DECIS

General description

DECIS was created as a spin-off of department of Management Mathematics (ULB-SMG] in 1992, specialised in information technology linked to decision-making processes. Over time DECIS specialised in 2 areas:
■ People management + time and access controL hardware
■ Geographical Information Sytem (GIS) + embedded hardware (PDA, GPS, GPRS)

Developed Products

DECIS StaffPlanner
Planning management software:
■ Building of schedules in a manual/automatic mode
■ Holidays, illness, absences monitoring
■ Mobile staff management
■ Transmission of hours to the pay department
■ Checking’s versus schedules (leveling) + Access control
■ Powerful and flexible reporting
■ For medium and large organizations (over 3000)
■ On main databases: MS-SQL, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Firebird.
This suite includes the time profiling and access control modules (STPTime), the pay module (STPPAY), the Web consultation module (STPNet) and HR management (STPeople).

DECIS GeoSupport
Cartographical software for vehicle tracking:
■ GeoTeam (building of teams onboard vehicles)
■ GeoTalk (callcenter with and between vehicles)
■ GeoCollection (cartographical tool for designing rounds)
■ GeoGuidance (interactive guiding of vehicles)
This suite closely integrates with the StaffPlanner suite offering a unique management tool for the monitoring of vehicle fleets and especially with the problem of wastage.

DECIS Timekeeper
Timesheet management software:
■ Simple interface for timesheet encoding
■ Rich reporting for project monitoring
■ Data exportation to invoicing systems...
 

Targets and References

■ DECIS StaffPlanner: hospitals and labour-intensive organisations (Saint-Luc University CLinics, Liege University Hospital Centre, Edith Cavell Hospital, Erasme, Bruxelles-Propreté, La Provencale...)
■ DECIS GeoSupport: organisations whose activities are deployed spatially (IBGE, Bruxelles-Propreté, Roads authority, Maq Electronic, CRIB, Alcatel...) or active in the area of waste collection.
■ DECIS TimeKeeper: IT teams, law offices, research centres, fiduciaries... (UMICORE, Bruxelles-Propreté…). All professions where work is organized in cases or tasks.
■ Development of applications: Any organisation: Procter & GambLe, Awiph, Bruxelles-Propreté, European Social Fund, Simone Pérelle...
 

Innovative aspects/ Advantages

StaffPlanner:  Automatic planning on the basis of “Constraint Programming’. An extremely complete solution, allying itself with ERP, spanning planning to the preparation of pay, taking into account leveling and access control. This planning solution has been validated on large sites.
GeoSupport: In the area of waste collection, we are unique in offering a totally integrated solution spanning from staff planning, access control and time profiling of these staff, the planning of collections, their teams and vehicles, to the real-time monitoring of the execution of these rounds.