Workplace Systems Share Discussion Threads

[arty] 23/7/2010 21:03

Aaagh - but of course !!!!!??????

[firth] 23/7/2010 17:47

Richard Hughes is riding Coiled Spring in the 8-10 at Salisbury,and Mudbath headed his posting Coiled Spring Alert!!!! Tells me I am too busy to look at the races.Does not look like it to me Mudbath. Its been some week for share holders in Stylo,and Workplace.

[arty] 23/7/2010 16:27

"Oooh Matron"! There she blows....200,000 @ 8.5p so I was only out by 0.25p.(o8

[arty] 23/7/2010 13:57

Are they after your shares again this morning then mud ??
"Wonder if Richard Hughes will be on in the Salisbury 8.10(tomorrow)" - sorry I don't understand this reference you'll have to expand a little (it's been a long week).

[mudbath] 23/7/2010 13:48

Danger!!
COILED SPRING ALERT !!
Wonder if Richard Hughes will be on in the Salisbury 8.10(tomorrow)
8.25 pence ARTY ??
Yours must be a very small spring!!
Mine meanwhile is heading for 10 pence ++.
Mud.

[arty] 12/7/2010 14:18

Ooohh err - another sell? and the price goes up again....funny old share innit (o8

Just a hunch mind, but my guess is the next big one will go through at 8.25p

[arty] 12/7/2010 09:14

Mud, Doubt it cos they'd have surely dropped the price thereafter. My "guess" is they worked those trades over many days last week during which time the price moved up.(no big deal either way)

[mudbath] 12/7/2010 08:59

Or possibly Liontrust reducing their holding yet again.
19,338,919 held in April 2009,down to a last sighting of 15,755,515.

[arty] 12/7/2010 08:05

I think we can safely say that those largish trades at close on Friday were buys based upon the fact that the online limits are still unchanged 2500 max buy,500000 max sell (idealing)

[mudbath] 10/7/2010 12:55

Keep up the excellent work James and you might well replace Joe Gollner as my hero.
"Vision,Ambition,Courage,Creativity and Overall Influence."
Must suggest to my children that they remodel their CVs to more reflect these admirable qualities.

[arty] 10/7/2010 08:34

Further evidence to verify the Walmart connection.Janes Freshwater runs the WSI Chicago operation, and look what he has included on his Linkedin CV.
Walmart have clearly been very impressed with James and the WSI team during their rollout of Workplace Online, without precedent!!!
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HITEC 2010 Vendor network
James Freshwater's Honors:
The Walmart Pioneer Award - December 9th 2009.
In Recognition of Ground Breaking Leadership (For Vision, Ambition, Courage, Creativity and Overall Influence to the success of the Health & Wellness Scheduling Rollout).
Never before awarded to a non-Walmart associate.

[mudbath] 09/7/2010 16:40

Thanks ARTY.
Amazing how,once again,the research note clarifies what was an opaque WSI statement.
SO THEIR TIER 1 CLIENT IS WAL-MART !!!!!(Pharmacy Division)
"In a very short space of time WorkPlace OnLine has secured the bluest of blue chip customers and looks poised to sign further major customers over coming months."
Peculiar that IS Research did not seem to pick up on the WSI partnership with Infor through which the Task Management module is to be marketed.
Nor was their much detail on the timescale for Ian Lenagan to downsize his holding.Presumably WSI will commence promoting their undoubted stellar prospects with a view to getting a rerating underway before he sells any part of his 47%.
Looks as though that 50% part of my coiled spring will manifest itself sooner rather than later.
Mud.

[arty] 09/7/2010 14:54

Just a little snippet as a taster. "Investors early into the stock stand to reap substantial rewards"....that'll be us in general and muddy in particular then !!! (o8

"In addition to these trading related catalysts, we also believe that an increase in the free float would have a positive impact on the share price. Greater institutional representation on the shareholder register resulting from a partial sell down of a founder stake (currently 50%) could generate substantial momentum, in our view.
In conclusion, investor confidence that Workplace is transforming from a low growth enterprise software vendor into a high growth SaaS play has the potential to generate a significant re-rating. Consequently, investors early into the stock stand to reap substantial rewards but, with this new phase of development for Workplace still in its formative stages, risks are also relatively high at this stage".

[arty] 09/7/2010 14:16

Get your teeth into this then mudbath, hot off the press. Amazingly it's hidden away on their website under Investor Relations, additional non AIM s26 info, together with other useful coverage.

Well worth a read when you have time as it clearly presents the story and provides a very compelling case to become a shareholder in the company.

[arty] 09/7/2010 13:33

Price - Currently have to pay full offer, where as a premium of 0.25p above bid is available for online trades up to 50,000 shares.....no wonder the price keeps moving up on miniscule trades.

Anyone else coming along to the AGM on 4/8/10 ? Sadly, I can confirm there will no presentation to investors, but I am assured there will be ample opportunity to ask all the questions you want.For those folk who have never attended an AGM (for any company) they are "generally" well worthwhile.

[mudbath] 08/7/2010 09:48

Thanks ARTY.
Are you sure that's not a Sunday ??

[arty] 08/7/2010 09:37

AGM will be held on 4/8/10 10am at the MILTON KEYNES office for anyone interested, I'll be going if they are planning to give a presentation to investors.

[arty] 07/7/2010 21:00

I'm pretty sure it was that mudbath fella. ;o)

[battlebus] 07/7/2010 18:49

Yes Arty a sharp turnaround and 10p beckons not 5p that someone mentioned. Who was that idiot?

[arty] 07/7/2010 14:57

Hello !!! It's going up by levitation now, we don't even need to buy the shares.lol

Online limits still set at a mere 2500 to buy, and 50,000 maximum sell.

Splendid.

[battlebus] 07/7/2010 14:13

Come on you beast!

[arty] 07/7/2010 12:27

"Awww shucks it was nuthin"!

Doesn't take much to move the price up at the moment. (o8

[mudbath] 06/7/2010 21:31

Interesting,interesting.
We will know on Thursday.
Mrs Mud says,"Well done ARTY."

[arty] 06/7/2010 18:00

A bit of background on our Wal-Mart friend from Linkedin.

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Mike Peerson's Summary
Mike is responsible for Workforce Strategy and Innovation for Walmart's Health & Wellness team. He is developing, implementing, and executing strategies to streamline processes and improve overall customer experience by utilizing workforce management technology, business forecasting, workload demand generation and ideal customer driven scheduling, all while improving the attractiveness of the workforce roles by design.

Mike served as the Senior Director of Talent Acquisitions for Walmart Stores U.S. in 2008/09. He was responsible for leading all recruitment efforts for Walmart Stores Corporate Offices and Field Operations, including Health & Wellness, Human Resources, Merchandising, Marketing, Real Estate, Financial Services, and more. His responsibilities included Military, Diversity, Professional Association and Campus Relations efforts, as well.

Mike served for two years as the Director of Talent Services & Campus Relations for Walmart's Health and Wellness Group, responsible for all recruitment operations for Pharmacy/Optometry, employment marketing/branding, workforce planning, campus and professional association relations.

In over 20 years of employment with Walmart, Mike performed in the roles of Staff Pharmacist, Assistant Pharmacy Manager, and Pharmacy Manager while practicing pharmacy in East Texas. After 7 years of practice, he was promoted to Pharmacy District Manager and led operations for Walmart in Washington and Alaska. In 18 short months, Mike was promoted to Pharmacy Regional Manager where he served for 9 years leading multiple regions primarily in the western and southern portions of the U.S. In 2006, he was promoted to National Director for Talent Services - Health & Wellness and in July of 2008 was asked to lead all of Talent Acquisitions for Walmart U.S.

Professional Goals: To serve in a business critical capacity necessitating innovative and visionary talents with high accountability for delivering results.

Mike Peerson's Specialties:
- Leading Teams
- Retail Operations
- Pharmacy Operations
- Talent Acquisitions and Workforce Planning
- Public Speaking
- Pharmacy Education
- Pharmacy Practice
- Campus Relations and Campus Recruiting


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Mike Peerson's Experience
Senior Director, Health & Wellness Operations
Wal-Mart
(Public Company; WMT; Retail industry)

May 2009 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Mike was recently asked to rejoin his colleagues in Health & Wellness Operations to lead workforce strategy and innovations initiatives.

[arty] 06/7/2010 17:48

Let's hope that the final confirmation of Wal-Mart being the large client as evidenced by their director speaking at the Chicago office opening will create a halo effect and influence other very large organisations to sign up with WSI.In my business experience the actions and decisions taken by market leaders always has a strong influence on their smaller competitors.It works on the basis that "they're the big boys therefore they MUST know what's best". That was certainly the case in the oil industry anyhow.

But of course in this particular case that is a perfectly correct assertion. (o8