Human Resource & Payroll Management Blog

With the support and expertise of Dresser & Associates, Food Management Investors, Inc. (FMI) is proud to announce the success of their recently implemented HRMS system. FMI, which provides the back-office support for 28 restaurants across four states, experienced first hand why choosing the right HRMS system is just as important as choosing the right business partner. With more than 2,000 employees, FMI relied on spreadsheets and paper files to track the details of its employees’ job history, beneficiary, accrual, and benefit information and desperately demanded a full-service human resource management system and business partner that delivers of its promises.

FMI began the search two years ago, for an integrated HRMS, one that would incorporate payroll, human resources, and attendance tracking into a single solution. After looking at several systems, FMI ultimately decided on Sage Abra HRMS because of its easy functionality and ability to integrate with other systems. Now all FMI needed was a knowledgeable, experienced HRMS consultant to implement their new system.

After hiring a local consultant, and finding themselves unhappy with the results, FMI began the search for the right business partner to implement the system. Without having to search very hard, FMI encountered the recurring name of Dresser & Associates as the leading Sage Abra business partner and immediately contacted them. Becky Nelson, HR Supervisor for FMI recalls, “We contacted them and were immediately impressed with their knowledge of the software and of payroll and HR best practices. They had several suggestions of ways in which we could get more out of the payroll system. We hired them to complete the implementation.”

FMI has nothing but praise for the support team at Dresser & Associates. “We get a phone call every month from our consultant.” says Nelson, “They check in to see if we have questions or concerns about the software. It’s a nice touch.”

Sage Abra HRMS Version 8.4, and Sage Abra Suite Version 7.7 are scheduled for release this summer. Both include enhancements, primarily to the Payroll, HR, Attendance, Link, and Workforce Connections modules.

The release incorporates 47 specific enhancements. Check out some of the highlighted enhancements in
our most recent newsletter. Also, sign up for a webcast on the updated versions by visiting our Free Webcasts page.

Make sure and check out the newest addition to our website, the Knowledge Center! After months and months of hard work and collaboration with our web designers our newest resource section has gone live.

In the Knowledge Center you will find anything and everything having to do with HR, Payroll, Recruiting, Taxes, State and Federal information, reports, forms, calculators, performance management, and much more. We have created this site as a tool for our customers and all HR and Payroll professionals, to use as their one stop shop for information. Make sure you bookmark the spot as one of your favorites so you may always check back for needed information.

The site is designed for ease of use and so you can quickly find the information you are looking for. We will constantly be adding new information and resources to this site, and encourage you to provide us feedback and recommend any resources that we may have missed.

Keep an eye out for any articles, websites, or calculators that you would like to see added and if we add them we will reward you with a $5 gift card to Dunkin Donuts as a thanks.

In the coming weeks Dresser & Associates will sponsor a series of Sage Abra HRMS webinars spotlighting specific modules. Each webinar will be led by one of our senior consultants along with one of our very own Sage Abra customers. Several of our customers have agreed to take part in these sessions in order to give others a real look into how the system works for them and to share their experience within that particular module. Also, coinciding with these webinars I will be posting a series of blogs highlighting the modules as they go.

I highly recommend taking part in this series of webinars. Where else are you going to hear about the product straight from the horse’s mouth (pardon the expression)? If you are already an Sage Abra customer and you want to learn more about your product or how others are using it, if you are an Abra customer seeking other modules that may benefit you and your company or if you are not an Abra customer yet, but would like to gain some insight on the product and get some questions answered by Dresser and other users, these webinars are for you.

We will also have a webinar that will focus on Halogen’s Performance and Talent Management Software. This session will be taught by Jim Carty of Halogen Software and one of our joint customers, will be sharing his experiences within his use of both Abra and Halogen’s software together.

You can check out our website for more information on the webinars and to see a schedule of events. Register right away to reserve your spot!