed globally.

As a constantly evolving software framework, with over 18 years investment in research and development, the platform is continually developed with Allocate Software’s customers in mind. This ensures MAPS is the leading workforce scheduling software platform for each industry that it is tailored to.

Key Features of MAPS
The MAPS software platform provides its users with a number of key features and operational benefits:

• MAPS is unique in its ability to provide workforce optimisation over a period of time. The time-based nature of MAPS means that an organisation’s changing operational requirements can be matched by an up-to-date picture of workforce supply and demand.
• With time-based matching of an organisation’s workforce demand, against its workforce supply, MAPS accommodates simple, rapid, changes to organisational structure and requirements. Using a time-line gives users the ability to model future commitments, based on workforce supply and demand in the past and present.
• MAPS manages information about people and competencies, together with operational commitments and requirements; providing a single source of information to plan and meet organisational workforce demands.
• MAPS manages information about people and competencies, together with operational commitments and requirements; providing a single source of information to plan and meet organisational workforce demands.
• The powerful rules engine within MAPS takes into account specific workforce-related circumstances and criteria when posting individuals to assignments and events.
• MAPS provides views of information via multiple levels; enabling easy zoom in and out to the most appropriate view of the workforce resources and organisational demand over time. This gives the user an instant view of the impact of the changes.

Featuring a simple graphical user interface, MAPS presents a wide range of information on a single screen. Providing a rich user experience, it presents planners and analysts with a central tool to plan and view workforce resources, against commitments and demand.

MAPS has been developed to ensure organisations can configure the software suite around their existing business processes, terminology and branding.

The platform can be integrated easily with external systems, ensuring that workforce optimisation links seamlessly with the rest of the operation e.g. other departmental software applications such as human resources and payroll.

MAPS Platform Overview

Allocate Software’s Solution
To meet the challenges of workforce optimisation, Allocate Software has developed the industry-leading MAPS software suites. These provide organisations with the tools to manage large, multi-skilled workforces that are often based world-wide and have complex shift patterns.

Customers that use MAPS are able to manage the complete capability of their workforce, allowing them to oversee:

• Workforce Management in the short term – managing changes to supply and demand by rescheduling and replanning.
• Workforce Scheduling in the medium term – matching competencies, skill mixes and knowledge to the demands of the posts.
• Workforce Planning in the long term – recruiting, developing, training and educating to ensure the workforce supply is sustained over a managed career progression, against the financial constraints of the organisation.
• Workforce Analysis in the short, medium and long term - analysing historical and real-time data for the purpose of optimising the most efficient and effective use of the workforce and planning ahead.

Throughout each stage, MAPS users balance the demands of resource requirements with the supply of people, teams and equipment. Through a single software application, the organisation can create an optimised workforce to match their continuously changing operational demands.

Industries

Defence - Used by the British Army, NATO, The Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Navy, the MAPS Defence Suite is designed to deal with the complex military demands of force modelling, force planning, force preparation and force generation. Click here for more information.

Healthcare - Designed in partnership with the NHS, the MAPS Health Suite provides a complete workforce planning solution, helping hospitals and trusts in both the public and private sectors achieve a balanced approach to the clinical needs of the ward. Click here for more information.

Maritime & Offshore Engineering - Through working alongside many of the world’s foremost maritime organisations in shipping, offshore engineering and cruise and ferry to deliver crew management software, Allocate Software is an industry leader for maritime workforce optimisation solutions. Click here for more information.

Construction - Working closely with constructions and engineering organisations, the MAPS Software Suite provides a total workforce management solution. Enabling effective deployment of staff to projects and providing visibility of future load, Allocate Software helps construction and engineering customers meet their goals. Click here for more information.

Terry Osborne (Executive Chairman)

Terry joined as the Company's Chairman in October 2005. He enjoyed a distinguished career with IBM over the period 1961 to 1987, where he held Vice President positions in Europe and the USA. He was also a director of IBM UK. In 1987, he founded SSA Ltd, a technology company, and was President of SSA Inc for the period 1994 to 1996. From 1998 to 2005 he was a Special Advisor to private equity firm General Atlantic Partners LLC. Mr Osborne has served on the Boards of several technology companies in both the USA and Europe, including Chairman of Dr Solomon's Group plc, Prime Response Inc and Eyretel plc. He was also a director of Mapics Inc, Dendrite International Inc and Witness Inc.

Ian Bowles (Chief Executive Officer)

Ian Bowles became Chief Executive in May 2007. Previously he was Chief Operating Officer at Clearswift Limited, a leading e-mail content security company, where he was responsible for World Wide Operations including sales and marketing in the UK, Europe, USA, Japan and Asia Pacific, as well as the Company's Professional Services, Customer Support and World Wide IT Infrastructure. Prior to this he held senior positions at Interwoven Inc as Vice President EMEA, Chordiant Inc as Vice President International and Oracle UK as General Manager. Ian is also currently on the Advisory Board of Critical Eye http://criticaleye.net/

Chris Gale (Chief Financial Officer)

Chris joined the Board of Directors and Allocate Software as CFO on 15th February 2010. Chris has held senior financial roles in international public companies within the IT industry including: Apple Inc (in USA & European HQ), Cooper and Chyan Technology Inc (USA), Cadence Design Systems (USA & Europe), Interwoven and Clearswift (UK). In his most recent corporate role, Chris was CFO and acting CEO of GFI, a global software and hosted solutions company.

Allen Swann (Business Development Director)

Allen joined the company in 2006 whilst acting as Interim Sales Director. Since May 2007, he has focused on building a substantial presence in the UK Healthcare market. Allen is also Non Executive Chairman of the Board of CopperEye Ltd, a privately funded UK software company majoring in the telco marketplace, and a Non Executive Director of Chordiant Software Inc, a US based software company. Prior to these appointments he served as International President for Chordiant Software Inc, International President of Prime Response Inc and was a founder member of Oracle UK, where he served as Sales Director both direct and non-direct for 12 years.

Richard King (Non Executive Director)

Richard joined as a Non-Executive Director in January 2011 following his retirement, after 35 years, from Ernst and Young where he was promoted as one of the youngest partners in the UK and led a variety of change initiatives as well as advising other fast growth businesses. Prior to his retirement he was the Senior Advisory partner providing advice and coordinating services to major clients such as Rank Group plc , Easyjet plc, First Group plc, and Marshall Group Plc and actively led the execution of the D & I strategy. Richard has been Chair of the Willow Foundation since 2009 and recently joined CSF Group plc and Corac Group plc.

Ian Lang (Non-Executive Director)*

Ian joined as a Non-Executive Director in August 1998. He is a graduate in mathematics from Cambridge University. He has held senior roles in ICI in sales, marketing, logistics and corporate planning including portfolio management, risk assessment, acquisition and divestment. As General Manager of Information Systems for Zeneca Agrochemicals he was responsible for the re-engineering of the global supply chain using SAP and Oracle software. He has provided high level business consultancy to BP, Pfizer and Mercedes-Benz.

Andrew Pringle (Non-Executive Director)*

Andrew joined as a Non-Executive Director in March 2004. Previously, he was Chief of Staff at the UK's Permanent Joint Headquarters ('PJHQ'), responsible for the direction of all UK military operations jointly carried out by the three armed services (Army, Navy, Air Force). He retired in 2001 with the rank of Major General. Previously, Andrew had been commissioned into The Royal Green Jackets and commanded military operations at every level from Platoon to Division, both for the UK Army and for multi-national forces overseas. Andrew has served in the Ministry of Defence, the Assessments Staff of the Joint Intelligence Committee, and, while at PJHQ, three years at the heart of the planning and conduct of UK operations worldwide, including Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Iraq, East Timor and Sierra Leone.

Mark Loveland (Non-Executive Director)*

Mark joined as a Non-Executive Director in April 2005. He is a graduate in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and has had considerable experience in the support and development of technology companies. He has held positions within Rowe & Pitman and SG Warburg, including Head of UK Technology Research and Deputy Chairman of the Small and Mid-Cap Group, at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson where he was Head of European Technology Research, and at JP Morgan Investment Bank as Head of European IT Equity Research and Head of European Technology Strategy.

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