ATLANTA -- SAP America Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), today announced that Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), the nation’s leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, has selected SAP ERP as its new enterprise human resource management system (HRMS). After a thorough evaluation, Comcast selected SAP to optimize human resources business processes for the company’s growing employee base of approximately 90,000 people. The announcement was made at SAPPHIRE® ’07, SAP’s international customer conference, being held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 22 - 25.
As one of the world’s leading communications companies, Comcast provides its more than 24 million customers with access to innovative video, high-speed Internet and digital voice services. Comcast will work with SAP to create a flexible and reliable HR management system to manage and improve the range of transactional, tactical, and strategic processes associated with human resources and payroll functions.
Once implemented, the system will be a secure repository for all employee information and the central administration system for all people-based systems throughout all of Comcast. The software is designed to enable both managers and employees to use online self-service tools to manage critical HR data across a range of functions, including recruiting, on-boarding, learning and development, payroll, performance management, compensation administration, compliance reporting and talent management.
“Having a robust, flexible human resources management system is an important part of our continuing effort to make Comcast a great place to work,” said Charisse R. Lillie, vice president of Human Resources for Comcast Corporation and senior vice president of Human Resources for Comcast Cable. “We’re looking forward to working with SAP to create a high-quality, high-performance platform that helps to attract and recruit great talent, and manage our most valuable asset – our people.”
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