UltiPro(R) Workplace Delivers Significant Business Value to Vaughan Foods

WESTON, Fla., Nov 18, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
813318Z | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), a leading provider of end-to-end
strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions,
announced today that Vaughan Foods, a manufacturer and distributor of
fresh-cut vegetables, prepared fruit, gourmet soups, and refrigerated
salads in the Midwest, Southeast, and Southwest, has consolidated and
improved the efficiency of many HR processes since deploying UltiPro
Workplace for human capital management (HCM)--including recruitment, HR,
payroll, benefits, and time management.

Previously, Vaughan Foods had been experiencing costly data inaccuracy,
lack of integration, and service problems while using a payroll service
bureau. Unable to resolve these issues, Vaughan's HR executives selected
UltiPro in 2008 for greater HCM capabilities. Since going live earlier
this year, the company has:

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Cut payroll processing time by more than 50%, giving HR associates
more time for other key projects

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Streamlined time management

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Improved data integrity

Payroll is one of the most detail-laden responsibilities for many
organizations. Since migrating to UltiPro Workplace, Vaughan's HR team
is spending less time on payroll and more time concentrating on new
projects that are adding value to the business. HR staff members, for
example, have been able to automate processes like the employee co-pay
deduction -- an undertaking that required resources they didn't have
without UltiPro. With the time savings generated from automated tasks,
Vaughan's HR group has been able to institute an on-site healthcare
clinic.

"Choosing UltiPro Workplace is the smartest thing we have done at
Vaughan Foods since I've been here," said Dani Shields, corporate
director of human resources. "It took two days to complete payroll using
our previous system. Over time, we've nearly doubled our employees, but
even with an increased number of people, payroll takes us less than one
day with UltiPro Workplace."

Vaughan also attributes much of the increased efficiency and time
savings to UltiPro's time management feature. With UltiPro, companies
don't need to decipher, complete, and manually input data from paper
timecards. Instead, employees record time electronically, and managers
review and approve it using manager self-service. Workflow like this
makes time-keeping data available for payroll quickly, and the overall
result is a streamlined process for all employees. Additionally,
UltiPro's electronic time management functionality generates better
metrics to help gauge workforce trends and monitor labor costs.

"Ultimate's time management solution is easy for employees to use.
Managers can quickly gain access to information with very little time
out of their day," said Shields.

Amid a growing employee base, Shields credits UltiPro for streamlining
the new-hire process and improving data integrity. Candidates can apply
online using UltiPro's recruitment feature. Once hired, an applicant's
personal information, including equal employment opportunity (EEO)
status, is moved effortlessly into the other relevant areas of UltiPro,
such as core HR, payroll, and benefits enrollment. There's no re-entry
of data; it's in the system on day one of hire. And administrators in
remote locations can enter new-employee information into UltiPro using
step-by-step instructions that ensure no details are omitted.

"The ease of putting new employees into the system has also made our
work more effective and accurate. With our previous system, we had
payroll errors weekly," said Shields. "Now with UltiPro Workplace, we
don't have those discrepancies. It's just a real pleasure to work with."

When seeking a new HCM solution, Shields wanted responsive customer
service. Since moving to UltiPro, Shields has found confirmation of
Ultimate's industry-leading reputation for providing high-quality
customer support.

"Unlike our previous service bureau, UltiPro Workplace has one log-on,
which makes it so much easier to use, and an assigned customer service
representative to support Vaughan, giving us personal and prompt
attention," said Shields. "Ultimate's support team members are
enormously responsible -- they care about our business, care about us,
and care about our employees."

"We're very pleased that by unifying Vaughan Foods' processes for HR,
payroll, recruitment, and time management in one HCM solution, the human
resources team is operating more efficiently and with less stress using
UltiPro Workplace," said Chris Phenicie, vice president of UltiPro
Workplace for Ultimate Software.

About Ultimate Software

A leading provider of end-to-end strategic human
resources, payroll,
and talent
management solutions, Ultimate markets its award-winning UltiPro
products as on-demand services through Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) and as on-premise software. Based in Weston, FL, the Company
employs approximately 1,000 professionals who are focused on developing
the highest quality products and services. In 2009, Ultimate was awarded
first place in the People's Choice Stevie(R) competition for Favorite New
SaaS Product and was ranked the #1 best medium-sized company to work for
in America by the Great Place to Work(R) Institute for the second
consecutive year. In 2008, Ultimate was the first HR/payroll SaaS
provider to be audited and awarded the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification
for security management and was recognized for having the #1 "Best
Product Development Team" in the nation by the American Business Awards.
Ultimate has more than 1,800 customers representing diverse industries,
including such organizations as The Container Store, Elizabeth Arden,
Major League Baseball, The New York Yankees Baseball Team, Nintendo of
America, Ruth's Chris Steak House, and Sony Music Entertainment. More
information on Ultimate's products and services can be found at www.ultimatesoftware.com.

UltiPro and Intersourcing are registered trademarks of The Ultimate
Software Group, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of
their respective owners.

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SOURCE: Ultimate Software

Ultimate Software, Weston 
Public Relations Contact: 
Darlene Marcroft, 954-331-7444 
darlene_marcroft@ultimatesoftware.com 
or 
For Sales Information: 
Ultimate Software, 800-432-1729 
Web site: www.ultimatesoftware.com

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