Dentsu Aegis Network Selects Workday
March 14 2017 - 6:00AM
Global Media Group Moves to a
Technology Platform Built for the Cloud
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Mar 14,
2017) - Workday, Inc. (NYSE: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud
applications for finance and human resources, today announced that
Dentsu Aegis Network, one of the fastest growing global media
groups specialising in media, digital, and creative communications
services, has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) to
help improve efficiencies and visibility into its employee base
across the group's global network of brands. Through Workday,
Dentsu Aegis Network will empower its people to carry out
HR-related tasks, access personal information, and provide its
leaders with a single view of people-related information to better
understand and manage talent across the business.
Headquartered in London and employing more than
35,000 people across 10 global network brands, and supported by
additional specialist and multi-media brands, Dentsu Aegis Network
provides some of the world's leading marketers with best-in-class
media, digital, and creative communications services. As the
company expanded, Dentsu Aegis Network sought to replace a range of
disparate technologies with a single, agile system that would
foster better use of analytics and deliver actionable insights in
the business for faster workforce decision-making, placing data at
the heart of its people strategy.
With Workday, Dentsu Aegis Network expects to:
- Streamline efficiencies across the business
making it clearer, quicker, and easier to get things done.
- Better leverage the skill sets and experiences of
employees across brands and markets, opening up new opportunities
in the digital economy for their clients.
- Build a high-performance culture, equipping
leaders with direct access to insights into their teams.
- Better attract, develop, and retain talent with
the ability to track and manage the entire employee lifecycle all
in one people technology platform.
Comments on the News
"We were looking for a system that reflected where we
are heading as a business, something digital and pioneering that
embodies the way we do business for our clients and powers our
growth," said Caroline Mellor, director of HR effectiveness, Dentsu
Aegis Network. "Workday HCM enables us to create simplicity and
efficiency for our people with a technology platform built for the
cloud."
"Like many people-centric organisations, Dentsu
Aegis Network turned to Workday as the best system to support
people development and enablement that is critical to its global
success in the digital age," said Chano Fernandez, president, EMEA
& APJ, Workday. "When talent is the main driver of revenue,
innovative companies like Dentsu Aegis Network recognise the need
to deliver the best possible experience to their employees and to
provide managers with the insights they need to get the best out of
their teams."
About
Workday
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for
finance and human resources. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers
human capital management, financial management, and analytics
applications designed for the world's largest companies,
educational institutions, and government agencies. More than 1,000
organisations, ranging from medium-sized businesses to Fortune 50
enterprises, have selected Workday.
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Workday
+44 (0) 7568 377476
lisa.stassoulli@workday.com
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