Date Posted: 6/7/2006
Sage Software Hits Home Run for Seattle Mariners With Fully Integrated HR and Payroll System
Sage Abra HRMS and Sage Compliance Services Solutions Efficiently Automate Mariners' Payroll and HR Management
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - May 30, 2006 - Sage Software announced today that the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball (MLB) team is saving time and money using fully integrated Sage Software human resource (HR) and payroll solutions. Consisting of award-winning Sage Abra HRMS on-premises software for HR and payroll management, and Sage Compliance Outsourcing Services (COS), for payroll tax compliance, the Sage Software double play efficiently automates payroll and HR management for the Mariners’ front office.
“Taking advantage of integrated Sage Software solutions not only helps us function efficiently as a payroll department without a large staff, but also saves us time and money,” said Ginger Oldham, payroll manager for the Mariners. “I am a payroll department of one, so it is important for us to have an outsourced payroll tax compliance service that integrates with our HRMS.”
The Seattle Mariners chose Hagel & Company, a Tacoma, Wash.-based Sage Software business partner concentrating on HR, payroll, timekeeping, fixed asset and recruiting management systems, to implement its Sage Abra HRMS solution, which consists of the Sage Abra HR and Sage Abra Payroll modules.
“We had very specific payroll requirements, because our payroll process is quite complicated,” said Oldham. “We had to consider many factors before implementing a new payroll system, such as our need to pay state taxes to each city where we play games.”
The Mariners’ employee count increases from approximately 300 employees during the off-season, to as many as 1,600 employees throughout baseball season. Using Abra Payroll, the Mariners can create special payroll runs, evaluate data, reconcile payrolls and quarter-ends with online analysis, generate cost accounting and labor distribution reports, secure sensitive payroll information, and prepare payroll taxes, and COS enables them to comply with complex federal and state tax regulations.
“Abra Payroll definitely saves us a lot of money on payroll processing,” said Oldham. “It also helps us keep everything straight, from minor league trades, to all the tax liabilities that go with being a professional sports team. I can’t imagine being without it.”
Abra HR helps the Mariners manage critical employee information. “Abra HR makes our lives easier,” said Oldham. “The software helps us track and prepare reports to ensure government compliance, as well as keep track of paid-time-off amounts, benefits, 401(k) deductions, and more.”
Available in multiple formats – as a full tax outsourcing offering, an application service provider (ASP), or as on-premises software Sage Compliance Services enables companies to automate payroll tax compliance issues, while minimizing exposure to penalties and reducing related IT needs. The Mariners take advantage of the fully outsourced offering, COS.
“Sage Compliance Outsourcing Services helps me manage payroll tax compliance for as many as 1,600 employees during baseball season,” said Oldham. “Our payroll is complex enough without the added complexities of tax filing. Compliance Outsourcing Services enables us to save money in interest, because the liabilities are impounded upon payment, not before pay day. And, when a payroll tax liability arises, Sage Software helps us resolve it without having to navigate the tricky waters of various entities.”
Abra Payroll was recently named to the 2006 list of “Top 100 Products” by the editors of Accounting Today magazine in the Payroll Software category, and Sage Software is listed second in Workforce Management’s annual list of Top HRMS Providers for 2006.
For additional information and pricing on Sage Abra HRMS solutions, please call 800-424-9392; or visit www.sageabra.com. For additional information about Sage Compliance Services offerings, including Sage EDP Payroll Tax, please call (800) 239-8895 or visit www.sagecomplianceservices.com.
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Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.6 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small to mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.0 million customers and employs over 10,500 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.
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