Client - Cendant Corporation

Assignment - JAT was retained to assist with the design, coordination and implementation of a Lawson HR, Payroll and Benefits software strategy that would allow the many Cendant companies (such as PHH and HFS) to operate effectively under one system. Cendant Corporation is the world's premier provider of consumer and business services with franchise partners such as Avis®, Ramada®, and Century 21®.

Challenge - The challenges for the JAT team were many:

The use of different payroll systems and benefits programs in the Cendant companies

The lack of a formal HR system

Business procedures were different or non-existent

A lack of critical HR information flow between the corporate office and the individual companies

Find a solution to all the above during a company merger that significantly expanded the scope of the original assignment

Solution - Due to their broad experience, the JAT implementation team knew it was critical to gather in-depth information regarding the infrastructure of the Cendant organization before a successful solution could be recommended. The JAT team launched an extensive needs assessment to complete a plan which the Cendant corporate office used to capture critical HR, Payroll and Benefits information from a global perspective.

Results - With JAT's help, Cendant achieved the following:

Common business procedures and software programs

Training programs for all Cendant companies

Common benefits plans

A successful system implementation that included the design for the recently acquired companies

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