Manpower Software Share Discussion Threads

[diogenesj] 01/3/2007 20:48

It looks like it: it is very unusual for an investment management group like Herald to buy 28%, surely? But it still doesn't seem very likely. Does Herald have any record of taking over entire companies?

[cootuk] 01/3/2007 14:29

Does it look like Herald might be building up to the magic 30% and a full bid?

[diogenesj] 27/2/2007 08:55

Hmm, usual suspects breaking cover here, I see. :-)

[kneath] 27/2/2007 08:44

Hi guys - Nice looking stock. In this morning!

[njp] 27/2/2007 08:23

rob

That's an excellent signing! Contracts seem to be falling into their lap left, right and centre. And given those reporting savings on the NHS contracts, you'd have thought it'd be a government order for the system to be rolled out right through the NHS.

[cockneyrebel] 27/2/2007 08:16

Breaking out to all time highs - extremely bullish indicator.

CR

[robward] 26/2/2007 16:11

Another Contract

Leighton Contractors to transform resource management with MAPS Workforce Planning
Manpower Software is pleased to announce that Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd of Sydney NSW has ordered its MAPS Workforce Planning system to control resource management and workforce planning for its 3000 staff at offices and on sites throughout Australia.

Leighton Contractors is one of Australia's major and best known construction and engineering contractors and has successfully delivered civil, building telecommunications, resource, transport and social infrastructure projects throughout Australia since its foundation in 1949. It is part of the Leighton Holding group of companies, which employs 25,000 people throughout Australia and Asia and is Australia's largest project development and contracting group,

Clive Jecks, Manpower Software's director Asia-Pacific, comments:
'Leighton Contractors' order for MAPS is a landmark in the development of Manpower Software. Not only is it the first order for MAPS from the construction and engineering sector, but it reinforces our position as the premier provider of workforce planning systems in Australia, following the recent order placed by the Royal Australian Navy for MAPS Naval Crew Manning.
We intend to build on a successful implementation at Leighton Contractors to establish Manpower Software as the worldwide leader in workforce planning for construction and engineering, just as we already are in the defence, shipping and healthcare sectors.'

MAPS Workforce Planning ensures that right staff with the right skills are available to deliver current and future projects, enabing effective deployment of staff to projects
and providing visibility of future load to ensure the workforce reflects these goals. It addresses every area of construction and engineering workforce planning, including project resource planning and optimisation, forward load visibility and training and recruitment needs analysis.

I can understand why the share price has been so strong !!

Regards

Rob

[njp] 24/2/2007 09:29

Think you'll find that those 5 are amongst the 6 announced on the MNS website as signed up in December.

[marketingguru] 24/2/2007 08:52

Latest Press Release announces 5 NHS Trust contract wins

[rhcm] 23/2/2007 14:19

Rob - Thks re the charts

[marketingguru] 23/2/2007 13:54

Take a look at their web-site - with six new wins in the NHS (three in London alone) and a big defence deal closed in the past 3 months, plus the HCA International contract, I think I might sell the 2 rental properties I have and pile in to their underpriced shares !!!

[njp] 23/2/2007 13:25

Thanks Rob.

[robward] 23/2/2007 11:33

Hi Guys
Yep at last I worked out what you mean re the edit button. I am not to hot on computers but we now have graphs !!!

Regards

Rob

[louse] 23/2/2007 09:17

Rob

sounds like you have bought back in. If so best of luck (for the next few years). Seemed to move up as soon as you sold last time so hope you aren't a jinxed investor.

[njp] 23/2/2007 09:04

Rob

Any chance of adding charts to the header as rhcm has suggested?

[robward] 23/2/2007 08:48

Morning Marketing Guru
I am impressed by your work ethic !!!
Your link is very interesting and would explain the announcement of 18th December.......'Philip Morgan, responsible for the Cruise and Maritime operations of the Group,
has agreed to spearhead the marketing of our healthcare products within the US
market. As a result, he is now unable to devote sufficient of his time to Board
activities and has not therefore offered himself for re-election as a member of
the Board. The Board wishes to express its sincere gratitude to Mr Morgan for
his valuable contribution as a Director of the Company since he first joined the
Board in February 2000.

As regular readers of this thread will know i have always been impressed by the massive potential of this business...606 NHS Trusts...and now with have the US on the radar.....Hospital Corporation of America, based in Nashville,
Tennessee, is the leading US provider of healthcare services, composed of
locally managed facilities that include approximately 182 hospitals and 94
outpatient surgery centers in 22 states, England and Switzerland. At its
founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital
companies.

I have been a fustrated long term holder but it looks at last as though Manpower are starting to deliver.

Regards

Rob Ward

[marketingguru] 23/2/2007 05:15

Interesting Press Release today appears that they have now moved into the Private Healthcare sector with a contract win with HCA International in London - wonder if they have won US side as well.

[rhcm] 22/2/2007 20:15

Robward
To add charts click on edit and tick all the boxes. ( I hope this works as I've taken it from a MT Glass comment on another thread). Would you kindly try this as I do miss not having any charts on this thread.

[cockneyrebel] 21/2/2007 14:45

moving up om L2 too - 1v1 now

CR

[cockneyrebel] 21/2/2007 14:44

100K protected buy - must be a buy as 100K sell would have the stock down imo.

Our director havingsome more perhaps?

CR

[rhcm] 21/2/2007 14:25

Would anyone who has the knowledge about displaying charts please share it as this thread could do with a daily and six month chart.
Many thanks.

[kneath] 21/2/2007 12:07

Thanks NJP - coincidentally, it was the director buying thatvbrought them to my attention. It's then nice to see one's vibe supported to some degree by those invested in other positive stocks. Thanks for your input. I'll keep watching for the mo!

[njp] 21/2/2007 07:58

Kneath

I'm not invested, but came across this having spotted the director buys.

Most impressive is the potential within the NHS for their nurses & midwives rostering software, for which trusts who are using the software have made extraordinary claims regarding the savings on offer - see past posts on this thread and the website.

Latest broker numbers are Shore's in Dec 06, which target 1.5p in 2007 and 2.3p in 2008. The 2007 target eps looks far too low in light of the interim (to Nov) eps 0f 1.32p announced in Feb. I'm surprised at Shore's 2007 number, because this came after the company had indicated that they were trading above expectations. I'd be expecting 2.5p to 3p for the year to May in view of the interims just announced.

As to 2008, they've recently announced other NHS wins and, given the claims as to savings, one would think that the trusts would be beating a path to MNS' door. I guess you'd want to be looking for in excess of 4p eps if growth is going well but I don't have enough of a handle on the business and what price the software goes for to make any confident predictions. 3p may indeed be far too much to expect for 2007, which would then make 4p+ for 2008 optimistic.

They have a little cash and are debt free, so room for some borrowings to fund growth.

Old forecast eps in a higher range than current. Do they have a history of disappointing?

Still need to do more research, I'm afraid, but on the monitor. I'm inclined to wait for updated broker numbers before committing here. After all, if they look like beating Shore's December targets as significantly as I've indicated above, that note of theirs has got to be updated.

One not insignificant positive remains, though. Significant director buying not far below current price.

[kneath] 20/2/2007 15:21

NJP - nice to see the likes of your good self and CR on this BB. Just come across my radar and looks like a good long-term stock. Any upside (or downside) on the near horizon that I should be aware of? I will of course DMOR.