Xerox PeopleNet - Creating IT/HR Synergies

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Case Code : ITSY004
Case Length : 07 Pages
Period : 1990-2000
Pub Date : 2001
Teaching Note : Available
Organization : Xerox
Industry : Computers and Information Technology
Countries : Japan

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Developing Xerox PeopleNet

Research work for the HRMS began in early 1993, and the overall concept of Xerox PeopleNet was formalized by June 1993.

Xerox began with an internal HR survey to identify the desired objectives of the proposed system. Suggestions regarding the priorities from which to develop an initial user interface were invited from the employees.

The company took the help of consultants Tridec Development Corp. for this purpose.⁵The company's existing infrastructure comprised workstations and the basic networking hardware under a mainframe environment.⁶

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Xerox had in the past tried several times to make basic HR information available to employees. However, mainframe technologies were not user-friendly enough for the typical manager/employee skillset. Also, Xerox was shifting from the existing hardware setup to a personal computer (PC) setup. Therefore, a client/server architecture was decided upon as the best choice.

The Benefits

Xerox PeopleNet supported applications covering such areas as training, retirement fund performance and a corporate phone directory (Refer Table I).

In addition, employees could check Xerox's stock price as well as those of its competitors.

The unique feature of Xerox PeopleNet was that unlike typical HRMSs, it did not restrict the availability of information HR staff alone.

All employees could access information through any PC on the company's network.

5] Tridec is a New York based full systems management company that specializes in client-server and imaging applications.

6] In a mainframe environment, a very large and expensive computer capable of supporting hundreds, or even thousands of users simultaneously is used to run the organization's computer infrastructure.

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