HighRoads Launches Its Strategic Partner Network.Perfect Balance of Strategy and Technology to Reduce Cost and Improve Value of HR Programs BOSTON -- HighRoads, the preferred HR information management solutions provider for F500 companies, today introduces its Strategic Partner Network, the industry's most comprehensive resource for increasing the value of HR programs. By bringing together the services of highly specialized experts with innovative technology, HighRoads creates a single source for best practices, strategic insight and robust information management solutions to meet today's complex HR challenges. HighRoads' award-winning solution suite defines the new way of managing HR programs and vendors with automation and information control. Its solutions provide total visibility into the effectiveness of benefits strategies, highly auditable processes and continuous improvement in HR supplier performance. Based on its proven track record of driving efficiency, service excellence from human resource suppliers and saving millions on benefits without sacrificing quality, HighRoads is attracting dozens of boutique Boutique A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals. Notes: These investment firms are the alternatives to large financial supermarkets. They provide a highly personalized environment for investing. firms to its partner network. New partners include leaders in key practice areas: MHS (1) (Message Handling Service) An earlier messaging system from Novell that supported multiple operating systems and other messaging protocols, including SMTP, SNADS and X.400. It used the SMF-71 messaging format. Advisors, for vendor advisory consulting; Risk Strategies Company for brokerage services; and WayPoint way·point n. A point between major points on a route, as along a track. Communications, Inc. for HR management and communications. These new partners join existing partners Watson Wyatt Worldwide and Medstat, a Thomson Healthcare Thomson Healthcare is one of the five operating divisions of the Thomson Corporation. The division provides information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. Thomson Healthcare is based in Connecticut with about 2,600 staff around the globe. company. "HighRoads brings a new dimension of efficiency to the communication solutions we provide to our clients," said Jacque Abernathy, principal of WayPoint Communications, based in Houston. "Partnering with HighRoads will allow us to leverage technology and translate data into meaningful communication solutions that engage key stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. and help the organizations we work with realize the full potential of any desired change." Sharing strategies and holistic benefit data, consultants can seamlessly integrate HighRoads' HR Information Management solution into existing service delivery models, while HighRoads expands its reach to help customers move quickly on strategy and implementation. The Optimal Strategy & Technology Balance The HighRoads Strategic Partner Network is designed to help customers get the most from their consulting and technology strategies. The combination gives HR professionals relief from complexity, rigidity rigidity /ri·gid·i·ty/ (ri-jid´i-te) inflexibility or stiffness. clasp-knife rigidity and intensity of managing HR programs. With strategic insight into new and better ways of tackling every aspect of HR program and supplier management and data automation that streamlines the process, HR teams do their jobs more efficiently, with better results - from vendor management, summary plan description (SPD (Serial Presence Detect) The method used by DIMM memory modules to communicate their capacity and features to the computer. Data such as manufacturer, size, speed, voltage and row and column addresses are stored in an EEPROM chip on the module. ) development, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and contract management. "The competing pressure of retaining world-class talent while reducing the costs associated with employee benefits makes the HR role more challenging than ever," said Brent Bannerman, founder and chief strategy officer for HighRoads. "HR organizations recognize the need for strategic consulting and technology, but generally seek them in silos. Our partner network changes all that - wrapping the best ideas with the solutions that can make them truly effective." About HighRoads HighRoads, Inc. (www.HighRoads.com), the new way of managing HR programs and vendors, improves the employee experience while dramatically reducing costs for large, complex organizations. HighRoads has automated HR processes for more than 100 Fortune 500 employers along with 700 of their vendors, consultants and outsourced administrators in 75 countries. Clients include some of the world's largest companies, such as General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2006 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world[1]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. , Honeywell, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Kraft, Staples and Toyota. Founded in 1999, HighRoads is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Woburn, Mass. |
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