Partners & Associations
ITR allies itself with companies known for reliable, advanced solutions to ensure our customers get the best solution possible for optimizing their workforce. These partnerships fall into four main categories:
Business Partners
Business Automation Specialists
Business Automation Specialists (BAS) is a certified Sage Software Development Partner, providing implementation, enhancements and integration services to Sage Abra HRMS customers. ITR and BAS have joined forces to provide integrated workforce management services to users of the Sage Abra suite of products.
Desjardins Group
Desjardins is the largest integrated cooperative financial group in Canada, with overall assets of more than $118 billion. It comprises a network of caisses, credit unions and business centers in Québec and Ontario, and some twenty subsidiary companies in life and general insurance, securities brokerage, venture capital and asset management, many of which are active across the country. For over 25 years, Desjardins Payroll and Human Resources Services (DPHRS) has been managing payroll for 350,000 employees across Canada. The division’s highly skilled DPHRS employees and Desjardins' cutting edge technology translates into savings, simplicity and efficiency. Together, Desjardins and ITR offer a complete time & attendance and payroll processing solution to maximize efficiency.
SME Solutions
SME Solutions is an Australian system solution provider for managing people within small, medium and enterprise organizations throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific regions. SME has over 750 installed client sites with direct links to a network of over 15 countries and more than 17,000 sites. SME has teamed up with ITR to offer the TimeZone™ workforce management system to its existing and future customer base.Technology Partners
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and most trusted name in on-demand access. More than 180,000 organizations around the world rely on Citrix to provide the best possible access experience to any application for any user. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and individuals. ITR employs Citrix solutions for remote diagnostics of customers’ systems and to enable and enhance the remote training experience.
Microsoft®
Microsoft® is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. ITR systems run on the Windows™ Operating System and incorporate Microsoft®’s .NET technology. As well, ITR uses Microsoft® SQL™ Server to deliver increased scalability, availability and security in its workforce management applications. ITR is a member of Microsoft®’s Registered Partner program.Hardware Partners
Schlage
Schlage Biometrics Solutions, an Ingersoll-Rand Company (NYSE: IR), is recognized as the worldwide leader in Biometric time and attendance, access control, and personal identification products. Many of the world's leading time and attendance providers recommend Schlage's HandPunch terminals as part of their total solution, and over 300,000 hand geometry units are installed worldwide. By using this biometric technology, corporations around the world are reducing payroll costs by eliminating time fraud through "buddy punching.” All Schlage Biometric HandPunch units are fully integrated with ITR's software applications to provide a seamless solution.
Synel Industries Ltd.
Synel Industries is a leading designer and manufacturer of data collection products for Time and Attendance, Access Control and Project Costing. Methods of data entry and employee identification include barcode, magnetic stripe, proximity (Wiegand, HID and Smart Card), PIN number, touch-screen, and optional biometric technology. Synel’s expertise in providing on-line data collection allows effective and immediate access to information throughout an organization. Synel’s communication software and modular-component approach enables simple adaptation to customer specifications, making Synel the choice of thousands of organizations worldwide in virtually every industry. Synel products are ISO 9001, UL and CE-compliant, and are seamlessly integrated with ITR’s workforce management solutions.Memberships and Associations
Canadian Payroll Association (CPA)
The CPA is the authoritative source of Canadian payroll knowledge. The CPA influences the operational, compliance and technology policies and processes of payroll service bureaus, software providers, hundreds of thousands of small, medium and large employers, as well as federal and provincial tax authorities. As well, the CPA advocates on behalf of employers to federal and provincial governments, proactively influencing payroll and benefits related legislation to enable all stakeholders to administer them in an efficient and effective manner.
American Payroll Association (APA)
The American Payroll Association is the premier professional society for Payroll Professionals. Founded in 1982, the APA proudly represents a true cross section of the payroll profession made up predominantly of payroll managers from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, with a growing constituency in Canada and other foreign nations, with diverse payroll informational needs.
Ontario Association of Nursing Homes and Services for Seniors (OANHSS)
OANHSS is a provincial membership-based organization that has represented and supported not-for-profit providers of long term care, seniors’ community services and housing for seniors for more than 85 years. Its core services are advocacy, education, group programs & services, and communications.
Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (CAFÉ)
The Canadian Association of Family Enterprise is a member driven national association committed to assisting families in business and to building their pivotal contribution to the economy of Canada. ITR CEO Tracy Parzych sits on the Board of CAFÉ and is currently acting as its Chair of Programming.
TEC
TEC is the pre-eminent leadership organization for the personal and professional development of Chief Executives whose goal is to provide businesses with the tools they need to outperform both the competition and themselves. This toolset includes peer-group sessions, access to world-class business experts, one-to-one executive coaching and a global community of more than 14,000 members.
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