WorkGroup Designs Ltd.

Address: 204-8000 Jane St., Tower B
Concord, ON L4K 5B8
CA

Mailling Address: 204-8000 Jane St., Tower B
Concord, ON L4K 5B8
CA

Phone: (905) 761-9491

Toll Free: 1(800) 561-3206

Fax: (905) 761-7681

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Website: http://www.wgd.ca

WorkGroup Designs Inc.

Our Mission Statement

The Mission of WorkGroup Designs Ltd. is to add value for
clients by providing information technology software products
and services in a manner that adheres to the Company's values
and enhances its reputation for quality and service, while
achieving its qualitative and quantitative goals.

WorkGroup Designs (WGD) is a full service Software Development and Management and Information Technology Consulting company. We have a reputable history in providing software product solutions all designed to enhance core business operations through improved management processes, quality assurance processes and efficiencies.

A. Information Technology Consulting Services

WGD prides itself on quality customized and technical support services to develop and implement the right business solution for your organizations needs. Our team is comprised of certified development and technical consultants who are prepared to meet with your organization, evaluate your current information systems status, prepare a concise and detailed evaluation/cost analysis report and complete any assigned project on time and with customer satisfaction guaranteed. We can deliver the following assortment of valued services:

Business Process Re-engineering;
Project Management;
Information Technology Planning;
System Architecture, Design and Development
Systems Integration, Mail Migration and networking technical services;
Help Desk, Training and Technical Support Services

The key words that best list our IT & T expertise are:

Application customization and integration services;
Automated workflow and collaboration solutions;
Staff Scheduling Systems;
Portal on-demand business solutions using the latest technology Web development tools available
Case Management Systems;
Document Management;
Web Hosting Services;
Software product solutions guaranteeing calculable SAVINGS in time and financial investment
Business Partner relationships with IBM and Microsoft

Our Software Product Solutions offerings:

SuitCASE is a collaborative and web-enabled case management system suitable to any case-driven organization. Its advanced case management engine and flexible web services provide powerful workflow and document management capabilities and offer your organization unprecedented productivity gains!

Juggler II is a staff scheduling software system that optimizes the deployment of blood collection staff. It matches people to tasks in the least expensive way possible, while working to get the job done and honor your staffs scheduling requests. It automatically keeps overtime, under time, travel, and mileage costs to a minimum so that you can create a schedule that is time and cost effective. It can help perfect and polish your schedule in half the time it would take you to put one together by hand. In that time, you can easily put together a minimum of a half-dozen what-if scenarios and choose the one that fits your needs, and those of your staff.

Juggler IIl is the next generation of our staff scheduling software system that optimizes the deployment of blood collection staff. In addition to the key features of Juggler ll above, this product solution offering is a web-enabled and server-based application built with the latest Microsoft web-based technologies. Some of the key enhancements include multi user access with role-based access control; simultaneous usage between departments and/or regions; Scheduled Staff web portal access and complete flexibility in reporting for operational schedules, management and ad-hoc reporting.

B. Management Consulting Services

In our vision, it is paramount that technology and business professionals work together to ensure long term success and a solid return on any business investment. At WGD, our information technology and management consultants work in close partnership to share their respective skills and knowledge.

WGD offers professional business process and management consulting services to municipal, provincial and federal government ministries and agencies to assist organizations in achieving optimum performance and results. We are responsive to the needs of any public service organization through quality consultation techniques, reliable product reporting, and positive results from any intervention. Our focus is:

Providing support to business process re-engineering initiatives;
Case Management Strategies and Planning;
Mediation System Design;
Training in Diversity, Investigation & Mediation Skill Development;
Issues Management & Policy Development;
Organizational Development and Planning, development of business cases, plans, and reviews;
Human Resource Consulting - development of human resource models, and strategies;
Information Technology Planning: Development of Information Technology Plans;
Preparation and development of Service, Operational and/or Performance Standards;
Overall consulting on Best Business Practices and Benchmarking studies;
Policy and Procedural Reviews and Development;
Program Evaluation; and,
Change Management/Transitional Leadership

Since its inception in April 1994, WorkGroup Designs has been committed to quality client satisfaction throughout all phases of any project assignment or business solution fulfillment commitment. Our values guide our organizations activities with the general public, partners, outside resources and internal staff.

We believe in:

Honesty and Integrity
Quality Services and Products
Client Driven
Professionalism
Results orientated
Innovative learning environment
Openness and respect
Participatory Management
Team focused
R & D orientated

We are entrepreneurial, enthusiastic, and a knowledge base for new innovative technologies. Our role is to bring Innovative Business Solutions to your business or organization!

Company Details

Year Established: 1994

Total Sales ($CDN): $200,000 - $500,000

Number of Employees: 19

Company Information

Christopher De Cairos
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Area of Responsibility: Research/Development/Engineering, Management Executive, Government Relations
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Richard Shapinski
Title: Manager
Area of Responsibility: Customer Service, Government Relations
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Lori Rainone
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
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Janice De Cairos
Title: Treasurer
Area of Responsibility: Finance/Accounting
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Lorraine Graham-watson
Title: Vice President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
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Marnie Brown
Title: Manager
Area of Responsibility: Domestic Sales & Marketing, Government Relations
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Brian Chalmers
Title: Director
Area of Responsibility: Domestic Sales & Marketing, Export Sales & Marketing
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Products

Juggler Ii Staff Scheduling Software System

Services

Wgd Information Technology Division WorkGroup Designs Inc. prides itself on quality customized and technical support services to develop and implement the right business solution for your organizations needs. Our Application Development Practice is comprised of development consultants who are prepared to meet with your organization, evaluate your current information systems status, prepare a concise and detailed evaluation/cost analysis report and complete any assigned project on time and with customer satisfaction guaranteed. Our approach is shaped around our team of certified development and technical consultants who can deliver the following assortment of valued services: Business Process Re-engineering; Project Management; Information Technology Planning; System Architecture, Design and Development (e-Business, J2EE, .NET, Lotus Domino, IBM WebSphere); Systems Integration, Mail Migration and networking technical services; Help Desk, Training and Technical Support Services The key words that best list our IT & T expertise are: Application customization and integration services; Automated workflow and collaboration solutions; Staff Scheduling Systems; Portal on-demand business solutions using the latest technology Web development tools available Case Management Systems; Document Management; Web Hosting Services; Software product solutions enhancing our business/management professional consulting services and guaranteeing your business organization calculable SAVINGS in time and financial investment Business Partner relationships with IBM and Microsoft

Wgd Management Consulting Division Innovative Business Solutions In our vision, it is paramount that technology and business professionals work together to ensure long term success and a solid return on any business investment. At WorkGroup Designs, our technology and management consultants work in close partnership to share their respective skills and knowledge and the end result is our winning software product solutions. In addition, WorkGroup Designs offers professional business process and management consulting services to municipal, provincial and federal government ministries and agencies to assist organizations in achieving optimum performance and results. We are responsive to the needs of any public service organization through quality consultation techniques, reliable product reporting, and positive results from any intervention. Our focus is: Providing support to business process re-engineering initiatives; Case Management Strategies and Planning; Mediation System Design; Training in Diversity, Investigation & Mediation Skill Development; Issues Management & Policy Development; Organizational Development and Planning, development of business cases, plans, and reviews; Human Resource Consulting - development of human resource models, and strategies; Information Technology Planning: Development of Information Technology Plans; Preparation and development of Service, Operational and/or Performance Standards; Overall consulting on Best Business Practices and Benchmarking studies; Policy and Procedural Reviews and Development; Program Evaluation; and, Change Management/Transitional Leadership