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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ADP WorkForce Suite

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AThe WorkForce Suite, by WorkForce Software, is a mobile-first, cloud-based modern workforce management solution with integrated employee communications and collaboration capabilities. The WorkForce Suite aims to help global enterprise organizations optimize their labor, protect against compliance risks, and maximize productivity while building a highly engaged, resilient, and agile workforce.N/A

    Out'n About! For Outlook

    Score7.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Out’n About! for Outlook is a time tracking solution that is designed to replace an in/out status board. The vendor says their solution makes it easy for businesses to manage their workforce availability and timesheets. This solution enables businesses to use their existing Outlook environment, and employees can easily track their work hours. This solution is customizable and businesses can control what information is seen on the status board.  Custom reports are…

    $349

    per server

    Pricing
    ADP WorkForce SuiteOut'n About! For Outlook
    Editions & Modules
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    Out'n About! For Outlook
    $349
    per server
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ADP WorkForce SuiteOut'n About! For Outlook
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree upgrades and free support. You can connect an unlimited number of clients to a single purchased server. No per-user fees.
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    User Ratings
    ADP WorkForce SuiteOut'n About! For Outlook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Online Training
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    ADP WorkForce SuiteOut'n About! For Outlook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    WorkForce Software An ADP Company
    EmpCenter is really well suited for companies with minimal variety in time keeping needs. Certainly somewhere that has fairly regular work schedules and operational needs the system would be programmed for and meet those needs quite well. I think they assert themselves as a product specifically for those more complex companies, and I believe it is one of a few products available for companies with many employee types and complex work schedule and pay needs, but because of those complexities each have their own specific customizations I feel it is difficult for the company to then manage the different products that end up existing. Each ends up being unique so applying large scale changes doesn't work well as something we may request and need if applied over EmpCenter in general may cause problems for another company. Therefore everything has to be done on an individual basis and is more time consuming and costly.
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    Intelligent Concepts
    1,- If the organization have 365 I recomended the integration with Out'n About 2.- If your organization does not have 365 I not recomended the solution because the integration is not easy 3.- In Europe there are many legal requirements to comply with the GDPR with employees and the sharing of information. Express authorizations and many requirements, and one emplyee can say not to the authorization. 4.- Need best performance in big organizations 5.- Not work in MAC properly
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    WorkForce Software An ADP Company
    • A lot flexibility in configuration of the system
    • works well with other systems. We were able to collect data from another time system, Avaya phone systems and even a point of sale system with not a lot of difficulty.
    • They know their product and integration points. They were able to troubleshoot problems with hardware time collection devices quite quickly. We found the devices they sold to be quite durable.
    • Out of the box they have more reports than I would have anticipated. Creating new reports was sometimes a task if it was complex but there were usually similar reports you could use as a starter template
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    Intelligent Concepts
    • Outlook Contact Synchronization automatically
    • Time sheet informs for the remote workers
    • Sensing presence for remote workers and local employeers
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    WorkForce Software An ADP Company
    • Difficult to use
    • Retroactive adjustments must be made by an administrator
    • Delegation of duties must be done by an adminstrator
    • Data must be exported and then imported into pay system, does not support interface
    • Product has not changed or been updated in 4+ years
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    Intelligent Concepts
    • Panel department it is not easy to implement
    • 365 compatibility need to improvement
    • Remote mobile commands many times not working
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    WorkForce Software An ADP Company
    After spending close to 5 years to decide on which payroll product to acquire for our University, I cannot image we would switch now that we have it in use.
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    Intelligent Concepts
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    WorkForce Software An ADP Company
    Extremely knowledgeable staff that truly care about our business processes
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    Alternatives Considered
    WorkForce Software An ADP Company
    EmpCenter is a new software to the company however, I only trained on the old software for a few months before EmpCenter was introduced. I think EmpCenter has a smoother data entry process and can run more in depth reports, but since this is the system I know best I cannot accurately compare it to previous software.
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    Intelligent Concepts
    Sheqsy We evaluate for 2 months and does not working well with 365 and does not support in Europe. It is good for control remote workers, but not for a colaboration tool and integration in organizations with more than 500 users. It is good also because sale in SaaS mode but for the GDPR law in Europe not offers regulatory compliance guarantees regarding sensitive employee data. For the sales people in the field can be good, but is not easy to achieve good results
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    Return on Investment
    WorkForce Software An ADP Company
    • EmpCenter has reduced the amount of time administrators are spending on payroll. Certainly it has made our entry to our pay system more efficient since we can simply load the data from the time keeping system and we are not collecting actual physical signatures and paper timesheets that must be reviewed for accuracy and completeness. The system does this for us and some automatic calculating of certain pay due that we were hand adding. However the feedback I am getting is that the supervisors feel their work has been increased greatly. They are spending more time correcting and approving time. Essentially the work we were doing in our central offices to review and correct time the supervisor must now do as they approve the time. We have now asked them to be more responsible for proper reporting and use which requires they know more about the rules and many different aspects of pay than they had before. We have employees who are union represented and get some benefits from the contract others do not receive, contract employees who have certain pay aspects in their contracts that must be known, as well as temporary employees and students who get very different pay from the other employees. While some things have been programmed for the system to know and handle, some things must be added to the time sheet to pay properly or the way time is reported is different (some clock out for lunch some don't) supervisors must now know these differences while that used to be a role that was more mine as an administrator. Now I just help them and audit and review.
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    Intelligent Concepts
    • In this moment we expect to improve the control of remote workers in a 100%
    • The control of the remote worker can suppose to a 25 % more in the productivity
    • The investment is relatively low with the expected benefits
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ADP WorkForce Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of the WorkForce HUB dashboard, which provides an interactive control center for major actions and daily messages that matter most in a typical workday. It is available on any device.Screenshot of WorkForce Absence and Leave Management. This is used to manage employee absence and leave with a single source of record.Screenshot of WorkForce Time, an automated global compliance solution that provides real-time visibility into workplace operations.Screenshot of WorkForce Assistant, which identifies and prioritizes urgent matters, such as potential compliance risks or labor attendance issues, and triggers predictive and proactive notifications that alert stakeholders when action is required.Screenshot of WorkForce Experience, used to communicate through collaboration channels, feedback and in-the-moment information gathering, micro-training, self-service, and access to critical work resources.Screenshot of WorkForce Scheduling, which gives employees a voice in how they are scheduled while maintaining compliance and meeting the business needs for the employee population.

    Out'n About! For Outlook Screenshots

    Screenshot of Main Screen Features
Your employees can connect to Out’n About! for Outlook via Microsoft Outlook.

A small Outlook addin adds all the Out’n About! In/Out Status Board features directly into the Outlook interface so you can continue to manage all of your information using a common interface.Screenshot of Presence Sensing

Out’n About! for Outlook contains a presence sensing feature that automatically alerts you when you use your computer and are currently Checked Out to ensure you have not forgotten to check In when returning to the office.Screenshot of Outlook Calendar Integration
Out’n About! for Outlook allows you to schedule future status events (e.g., meetings, travel, or vacation) based on Outlook Appointment items.

Department Panel
Organize your workforce into easy to use departments.

The Out’n About! Department Panel allows users to quickly select different departments for viewing. The panel also contains a filter dialog which allows users to filter users by different search criteria.