NTT Group of Japan Deploys PeopleSoft Human Capital Management
World's Largest Telecommunications Company Delivers Real-time Access for 200,000 Users
PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2002--PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: PSFT - News) today announced that the NTT Group has deployed PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) for 200,000 users across 108 companies, representing the largest HCM implementation in Japan. PeopleSoft's pure Internet solution provides NTT's employees and business partners with real-time access to HCM business processes, dramatically reducing operational costs and boosting employee productivity. ADVERTISEMENT
"We chose PeopleSoft because they are the undisputed global leader in Internet-based enterprise software," said Setsuo Sasaki, senior manager, e-Solution Group, Human Resource Solution division at NTT Business Associe Corporation, an NTT subsidiary. "With PeopleSoft HCM, we are able to directly connect employees to business processes and value-added HR services, improving the satisfaction and performance of employees across all of our group companies."
NTT deployed PeopleSoft Human Resources, Global Payroll, Time and Labor, and Collaborative Applications. The PeopleSoft solutions will enable the NTT Group to cost-effectively manage and mobilize the workforces of more than 100 organizations and will also support a performance-based compensation system implemented across NTT's various companies.
NTT Comware, a leading systems integrator and strategic implementation partner of PeopleSoft Japan, teamed with NTT Business Associe to deploy the PeopleSoft solution in only seven months.
"By deploying PeopleSoft HCM, the NTT Group has reduced its total cost of ownership by 65 percent," said Isamu Yoshida, project manager at NTT Comware Corporation. "Furthermore, the NTT Group went live in one-third the time it would have taken with a custom system. This is an enormous achievement and a critical milestone that enabled them to stay on track with their restructuring plan."
"PeopleSoft worked closely with the NTT Group to ensure that our HCM solution met their objectives for reducing costs, improving workforce processes and increasing operational efficiency," said Doug Merritt, vice president and general manager, PeopleSoft Human Capital Management. "NTT's implementation further demonstrates PeopleSoft's ability to meet the demands of organizations managing a large and diverse workforce."
PeopleSoft HCM is the only global, pure Internet solution that allows organizations to align workforce contribution to business objectives within and beyond the enterprise. PeopleSoft HCM enables organizations to improve workforce efficiency and productivity to drive higher levels of business performance.
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PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT - News) is the world's leading provider of application software for the real-time enterprise. PeopleSoft pure Internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity by directly connecting customers, suppliers, partners and employees to business processes on-line, in real time. PeopleSoft's integrated, best-in-class applications include Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management and Financial Management. More than 4,800 organizations in 140 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com.
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