Business Systems (UK) Ltd

Calabrio ONE Workforce Management

Calabrio ONE Workforce Management (WFM) provides resource planning optimisation through advanced forecasting, scheduling and real time management tools for the contact centre and back office teams. It streamlines operations and improves employee productivity and engagement.
With 30 years WFM experience, we offer full consultancy, project management, implementation and support services.

Features

• Automatic scheduling tools at a multi-site, multi-skill, multichannel level
• Long-term forecasting with seasonality and trend calculations
• 'What if' scenario analysis for both forecasting and scheduling
• Intraday Scheduling Management with real-time adherence tools and alerts
• Integrate to people data sources including Active Directory, HR, payroll
• Advanced reporting tool to assist with report creation and insights
• Workforce management employee self-service tools including absence management, shift swaps
• Optimise schedules to improve workforce management efficiency
• User-configurable charts and reports for full control over result
• Easy to use: from full automation to simple cut-and-paste editing

Benefits

• Achieve fast return on investment (ROI)
• Optimised scheduling for higher service levels at lowest cost
• Accurate forecast demand, reduce overtime and improve efficiency
• Flexibility to handle the unexpected and minimise disruption
• Proactively monitor Workforce Management activity and respond in real time
• Hosted Workforce Management means only paying for what you need
• New features are automatically and rapidly released, free of charge
• Balance operational efficiency, customer service and employee satisfaction
• Optimise training and development

£31 to £31 a user a month

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

608809486583841

Contact

Tina Burton
07824425316
tina.coster@bslgroup.com

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: Maintenance windows are reserved once a week for patching and cloud maintenance. Typically, the window takes no longer than 1 hour, and is used outside of the customer’s core hours.; The hosted environment uses active replication, meaning that at any one time there are 3 instances of a customer's environment available in 3 separate locations. Should one become unavailable the solution will automatically and seamlessly switch over to another so as to safeguard against any disruption for the customer.
• System requirements:
  • Modern browser with updates for agents and team leaders
  • PDF Reader or Excel for reports
  • Screen resolution: minimum 1280x1024
  • 1 Dual core x 64 6GB memory
  • Port 80 for http and 443 for https open
  • Windows 7/8/10, latest updates applied

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: 98% of support phone calls are answered within 5 seconds by our Customer Service centre. They will log a case and assign the priority of the query or problem. Typically Business Systems provide technical 1st response within 20 minutes for Support related issues. Response times differ outside core business hours due to the automated routing of calls. A 24 hour facility is available where cases can also be logged 24/7 (calls are routed to the Out Of Hours Team; emails would be logged and picked up the first business day).
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Onsite support
• Support levels: 1. Premium; Full support, 2-hour response & 6-hour resolution SLA for P1 faults (24 hours a day, 365 days a year). 4-hour response & 12-hour resolution SLA for P2 faults (08:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays), 8-hour response & 3-day resolution SLA for P3 faults (08:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays), 16 hour response SLA for P4 service request/questions (08:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays). ; 2. Enhanced; 4-hour response & 8-hour resolution SLA for P1 faults (24 hours a day, 365 days a year). 8-hour response & 16-hour resolution SLA for P2 faults (08:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays), 16-hour response & 3 day resolution SLA for P3 faults (08:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays) No SLA’s provided for P4 service requests/questions (09:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays). ; 3. Core; 4-hour response P1 faults (09:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays). 8-hour response for P2 faults (09:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays), 16-hour response (09:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays) No SLA’s provided for P4 service requests/questions (09:00 - 17:30 Mon-Fri, excludes UK bank holidays).
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Training can be delivered on site or remote by Business Systems Consultants with resource planning backgrounds. The training is consultative and promotes knowledge transfer through hands on exercises and relevant support e.g. building the hierarchy and schedules. Training is 'Train the Trainer' based, to enable additional training to be conducted internally.; There are typically two workshops where the customer is guided to configure the product. Go live and post deployment support is also provided as standard and should the customer need additional go-live support, additional days can be provided. ; There is also an online "Wiki" that provides a wealth of material for end users. This includes context driven help, process overview, and troubleshooting guides. End users also have access to the customer portal which includes forums, FAQ's and product documentation.; Business Systems provides training material covering the main modules. These guides provide an overview of the main functionality for modules in scope.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • Other
• Other documentation formats:
  • Online Wiki
  • Video Tutorials
  • Business Systems Written
  • PDF
  • Word
• End-of-contract data extraction: Reporting, query SQL or copy/paste from end user interface. Copies of databases can be provided
• End-of-contract process: There are a number of options available for extraction of data at the end of the contract. A full copy of the database can be provided on request. Other options include exports of schedules and forecasts from the admin client. The reporting module can also be used to generate reports and export the data as necessary. Employee information can be exported from the people module.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: The desktop service is used by administrators and includes forecasting and scheduling functions. All agent based interaction is web based. Functionality is common across desktop or mobile browsers, display scales with some change to display for mobile devices. This is optimised.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: Service Interfaces available across desktop and mobile device are intuitive and user friendly. The desktop service is used by administrators and includes forecasting and scheduling functions. All agent based interaction is via web based interfaces as well as other functions such as intraday management, real time adherence and team leader tools. This functionality is common across desktop or mobile browsers, display scales with some change to display for mobile devices.
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: Calabrio One Workforce Management web interfaces are designed to be accessible from multiple browsers and devices.
• Accessibility testing: Not Applicable.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: The API functions are comprehensive. Many user, schedule and forecast based actions can be executed using the API. It is the main interface for integrations with 3rd party applications.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • PDF
  • Other
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Segregation of customer services in Azure DC

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Max agents used/month, Service Uptime
• Reporting types:
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Calabrio Teleopti

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
  • Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: Calabrio ensures that the databases and repositories containing the customer’s data are protected from unauthorised access by using appropriate authorisation controls. All data is SSL encrypted while in transit.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Reporting, query SQL or copy/paste from end user interface. Copies of databases can be provided
• Data export formats: Other
• Other data export formats:
  • Word
  • SQL
  • PDF
  • XLSX
• Data import formats: CSV

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: Calabrio ensures all external entry points to network segments containing the customer’s data have restricted access controls in place and include at a minimum the following: External network perimeters shall be hardened and configured to protect against unauthorised traffic; All external connections shall terminate in a DMZ and connections recorded in an event log; Inbound and outbound points shall be protected at a minimum using firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS), and if possible include intrusion prevention systems (IPS), to prevent unauthorised activity; Web and application servers shall be separated from the corresponding database servers by means of firewalls.
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Other
• Other protection within supplier network: The customer’s data is only stored and processed in Calabrio's operations and in the operations of Microsoft Corporation. The customer’s data may not be stored on, or processed in or transferred to private devices, such as personal computers, mobile units (including smartphones) and external storage media (e.g. USB memory sticks).

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: The hosting service offers a guaranteed uptime of 99.5%, excluding any planned maintenance within the Operational Time, scheduled and agreed downtime, and the occurrence of any Force Majeure Event.
• Approach to resilience: Calabrio service runs in Microsoft Azure, which provides our customers with excellent business continuity. From a data point of view, this includes a built-in high availability subsystem that protects databases from failures of individual servers and devices in a datacentre.; Azure SQL Database maintains multiple copies of all data in different physical nodes located across fully independent physical sub-systems to mitigate outages due to failures of individual server components, such as hard drives, network interface adapters, or even entire servers. ; At any one time, three database replicas are running—one primary replica and two or more secondary replicas. Data is written to the primary and one secondary replica using a quorum based commit scheme before the transaction is considered committed.; If the hardware fails on the primary replica, Azure SQL Database detects the failure and fails over to the secondary replica. In case of a physical loss of a replica, a new replica is automatically created. So there are always at minimum two physical, transactionally consistent copies of our customers’ data in the datacentre.
• Outage reporting: This is achieved via Microsoft tools

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: Users may authenticate through username (email address format) and password. Password complexity controls may be set. Alternatively SSO can be used with a 3rd party identity provider
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Customer controls, user accounts and role configuration. There is full granularity in user role configuration.; ; Each role is associated with application functions (screens or features within screens) and with a set of teams from the organisational structure. The users of the system can belong to one or more roles. ; There is a set of detailed Global Functions which regulate exactly what a user may or may not do within the system, such as make changes to absences, or see unpublished schedules.
• Access restriction testing frequency: Never
• Management access authentication:
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: User-defined
• How long system logs are stored for: At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: SOCOTEC
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 10/03/2021
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: All operational areas are covered.
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: No

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: All security incidents posing a threat to the information storage and processing facilities are reported and documented. For each reported incident it is required that a thorough investigation is conducted and remedial action taken leading to a satisfactory closure. All employees and contractors are made aware of what constitutes an information security incident and are familiar with the reporting procedures.; ; It is the responsibility of all employees and subcontractors to report any information security incident or suspicion to the ISO Security Officer and ensure that the incident is duly recorded on the Information Security Incident form. It is the responsibility of the Security Incident Management to take appropriate action to provide a prompt response to the incident and to facilitate normal operation as soon as safely possible. This is overseen by the Board.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: To ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the customer’s data Calabrio Teleopti will apply proper security controls within all information processing centres. 4.1. Calabrio Teleopti have a formal change management process. Calabrio Teleopti separates environments for development, testing and production. Calabrio Teleopti have controls in place to back up the customer’s data. Backup and restore procedures are included in the Disaster and Recovery Plan (DRP).
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Calabrio have controls in place to detect and prevent malicious code from being executed on any system. These controls are regularly updated, e.g. the most recent versions of antivirus signatures are distributed as soon as they are available, to ensure detection and prevention of malicious attacks.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: In line with ISO 27001 accredited governance procedures.
• Incident management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: In line with ISO 27001 accredited governance procedures.

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  Business Systems are a recognised Carbon Neutral Organisation reducing our footprint from 27 tonnes of carbon emitted in 2022 to circa <0.19 tonne in 2023. Business Systems holds an ISO 14001 certification, and we monitor and measure our environmental performance and compliance through regular Environment, Sustainability, and Governance (ESG) audits.; ; By communicating environmental best practice and offering comprehensive staff training, Business Systems promote sustainable behaviours across our workforce and encourage improved environmental performance across the work we deliver for our customers. ; ; We are committed to supporting the areas we work in, making every effort to enhance the lives of individuals by supporting environmental projects and volunteering our time to help communities. We actively encourage all of our employees to get involved in a wide range of local community initiatives. ; ; We expect our supply chain partners to mirror our continued commitment to environmental practice. Our supplier selection process requires all prospective suppliers to demonstrate how they operate in alignment with the principles of ISO 14001.

  Covid-19 recovery

  Business Systems prioritises the safety and wellbeing of its employees, customers, and third-party suppliers above all else. In line with guidelines regularly published by the Government and applicable health authorities, we have completed COVID-19 risk assessments of all business activities and locations. ; ; We have identified risk mitigations which continue to improve workplace conditions and support the COVID-19 recovery effort, whilst helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This includes migrating the organisation to a home-working business model throughout the pandemic, holding workshops on running remote teams effectively, and on fostering “virtual” collaboration. ; ; Supporting and positively influencing the physical/mental health and wellbeing of our staff is at the core of our business culture, with additional support available to employees affected by COVID-19. In addition, we run a range of team-building exercises and will include voluntary work in the local community (related to Covid-19). We already offer workshops to educate the local community in areas relating to voice/speech technology, and raising awareness on health and wellbeing for the contract workforce, including around loneliness and isolation caused by COVID-19. Any identified issues will be acted upon swiftly.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Business Systems values its employees and is committed to recruiting, training, retaining, and supporting them. Our first core value is ‘People First’, and we strive to be an outstanding employer. We believe in providing a safe, diverse, and inclusive work environment that fosters personal and professional growth. To achieve this, we offer competitive salaries and benefits packages, and a robust platform of training, development, and career progression. We have invested in industry-leading tools to support our managers to hold productive conversations with their team members, and to collect weekly actionable engagement data through pulse surveys.; ; Many of our team members have been developed through the organisation, from entry level to senior management (including C-Suite). We are continuing to invest in training and development to create further opportunities to develop our team, as well as creating entry-level opportunities across all areas of the UK. By working closely with universities and internship schemes, we are able to provide work experience and summer internships and have a successful apprenticeship scheme in place.; ; We track staff turnover rates and conduct exit interviews to understand how we can continue to be a better employer. We also engage regularly with review platforms including Glassdoor to allow candidates to gain genuine insight into how our people experience life at Business Systems.

  Equal opportunity

  Business Systems is committed to promoting a gender pay balance and creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We understand women are disproportionately represented in low-paid occupations and are proud to have attained Living Wage Employer status. As part of this, we undertook a supply chain audit and remediations to ensure all employees and suppliers are paid a fair and liveable wage. We measure and monitor our success by tracking the representation of women in leadership roles, and by conducting regular engagement surveys. We assess the engagement data by gender, allowing us to identify deltas between men and women and create appropriate resolution plans.; ; Our modern approach to hybrid/flexible working supports underrepresented groups who have traditionally found it difficult to attend an office, including those with disabilities/long-term illnesses. We support our teams to work in locations that enable safety and productivity, whether at home, on site with clients, or in an office. Our office in the City of London is fully accessible and is adjacent to the step free entrances to Bank Station. We provide support to all employees through our Employee Assistance Programme, including a 24x7 support line as well as numerous resources and wellbeing plans. We monitor and measure our success by conducting regular engagement surveys. ; ; We are also committed to increasing the representation of LGBTi+, BAME, and other protected characteristic groups in the workforce. To achieve this, we provide an inclusive work environment that values diversity and promotes equality. We monitor and measure our success by tracking the representation of diverse groups in our workforce and conducting regular engagement surveys, including questions specifically related to diversity and inclusion. This data is segmented by self-reported gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, allowing us to draw insights into deltas between these groups and target specific interventions to improve the employee experience.

  Wellbeing

  Business Systems values the mental health of our employees and is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance. To ensure staff mental health is promoted, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme which includes mental health resources and support programs. We conduct regular employee engagement surveys which specifically include questions related to mental health, stress, anxiety, and burnout to ensure that we can identify and proactively manage these concerns.; ; We have signed up to the Mental Health at Work Commitment, demonstrating our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our team, and have implemented a Mental Health First Aider programme. We also encourage our team to regularly share wellbeing content and articles on our dedicated Wellbeing Teams channel. We encourage an open dialogue around workload, stressors, and other challenges so that we can make changes to support any team member who needs it. We include wellbeing as a regular topic at town halls and workshops throughout the year. ; ; We have invested in enhanced data analytics to enable team members and managers to proactively schedule time to focus, to learn, and to take a break. Our team can use this data to identify interruptions out of hours, longer or less productive meetings, or other insights that help bring meaning to their work. We monitor and measure our success by conducting regular employee engagement surveys that feature targeted questions related to mental health.

Pricing

• Price: £31 to £31 a user a month
• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at tina.coster@bslgroup.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.