Simple but Comprehensive

To ensure that your training and personnel department is never left wanting when it comes to effectively managing employee training, SDMS V Staff Development for Windows Version 5 provides a fully integrated system for all aspects of Training and Staff Development Management. Simple, easy to use, rich in functionality and comprehensive in scope, SDMS V Staff Development for Windows will ensure that you are at the forefront of best practice in Staff Development. Whether you are a large or small organisation, have modest aspirations or more ambitious aims, SDMS V Staff Development will support both your strategic ambitions and the practicalities of day-to-day administration of Employee Training.

 Full Course Management and Administration

The system supports full course management and administration. Data is collected at the proposal, planning, applications, and approval or nomination stages. Course Planning and Scheduling, Course Advertising, Enrolments and Attendance are all supported. If required, qualifications and competencies resulting from successful participation in the Course can be held, together with Provider and Trainer Details.

 Supports Training and Business Plans

Course Aims and Objectives, Programme and Agenda, together with Course materials can be recorded, reducing duplicated effort often experienced in training delivery. It provides a means of fully incorporating training and development into overall business planning, as well as for organising and delivering all forms of training and development from traditional Courses to Open Learning. And, of course, date clashes checking for trainers, events and delegates is standard, to help with the practicalities of planning and scheduling.

 Business Rules and Wise Owls

Wise Owls, Quick Administrators, Training Checklists, Business Rules with Auto Data Entry and At-a-Glance Screens, are just some of the many ease of use and Speed Entry Features of SDMS V Staff Development.

 Training Budgets, Costs and Revenues

SDMS V Staff Development for Windows also meets the needs of all types of organisations to plan and manage Training and Development activity for all grades and types of Staff, whether full time or part time. It allows both Courses and Consultancy based training to be fully managed, as well as in-house and externally purchased training. It includes extensive facilities for recording all training costs – with user definable cost categories, years, budget periods and budgets - allowing a wide range of costs analyses and training reports to be provided. All sources of Staff Development funding and costs are reported on within a system for monitoring any associated income. The ability to track training spending to Course, Employee, Trainer, Provider, Cost Centre, Subject and Department is in-built.

 Employee Training History

Training Histories and Records are maintained for all Employees and automatically updated as they apply for and attend training events. Non-attendance, cancellations, whether referred to a waiting list or not, can all be recorded. Comprehensive Personnel Details are held for all Employees, including Names, Addresses, Gender, and Ethnicity and Post Details to support Course Administration and Communications, as well as Equal Opportunities Monitoring. A full Employee Profile of Competencies, Qualifications, Skills and Experience History can be held. Post and Job requirements can be defined, allowing skills mapping between jobs and employee competence.

 Powerful Reporting is Standard

Extensiveness and flexibility of reporting is included in SDMS V Staff Development for Windows as standard. Data can be analysed to yield comprehensive performance reports to assist organisations in evaluating the Staff Development provided to employees, the take up and costs of such training, as well as producing information required for management decision taking. Over 300 standard reports are provided, including Training Profiles by Employee or Department, Costs of Training by Training Area and Providers, and Budgetary Analysis. All standard reports can be customised with easy to use report customisation screens. In addition, SDMS Report Writer: Crystal Reports™ is offered as an optional module to provide ad hoc reporting facilities.

 Audit Trail Module - Industry Standard

The Audit Trail Module provides the ability to track all changes to the data entered in SDMS Software - when the change was made and by whom, thereby providing compliance with industry standards for data management with full traceability, accountability and security. This module uses the latest in Pervasive Database Technology – AuditMaster™. More...

 Optional Modules

To support Employee Development, Optional Modules for Employee Training Needs Analysis, IIP Planning, Course Evaluation and Appraisal are available, extending the functionality still further. And if your department is also tasked with employee recruitment, SDMS V Recruitment and Selection for Windows is available as a companion system. Similarly, where S/NVQ management is especially required, in addition to the extensive competencies features of SDMS V itself, SDMS V S/NVQ Learning and Skills Manager is also available.

 Special Editions

SDMS V Staff Development for Windows Version 5 is available in a range of specific editions for Social Services, Probation Services, LEAs, FE Colleges and Universities. Each specific edition has additional features and modules designed to meet the unique or statutory reporting requirements in these sectors.

 Fully Integrated

And of course, SDMS Software integrates with Microsoft Word™, Excel™, MapPoint™, QuickAddress Rapid™ and many other Windows Office Products for additional functionality and ease of use.

Organisational Charting (Link to OrgPlus Page)

 

SDMS V Charting: OrgPlus™ Professional is a fully integrated Optional Module for use with SDMS V Staff Development for Windows. It offers to users of SDMS V Staff Development  OrgPlus™ Professional - the Industry-Standard Software for creating Organisational charts. This optional module is supplied with a set of ready to run charts which include: Groups/Schools Structure Chart, Groups/Schools Structure with Training Profile Chart,Groups/Schools Structure and Governor Profile Chart, Budget and Sub-budget Chart

 

 

SDMS V Report Writer: Crystal Reports™ (Link to Crystal Reports™ Page)

 

The extensive standard report included with HRPersonnel is extended with SDMS V Report Writer: Crystal Reports™ for additional ad hoc report writing on data held in SDMS. With Crystal Reports™ users can Access the Data, Design, Write and Distribute their own reports, in their style when they want in a format they need. Users of this module can produce a range of ad-hoc, impressively designed reports including: Conditional and Sub Reports, Columnar, Form Style, Multiple Section and Drill Down features. Simple Lists, Letters, Pre-printed Forms or Labels can also be produced.

 

WorkGroup Editions for Smaller Business

 

The Workgroup Edition is specifically offered for smaller enterprises where the number of concurrent users is not expected to exceed five. It can be installed without the use of a dedicated server. It is offered for a range of Employee Numbers from less than 50 to 500 in 100 Employee Bands of Employees. Where there is a need for more than 5 concurrent users we recommend the Full Client Server product.

 

 Web-enabled. On-line booking facilities

Where Intranet or Web deployment is required, easy migration paths to SDMS V e-Training Edition are available, providing fully interactive and secure web access for: Employee Training Self-Serve; Line-Manager Access for Course Administration; On-Line Needs Analysis, Course Evaluation, Appraisal and Web-Based Reporting.