IBM Japan to Transform and Manage SANYO Electric’s Human Resources and Payroll Functions

IBM Japan to Transform and Manage SANYO Electric’s Human Resources and Payroll Functions

IBM Japan today announced a Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) agreement to transform and manage SANYO Electric Group’s human resources and payroll functions. The contract supports SANYO Electric’s corporate reform project and follows a skills development BTO contract signed in December 2005.
Under the terms of the contract, approximately 60 employees from SANYO Electric and SANYO Associate Support working in payroll and human resources transferred to IBM Japan Group.

IBM will standardize and centralize SANYO Electric’s human resources and payroll operations, including staff and benefits administration, through IBM’s delivery centers located in Japan and Dalian – China. This contract follows a skills development agreement which involved the transition of 40 SANYO Electric staff and SANYO Human Network to IBM Japan Group. Under the agreement, IBM now trains the management personnel and management candidates, organizational operations personnel and professional personnel previously trained by SANYO Electric and SANYO Human Network.

IBM Japan has applied its skills development expertise accumulated through its global operations and client engagements to provide SANYO Electric with a learning solution responsive to the changing business environment and markets. In 2004, IBM invested US$700 million in learning for its 320,000 employees around the world. In 2004, IBM was ranked first in Training magazine’s “Training Top 100″ for outstanding learning programs and second in 2005. The company has received more than 30 awards and commendations from bodies such as the International Society for Performance Improvement and the American Society for Training and Development.

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