Southland Industries Selects SilkRoad technology's Life Suite Solutions

Press Release - Winston Salem, NC

SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced today Southland Industries has selected the Life Suite, SilkRoad's talent management solution set. Southland will soon be implementing OpenHire for recruiting management, RedCarpet for onboarding & life events, WingSpan for performance management, and GreenLight for learning management.  With the Life Suite, Southland Industries will ensure they attract and retain the best talent available. Southland Industries is one of the nation's largest mechanical contractors and takes pride in being one of the most progressive and safest places to work.

Southland Industries prides themselves on being innovators who deliver creative solutions to their clients' most complex projects. Their innovative approach to design, construction, maintenance and every facet of their business is the primary characteristic that sets them apart from their competitors and provides them with the competitive advantage that they enjoy today.

'When we overlay our commitment to innovation with our human resources strategies, the results include our ability to attract, develop and retain the most talented people in our industry, which in turn continues to feed and fuel the cycle of consistently delivering excellence,' said Don Tyson - Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Southland Industries. 'SilkRoad's Life Suite of talent management solutions appears to align ideally with Southlands strategies and presented to us the most comprehensive collection of tools available on the market today.'

'SilkRoad's Life Suite's integrated approach will allow us to effectively manage the full life cycle of our employee experience from sourcing through onboarding, performance management, training and development, compensation and succession planning. By harnessing the robustness of the Life Suite's capabilities, our employees, at all levels, will also be able to more effectively contribute to the management of their careers at Southland,' added Tyson.

SilkRoad technology's Life Suite provides a completely scalable, customizable, and easy-to-use web-based talent management solution. Each Life Suite solution fully integrates to smoothly manage the entire employee life cycle.

About Southland Industries

Southland Industries (SI) was founded in 1949 as a Long Beach-based supplier of residential heating solutions to the Southern California market. Southland has expanded its services exponentially through the years. Today, they are one of the nation's largest mechanical contractors providing full design, construction, fabrication, service and maintenance for HVAC, process piping, plumbing, fire protection, controls and automation.

Southland's commitment to excellence has put them in the forefront of developing the Design-Build-Maintain model. They strive to provide solutions to their customers' needs in order to improve their profitability, their environment and the lives of their building occupants. Southland has championed Lean Construction since its inception as a means of minimizing waste and maximizing value. That, coupled with their use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), affirms their position as 21st century innovators. Please visit www.southlandindustries.com for more information.

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