Ceridian Employer Services Forms HR/Payroll Outsourcing Relationship with SAP America.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1998-- Integrated Solution Allows Information Exchange for Payroll Processing and Tax Filing Ceridian Employer Services announced today that it has formed a relationship with SAP America, Inc. to provide an interface between the SAP HR System(TM) and Ceridian Employer Services' payroll processing and tax filing services. The cooperation between Ceridian and SAP will give customers new flexibility and options in managing their human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. programs. Utilizing new Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs) developed by SAP, Ceridian customers will have the option of using the payroll and tax filing services provided by Ceridian in conjunction with the SAP HR System. The new BAPIs enable the integration of SAP HR with Ceridian's applications and services in the areas of payroll, tax filing and check printing and distribution. "Ceridian's relationship with SAP offers an integrated approach that lets companies take advantage of their enterprise-wide systems for HR and financial functions, while reaping the benefits of outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. of their payroll and tax functions," said Carl Keil, president of Ceridian Employer Services. "Ceridian offers a broader range of product solutions. Our relationship with SAP will eventually include an interface with our automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. time and attendance solutions as well as payroll and tax filing." Companies choosing SAP HR in combination with strategic outsourcing of payroll processing and tax filing can realize the "traditional" benefits of outsourcing, such as reduced administrative work, increased productivity, greater focus on core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
"Ceridian will be a strong choice for SAP customers and prospects who choose to outsource payroll and tax filing," added Bob Kudla, director of strategic alliances at Ceridian. "With our broad range of HRMS HRMS Human Resource Management System HRMS High Resolution Microwave Survey (SETI, Project Phoenix) HRMS High Resolution Mass Spectroscopy HRMS High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy HRMS Human Resources Management Specialist solutions, experience and expertise, Ceridian can provide the depth and quality of services required by large customers and deliver them cost effectively." "This relationship with Ceridian is another example of how SAP helps ensure the strategic success of its customers," said Mike Gioja, executive vice president of global HR development and the HR strategic business unit at SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. . "The SAP HR solution provides our clients with the flexibility to choose a solution that best meets their company's needs. Some customers need the ability to selectively choose and outsource various business processes to strong service providers like Ceridian. We are pleased to establish a relationship with Ceridian, and demonstrate support for our customers' strategic business decisions." About Ceridian Ceridian Employer Services is the source for leading outsourced and in-house HRMS, payroll and tax filing solutions. The Ceridian Source product suite includes HRIS HRIS Human Resource Information System HRIS High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer HRIS Highway Research Information Service HRIS High Resolution Infrared Sounder , employee self service, payroll and tax filing services, and time and attendance solutions - available for Windows, SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. and Oracle environments. Ceridian has formed strong customer partnerships with over 90,000 customers, including 40 percent of the Fortune 1000 and 30 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. For more information about Ceridian Employer Services, visit http://ces.ceridian.com. Ceridian Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CEN CEN - Conseil Européen pour la Normalisation. A body coordinating standardisation activities in the EEC and EFTA countries. ) is a leading information services See Information Systems. company that serves the human resource, electronic media and transportation markets. Its information services businesses include Ceridian Employer Services, a leading provider of human resource management systems, as well as payroll, tax filing and other services; Comdata Corporation, which provides transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. and information services to the transportation industry; and marketing information businesses that include The Arbitron Company. SAP, R/3, SAP HR and all SAP product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Ceridian Employer Services, Minneapolis Molly Buck, 612/853-3293 molly.buck@ceridian.com or Bozell Kamstra Connie McCaffrey, 612/371-5511 cmccaffrey@minneapolis.bozellkamstra.com |
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