Bovis

Bovis Lend Lease needed to migrate all of its 3,000 UK staff in several locations to a single PeopleSoft Global Payroll solution, replacing the complex interfaces and costs of the existing systems.

Management and control of payroll for different regions needed to be brought in-house, with the ability to run it from a single, worldwide HRMS database. This was the pilot project in a global rollout of PeopleSoft Global Payroll.

Crocus had worked closely with Bovis Lend Lease on a previous project to consolidate the Human Resources database. This ranged from initial project planning, resource allocation, functional and technical design, implementation, testing and the parallel running of the system right through to going live. Crocus had also been involved in training Bovis Lend Lease’s staff on Global Payroll.

We worked alongside the Bovis Lend Lease team involved in functional and technical design phases right through to the testing of the systems and live implementation. We also provided training and education support to the Bovis Lend Lease technical team for post go-live support.

The new PeopleSoft database and Global Payroll software provided a single platform for internal payroll management, without the need for additional software applications. The new system went live, on time and on budget, enabling Bovis Lend Lease to become the first company to pay all of its UK-based staff via a single PeopleSoft Global Payroll system.

This was the first implementation of PeopleSoft Global Payroll in the UK. No other consultancy organisation was able to provide the depth of PeopleSoft knowledge and value that Bovis Lend Lease required for the project.

Crocus has continued the partnership with the Bovis Lend Lease team. We have extended the use of their system to accommodate new and future functional requirements for a Pension Management System, seamlessly integrated with payroll and in-version upgrades of the software.

Terry O'Brien, Special Projects Manager for Bovis Lend Lease comments:

"Crocus has provided consultants to Lend Lease on a number of occasions. At all times the quality of the consultants has been excellent. Their knowledge of PeopleSoft is top notch and we could not have implemented Global Payroll so successfully without their assistance. In my view, they are the premium supplier of PeopleSoft expertise in the UK and that includes PeopleSoft itself".