Empliant Unveils Return On Investment (ROI) Calculator

CHAPEL HILL, NC - March 8, 2004 - Empliant announced today the unveiling of a dynamic new Return on Investment (ROI) calculator available exclusively through www.empliant.com. The ROI calculator is available for HR or other Management professionals who are either assessing their current HR services delivery costs or interested in evaluating Empliant services.

The calculator enables organizations to estimate the potential cost savings they may experience by implementing online Employee Self Service (ESS) functionality.. Users have the ability to select from the from 4 service level options - each based on their organization's employment number, locations, benefit plan complexity and current costs of delivering services. The calculator demonstrates potential first year costs and savings, as well as annual, ongoing savings.

"Many HR and Management professionals are unaware of the financial effects of their current HR processes. By using the ROI calculator they can gain a better perspective of current costs and ways to improve processes while saving money," said Marc Lemmerman, founder and CEO of Empliant. "If you don't know what your Human Resource processes are costing you now, the calculator provides normative data from a large number of organizations - giving you a starting point for your own estimates.".

Creating an internal ROI business case can help users justify and communicate the investment in leading edge ESS technology. When implemented properly, ESS improves processes, reduces errors, increases employee productivity, an saves money for the enterprise.

For more information about the ROI calculator, please visit: www.empliant.com

About Empliant, Inc.
Empliant, Inc., located in Chapel Hill, N.C., provides web-native, employee self-reliant solutions that reduce administration costs, increase employee satisfaction, and enhance operational efficiency. Empliant's technology applications include tools for on-line benefits enrollment and administration; personalized employee benefits statements, a fully searchable content management knowledgebase for benefit plan information, company policies, or management practices; and interactive transactions for stock options processing, all of which are accessed through a standard web browser. Empliant's hosted solution reduces capitalization costs and enables employers to provide employees with self-service capabilities to manage their own data in a secure, private environment. Empliant offers small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) the rich functionality found in expensive applications without the consulting costs, long implementation period, and reliance on customer support and product maintenance. For more information about Empliant's employee self-reliant solutions visit: www.empliant.com