Leading Wholesaler Streamlines Employee Time and Labor Management with UltiPro®

WESTON, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI), a leading provider of end-to-end strategic
human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, today announced that
BWI Companies, a leading supplier of garden, nursery, turf, landscape, and
agricultural supplies, is adding value across its organization by using UltiPro
Workplace. BWI selected UltiPro Workplace in 2008 for comprehensive human
capital management (HCM), including HR, payroll, benefits, recruitment,
performance management, and time management. In addition to numerous HCM
benefits throughout the organization, one of the key areas where BWI is seeing
significant improvements is employee time and labor management.

Prior to deploying UltiPro Workplace in January 2009, BWI had used traditional,
stand-alone time clocks to collect employee attendance information, which was
passed from manager to administrator to the accounting department before being
manually entered into the company`s payroll service bureau system. The lack of
automation hindered administrative operations, and the reliance on paper files
and manual data entry had become increasingly burdensome as the company grew.

With UltiPro`s feature-set for time management, BWI is expediting and refining
its time and labor processes, minimizing errors, and enhancing the visibility
into time and attendance information for its HR and accounting teams,
supervisors, and employees.

"We are seeing an incredible difference in our efficiencies with UltiPro," said
Steve Collier, director of HR for BWI. "Previously, our processes were tedious
and labor-intensive. For example, with UltiPro for time management, employees
clock in, managers review and approve the time, and it`s ready for payroll-all
using the Web. Now the process is automated and streamlined, and it doesn`t
require someone to check for problems and then correct them on the next payroll
or issue manual checks. UltiPro is giving our line management more control and
accountability, and our HR and accounting teams have much more time to focus on
strategic programs rather than data input and error management."

Before UltiPro, BWI`s collection process for time and attendance was error-prone
because information was transferred from person to person and then manually
entered for payroll. Today, the company is benefiting from built-in business
rules that handle the company`s complex calculations for overtime, holiday pay,
and other paid time off (PTO)-and authorized employees and managers can view and
modify data to ensure it`s accurate before submitting it to payroll.

"With our previous methods, we wouldn`t know we had a problem until paychecks
were in hand. Then we had to either issue a manual check or correct it on our
next payroll. It was not the way to do business," said Collier. "With UltiPro,
our authorized employees and managers now have more accountability for their
time management, and payroll is right the first time. Everyone-employees,
managers, and our company-benefits."

With more than 600 employees in 15 states, BWI also needed the advantages of a
Web portal for its employees in order to enhance communication and information
delivery to its remote users and corporate office. By using UltiPro`s portal
with self-service, BWI employees can view current or past time sheets, request
PTO, and see accrued vacation; managers can view real-time attendance details,
approve time, and review PTO requests; and HR and accounting teams and company
executives can quickly and conveniently analyze labor metrics on the company as
a whole, for a department or business unit, or for a particular individual.

"For the first time, I have visibility into critical HR information, including
time and attendance, for our entire workforce. When an employee or manager calls
and has a question, I can log on and access everything I need without going to a
physical file. Our accounting group has access to the identical information,"
said Collier. "Most importantly, employees and managers have the same access,
which is limited to information on themselves or their work group. UltiPro`s
flexible tools for business intelligence are helping us tremendously by unifying
information that is accessible online and then slicing and dicing available data
for labor reporting. UltiPro is positively impacting everyone in our company."

"As part of UltiPro's unified human capital management functionality, our time
management feature can help organizations proactively prevent labor issues that
negatively affect business and employee performance, such as coverage gaps,
compliance issues, and budget overruns," said Chris Phenicie, vice president of
UltiPro Workplace at Ultimate Software. "We are pleased that BWI is taking full
advantage of UltiPro Workplace to create optimal benefits for its workforce."

About Ultimate Software

A leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent
management solutions, Ultimate markets its award-winning UltiPro products as
on-demand services through software-as-a-service (SaaS) and as on-premise
software. Based in Weston, FL, the Company employs more than 900 professionals
who are focused on developing the highest quality products and services. In
2008, Ultimate was the first HR/payroll SaaS provider to be audited and awarded
the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification for security management, was named the #1
"Best Product Development Team" in the nation by the American Business Awards,
and was ranked the #1 best medium-size company to work for in America by the
Great Place to Work Institute. Ultimate has more than 1,700 customers
representing diverse industries, including such organizations as The Container
Store, Elizabeth Arden, Major League Baseball, The New York Yankees Baseball
Team, Nintendo of America, Ruth`s Chris Steak House, and Sony Music
Entertainment. More information on Ultimate`s products and services can be found
at www.ultimatesoftware.com.

UltiPro and Intersourcing are registered trademarks of The Ultimate Software
Group, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective
owners.

Ultimate Software, Weston
Public Relations Contact: Darlene Marcroft, 954-331-7444
darlene_marcroft@ultimatesoftware.com
or
For Sales Information:
Ultimate Software, 800-432-1729
Web site: www.ultimatesoftware.com

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