United Kingdom-Birmingham: Enterprise resource planning software package

'The Airport has recognised that the current Rostering, Time and Attendance solutions currently in place are not suitable for on-going future needs. The current solutions are very labour intensive, performed inconsistently across the organisation and provide limited functionality particularly for resource forecasting, modelling and reporting. The Airport has identified an urgent need to improve rostering, time and attendance (RTA) within the Security Department and as a result the requirements reflect this; however the solution must be able to support RTA across the whole organisation. The Airport is therefore seeking to initially implement a solution to improve its approach to planning and managing resource within the Security Department, employing circa 250 employees, with a particular focus on management of the resources in the Central Search Area. The new solution will then be introduced into other departments, taking a phased approach, with the rest of the business. It should be noted that whilst the Time and Attendance element of the solution will be rolled out across the entire organisation in time, the Rostering aspect will only be utilised in operational areas where shift working is the norm. The new solution must perform the following high-level functions: Resource rostering and planning in alignment with predicted passenger throughput and required passenger throughput rates; Resource modelling and optimisation based on a number of business variables; Self Service functionality for managers and employees to view, create and update information relevant to Rostering and Time and Attendance; Time and Attendance management and reporting; Availability of accurate data and reports for decision-making, financial control and demonstration of regulatory and statutory compliance. The implementation plan is expected to focus on the Security department initially (circa 205 employees), with a view to rolling out the solution to the wider operational areas of up to a total of 500 employees. These departments include, but are not limited to: Bussing, Engineering, Control Centre, and Airfield Operations. In parallel to the system implementation, the Airport is looking to streamline its business processes and workforce planning and management. The company sees the procurement of the tool as the first step in this journey. The right tool and system needs to be able to highlight key areas where business changes would be required to achieve more efficient resource utilisation, and therefore be able to facilitate the bigger change process. The objective of the procurement phase of the project is to procure a solution to support the high-level business requirements outlined above. Specifically, the solution will need to be able to: Maximise workforce efficiency within the context of existing constraints; Have the ability to undertake scenario planning so that opportunities for improved efficiencies can be identified; Automation of existing manual pro