Exact and PCM Uitgevers sign contract

Publisher optimizes business processes with Exact e-Synergy

Delft, June 27, 2006 – Exact Holding N.V. (Exact) and PCM Uitgevers (PCM) have signed a contract to optimize the internal business processes of PCM. Some 3,900 e mployees will be structuring their daily work with Exact Software’s web-based information system Exact e-Synergy.

Initially, Exact e-Synergy will be deployed at PCM Uitgevers to optimize the primary administrative processes in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM). Some 3,600 staff members will be given access to an Employee Self-Service Portal, where they can access and process general and personal information in the field of Human Resource Management – such as salaries, holidays and reporting in sick.

A Management Self-Service Portal will be set up for the management, where there will be functions for authorizations, analyses and reports. Finally, PCM Uitgevers uses Exact e-Synergy for digital staff files, reports and as a medium for internal information provision. In the second phase, the company will start using functionalities for skills management and training.

PCM Uitgevers uses Exact e-Synergy in combination with a back-office system from Logica CMG. The financial and salary data stored in it will be made accessible for the whole organization with Exacte-Synergy via a secure Internet connection. Getronics PinkRoccade will be hosting the information system.

Head of Social Affairs Peter Stadhouders is absolutely convinced of the value of Exact e-Synergy for his organization: “The arrival of Exact e-Synergy signifies the next important step in the automation of PCM. In combination with our Logica CMG salary system, Exact e-Synergy offers process standardization, insight and control.  Managers everywhere always have access to current reports; staff members can manage their own files, request days off themselves and have online access to their salary details. This way Exact e-Synergy will reduce the work load in several areas and achieve costs savings.”

Rajesh Patel, CEO of Exact Software: “PCM Uitgevers is a prominent company in the Dutch Enterprise market, with an enormous demand for information and complex operating processes. This contract with PCM demonstrates the ability of Exact to also service the higher end of the Dutch market.”

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PCM Uitgevers is a leading publisher in the Dutch language field of media in a wide field of news, background, art, culture, economics, science, health-care, education and leisure activities. The media package includes national newspapers, house-to-house magazines, radio, general, educational and health-care books, target-group periodicals, professional and electronic information. PCM Uitgevers employ about 2,900 people.  

Established in 1984, Exact Software is one of the world’s leading providers of business software solutions. Its integrated solutions comprise traditional Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as well as related software solutions such as Human Resource Management (HRM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Project Management and Electronic Workflow.