The year?  1987.  The idea?  Benefit statements with charts.  At that time, a very unique presentation.  We have been the innovative leader for many years.  You may have a few employees that are younger than our first Benefit statements.
The year?  2009.  The idea?  Benefit statements or any type of employee communication - all done online via the SaaS with Tables, Joins, Queries, Views, Functions, Expressions, Triggers, layouts (design editor), documentation, Chat, dynamic charts & chart design, datasources and creation of pdf's.  Collaborative, of course.
This set of 14 links will answer the majority of your questions about the 'workflow' of an Employee Benefit Statements project.  Move sequentially,paying particular attention to Content Source Documents and Data.
Benefit Statements Table of Contents - Employee Retention begins here:
A 10 page 'light' tutorial for beginners contemplating creating employee benefit statements 'in house'.  Assumes you do not use our services - and go it alone.  Touches on a few in-house challenges.
A simple, online sample of employee benefit statements, that could include employee training, employee presentations, employee opinion surveys, retirement, etc.  State of the art in 2000.  We are not new to web apps.
A set of thirteen employee benefit statements samples of varying sizes and complexity. We now use Younicycle for the production of most Employee Benefit Statements.
Younicycle utilizes UTF8, so your benefit statements can be in virtually any language.
The Phrase "Mortgaging your Future" has never been more relevant. The financial & political turmoil of 2008/2009 will likely be awarded a special chapter in History books.  Most people are beginning to accept the obvious:  It may be wise to do some serious belt-tightening. Effective, affordable Employee Communications are needed now more than ever.  Younicycle is collaborative, belt tightening productivity software that will allow you to communicate more effectively, now. Tomorrow may be too late.
FULL SERVICE - OR - DO IT YOURSELF - OR COLLABORATE.  YOUR CHOICE.