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Hewitt Associates Helps Marriott U.K. Optimize Human Resources Management While Cutting Costs

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Overview Hewitt Associates, Inc. wanted to identify a scalable, cost-effective HR and payroll platform and suite of best-practice processes on which to operate HR business process outsourcing for 10,000 Marriott U.K. associates, following the formation of the joint venture between Marriott Hotels Ltd and Whitbread PLC. Hewitt Associates recommended Oracle On Demand as Marriott's technology and applications hosting partner to ensure unrivalled availability, performance, and flexibility at a low per-user price. It leveraged the HR expertise of Oracle Certified Advantage Partner Symatrix and its collaboration with Oracle On Demand to implement and go live on time and on budget.

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Publisher	Oracle	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2007	Downloads	8
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Database Management, HR

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