Award of Contracts

 

TIDMMNS 
 
RNS Number : 2337O 
Manpower Software PLC 
03 March 2009 
 
3 March 2009 
 
 
MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC ("the Company") 
 
FIFTEEN MAPS HEALTHROSTER CONTRACTS AWARDED 
 
 
Manpower Software plc, (AIM: MNS) the leading provider of workforce optimisation 
solutions, announces an increase in NHS Trust customers in its third quarter 
ended 28 February 2009. Fifteen NHS Trusts have awarded new contracts for the 
purchase of MAPS Healthroster, the electronic rostering solution. 
 
 
In the current financial year, 1 June 2008 to 31 May 2009, 36 NHS Trusts have 
signed contracts for MAPS Healthroster, which has now been selected by 74 NHS 
Trusts in total. This total compares with 31 Trusts this time last year.  MAPS 
Healthroster has also been selected by three private healthcare organisations, 
of which two are overseas. 
 
 
The fifteen UK NHS Trusts which have awarded contracts to the Company in the 
third quarter are: 
 
 
  *  Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 
  *  East London NHS Foundation Trust 
  *  Kent and Medway Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust 
  *  Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust 
  *  North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 
  *  Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
  *  North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 
  *  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 
  *  Papworth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
  *  Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust 
  *  Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust 
  *  Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust 
  *  Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 
  *  South West Essex Primary Care Trust 
  *  York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
 
 
 
Key to choosing MAPS Healthroster is its ability to provide a better 
understanding of demand versus supply of clinical staff, how this is balanced 
against efficient use of budgets and how it helps reduce the administrative 
burden for HR, clinical and payroll staff. 
 
 
Commenting, Ian Bowles, Chief Executive Officer said: 
 
 
"Our commitment to the NHS and the broader healthcare sector continues to create 
confidence, both at Executive level and throughout our customers' organisations, 
that our approach to clinical electronic rostering delivers very significant 
benefits. Our applications generate significant return on investment by reducing 
costs, releasing time to care and thereby helping to improve patient outcomes. 
 
 
"In the healthcare sector we have had an outstanding third quarter, signing 
fifteen new contracts, including our first contract to supply and integrate 
Biometric Time and Attendance devices and our first agreement to provide a fully 
hosted electronic rostering solution working over N3, the NHS compliant network 
protocol. I am particularly pleased with evidence of the continuing demand for 
our products within the NHS and private healthcare markets, demonstrated by our 
recent successes with Sunway Medical Centre (Malaysia) and Boston University 
Radiology Associates (USA). We will continue to grow revenues in the global 
healthcare sector over the coming years as our domain expertise and experience 
is recognised by more healthcare organisations. Our strategic partnerships with 
PwC & ACS Healthcare Solutions mean our growing healthcare customer base can 
access additional services and complimentary solutions. I am confident that we 
will continue to deliver significant benefits and innovation in this very 
important market sector as we progress through the rest of this fiscal year and 
into next." 
 
 
Enquiries: 
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 
| Manpower Software                              | Tel: [phone]   | 
| Ian Bowles - Chief Executive Officer           | 9500                   | 
| Simon Thorne - Chief Financial Officer         |                        | 
|                                                |                        | 
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 
| Numis Securities                               | Tel: [phone]   | 
| Nominated adviser - Michael Meade / Brent      | 1000                   | 
| Nabbs                                          |                        | 
| Corporate Broking - James Black                |                        | 
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 
|                                                |                        | 
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 
| Hansard Group                                  | Tel: [phone]   | 
| Justine James                                  | 1100                   | 
| John Bick                                      | Tel: [phone]      | 
|                                                | 324431                 | 
|                                                | Tel: [phone]      | 
|                                                | 061007                 | 
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 
 
 
Notes to editors 
 
 
Manpower Software plc is the leading workforce optimisation software 
applications provider for global organisations with large, multi-skilled 
workforces. With over 18 years' experience, they ensure customers can match 
operational demands with workforce supply. Using MAPS, Manpower Software's 
workforce optimisation application, organisations can deploy the right people 
with the right skills, to the right place, at the right time. Founded in 1991, 
Manpower Software plc is a British public company listed on the UK AIM stock 
market. 
 
 
Workforce optimisation specialists 
Recognising that an organisation's most 
valuable resource is its own people, Manpower Software has enabled over 300 
customers globally to take control of their workforce optimisation.  Whether 
planning their workforce supply in future months, scheduling their workforce 
over the coming weeks to match demand, or immediately managing change, these 
organisations can now optimise the most appropriate people, teams and equipment 
to meet their operational requirements. 
 
 
Today, more than 1,000,000 people are deployed globally using MAPS from Manpower 
Software - a testament to the power and flexibility of their organisation 
planning and workforce scheduling tools. 
 
 
Industry expertise 
Realising customers face challenges specific to their 
industry, Manpower Software develops solutions dedicated to world-wide 
organisations with large, multi-skilled workforces for the following five key 
sectors: 
 
 
  *  Healthcare 
  *  Defence 
  *  Maritime 
  *  Construction and Engineering 
  *  Local Government and Education 
 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
   END 
 
 CNTBXGDXUSGGGCX