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With Sherpa, your enterprise can scale new heights in efficiency, productivity and connectivity.

Advanced web based software that helps your people connect to your business in a single, easy to use platform that is intuitive and dynamic.
Sherpa brings together the tools your staff engage with outside of work, into the workplace within a framework that delivers practical, every day business tools.

SHERPA_ROSTER.jpgYour Sherpa system is completely customized to suit the needs of your business so your people can be more efficient and effective:

  • networking 
  • rostering 
  • communications
  • e-recruitment 
  • document management
  • online training 
  • store management
  • reporting



SHERPA IS A NETWORKED PEOPLE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
It connects people to people, people to knowledge and knowledge to action. Sherpa builds a people-based community that harnesses your information resources in one fully-interactive, searchable platform.

It captures, distributes, stores, searches and retains the knowledge capital that’s so critical to your business.

It helps you employ, deploy, reach, train, motivate and monitor your workforce.
It’s real-time, real people, real knowledge … all fully customised to your business and your organisational culture.

SHERPA LOOKS AND ACTS NEW-GENERATION, BECAUSE IT IS.
Sherpa is where you and your people will want to go to exchange information, share ideas, communicate – it’s fast, it’s familiar, it’s functional.

SHERPA_ASSOCIATES.jpgThe Sherpa interface was developed for maximum engagement – uncluttered, navigable, tractable. It invites participation, then rewards it with high-calibre results that keep them coming back (again and again) for more.

Your experienced people will use Sherpa to manage, coordinate, collaborate and recruit.

Your newest people will use Sherpa to learn, assimilate and develop.

Sherpa will become an integral part of your enterprise.

It will drive efficiencies, build relationships and create a sense of belonging that overcomes the tyrannies of distance, time zones or multiple site locations.

SAVE TIME, SAVE MONEY, BOOST PRODUCTIVITY
Run your network with Sherpa. It’s quick to deploy, with no ongoing hardware or software costs and includes free and continuous upgrades. Sherpa allows you to focus on your business not your IT department, reducing costs and improving performance. Sherpa unleashes the power of the latest software technology, providing integrated connectivity that ensures your people benefit from the knowledge in your network, instantly, from anywhere.

CHEAPER THAN IT LOOKS
Sherpa doesn’t cost the earth – it’s a cost-effective, affordable solution that delivers substantial value and measurable results.

SHERPA_TASKS.jpgTRAVEL LIGHTLY
Sherpa bundles everything you need into one streamlined, super-efficient package.

You choose the products that suit your business requirements and Sherpa will deliver them. You can add on and remove as you evolve, as you build confidence, as your business operations demand - so you only ever carry what you need and what you can afford.

Updates are not only frequent … they’re free. At any given time, you are utilising the most advanced communications platform our expert IT team can create. 

ANYWHERE. ANYTIME. 
Delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS), Sherpa is universally accessible. Your team can use it from anywhere in the region, the country, the world … from any location where they can connect to the Internet.

Sherpa‘s complete mobile device capability makes it compatible with iPhones and Windows-based devices.

Sherpa is securely and reliably hosted, so it doesn’t depend on your business system’s performance to achieve its potential.

PROVEN CAPABILITY.
Sherpa’s simple, intuitive, user-friendly tools have been driving efficiencies within retail store networks for more than six years.

WHAT CAN SHERPA DO?

SHERPA_CANDIDATE.jpgCommunicate
Online network dashboard, status updates, blogs, forums, email, document management and much more in one integrated platform. Connectivity that engages your people in your business.

Control
Easy, simple, powerful administrator tools that make the task of assigning users and managing content effortlessly. An advanced, organic, permissions based system means your people have a personalised user experience and can only access information and tools that are relevant to them.

Roster
Advanced rostering system that takes the pain out of rostering, quick easy intuitive rostering tools with complete mobile device capability means your people can access, adjust, edit rosters from anywhere - all they need is access to the internet.

Recruit
An advanced E-Recruitment solution that manages the complete recruiting and hiring process including applicant tracking, sourcing, employee referrals, reporting, talent pool, onboarding, multiposting, compliance and much more.

Train Online
Reliable, quick, flexible and robust online training solutions that help facilitate and support learning and development programs specific to the needs of your people.

SHERPA_DIARY.jpgDiary
A universal management tool that provides a range of flexible solutions that dramatically improve operational efficiency including a universal calendar and task manager. A powerful communication tool.

Report
Unlock the value of your management data. Generate instant reports on key metrics which users can export to multiple formats.




FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why Sherpa?
Save money, save time, increase productivity. Sherpa’s advanced software, delivered as Software as a Service, delivers a host of practical business tools for your business in a single, integrated platform.

This removes the burden and cost of managing and maintaining IT solutions yourself. Simple, easy, intuitive user interfaces allow for solutions that provide a central location for your people to connect to your organisation.

How can Sherpa help my organisation?
SHERPA_HOME.jpgConnect your people more immediately than ever before, to information and to each other. Lower the cost of your IT department and significantly enhance both the efficiency and happiness of your people. Advanced connectivity means your people enjoy easy access to the full weight of your organisations capacity, its people and its knowledge. Mobile device connectivity also drives a more flexible work force.

Sherpa’s Web 2.0 systems redefine the way companies employ, deploy, manage and communicate with people at all levels of an organisation particularly within branch networks. Users with a basic level of computer expertise require minimal training to become proficient.

Our system has been designed and built in partnership with leading retail organisations and as such, caters specifically to the needs of managers who are time poor and need simple, intuitive user friendly tools that deliver quick results.

What kind of organisations is Sherpa’s platform best suited?
Any organisation in which communication, knowledge retention and knowledge sharing are a challenge.

Typically branch or store networks that are regional, national or global.

Do I have hosting options?
Yes, your Sherpa platform can be hosted by us, or, if you wish, by you. Onsite hosting will mean that ongoing updates and system support come at an extra cost.

SHERPA_ROSTER2.jpgIs there any training provided?
Yes, your key staff will receive product training prior to deployment and have access to ongoing support and system training.

Is there any ongoing customer and product support?
Yes, Sherpa provides a 24 hour system support service to all of its customers to ensure the system is available at all times for use by your people.

What is the deployment process?
Our team of highly skilled IT professionals will work with your IT support to integrate Sherpa with minimal disruption to your network. The scope and timeline of events will vary depending on the size and complexity of the organisation.

  • Complete integration with your brand and logo
  • Server installation and system overview 
  • Administrator training
  • Page template setup 
  • Editor and publisher training 
  • Setup of a workflow process

Is my data secure?
Yes, the security of your data is our primary concern.
Sensitive information is protected as a result of vigorous testing and various risk management processes put in place. Some of these security measures include:

  • Encrypted password storage 
  • Compliant with Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) 
  • Production systems are hosted in locked equipment racks at a secure third party data centre, manned 24/7 with surveillance cameras and strict verification policies 
  • Externally managed redundant firewall systems allowing only web traffic to certain application servers 
  • Prevention of access to underlying infrastructure from application regardless of access permission settings 
  • Application password controls including password expiry, invalid attempt lockout, password construction requirements etc 
  • SSL encryption between the application server and the user’s browser 
  • Fixed (limited) functional access to application from candidate portal and discrete user configurable access to the application from the client portal 
  • Inactivity session timeouts.

Is the system customisable?
Yes, the Sherpa platform is customisable, both in terms of the look and feel and its function. The Sherpa team will work with you to customise a solution that best suits the requirements of your organisation.


Find out how Sherpa can help engage your people in your network and help your network become more efficient, more effective and more profitable.

Download a Sherpa Brochure here or call a Sherpa specialist on 03 9682 9388.