PeopleSoft introduces new Internet applications for professional services organisations

PeopleSoft has introduced three pure Internet applications to boost customer efficiency and raise profitability in the field of Professional Services Automation (PSA).

[VIDEO]The new applications are Resource Management, Contracts Management and Travel and Expense Management.

"Since they are pure internet applications, they require only a browser to access. They augment PeopleSoft`s position as the only eBusiness application provider that delivers a comprehensive PSA solution for professional services organisations," comments Jan Coetzee, MD of PeopleSoft SA.

The three new products which are fully integrated with PeopleSoft`s existing offerings and built on the PeopleSoft 8 architecture expand and enhance the engagement management functionality of the company`s PSA suite:

• PeopleSoft Resource Management offers access to an internal as well as an extensive external labour pool, thus allowing resource managers to search for, identify and schedule the most qualified and available consultant for the project at hand.

• PeopleSoft Contract Management vastly simplifies the managing of all aspects of contract obligations by separating the process of revenue recognition from billing, and by turning negotiated terms into actionable items.

• PeopleSoft Travel and Expense Management lets employees manage both billable and non-billable time and expense reporting while they travel on business, entering data via the Web, offline in a detached mode. "These solutions enable a whole new level of collaboration for today`s virtual professional services organisation," says Ram Gupta, PeopleSoft executive VP of products and technology.

"That means customers, employees and suppliers can stay connected anytime, anywhere which is especially important with the growing need for improved customer service, real-time supplier interaction and productive mobile workers."