Success Profile

ALFA San Pedro Garza Garca, N.L., Mxico www.alfa.com.mx When we were evaluating the different options that we had for implementing a platform to run across all of our different business units, SumTotal was the only one that actually had all of the modules we needed in one integrated solution. Vernica Elizondo Director of Human Capital Projects

Diversified Global Company Standardizes On SumTotal

BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ALFA was looking to establish global consistency and best practices in
managing its employees. This was challenging due to the proliferation of different HR systems at each of its four major business units

ALFA needed to centralize its HR information and data to make better

business decisions about personnel and to promote cross-business unit transfers, therefore minimizing employee attrition find growth opportunities for employees within the organization

ALFA was losing management-level talent because it was unable to

Fast Facts
Industry: Petrochemicals Refrigerated Foods Manufacturing Telecommunications Countries: Mexico and Global Users: 50,000+ SumTotal Product: SumTotal HR Management (HRMS) SumTotal Learning SumTotal Performance SumTotal Recruiting & Hiring SumTotal Succession Planning

SOLUTION
ALFA selected SumTotals integrated talent management platform to be
its standard human capital platform across its diverse business units

SumTotal is at the core of ALFAs employee lifecycle, which consists of

planning, hiring, compensation, performance management, learning, career development, succession planning, and reporting and analysis

RESULTS The flexibility and configurability of SumTotal, along with its robust reporting
and analytic capabilities, facilitated ALFAs new HR strategy

ALFA has fully enabled a talent mobility strategy, and its now far more

common for employees to jump from one business unit within the company to anotherexpanding their experience level and skill sets via promotion rather than leave the company outright partner of executive management that ensures ALFAs employees are aligned with the companys overall business objectives

SumTotal has helped ALFA to elevate HR to a fully strategic function and

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About SumTotal
SumTotal Systems, Inc. is the global leader strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions that provide organizations with a new level of visibility to help make more informed business decisions and accelerate growth. Recognized by industry analysts as the most complete solution, SumTotal provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, from a single provider for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. We have increased the performance of the worlds largest organizations including Sony Electronics (NYSE: SNE), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN [ADR]; London: AZN), Amway (KUL:AMWAY), Seagate (NYSE: STX), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG). For more information, or to request a demo, please call +1 (866) 768-6825 (US / Canada), +1 (352) 264-2800 (international) or visit www.sumtotalsystems.com

ABOUT ALFA
ALFA is a Mexican company comprised of four business groups: Alpek (petrochemicals), Nemak (aluminum auto components), Sigma (refrigerated food), and Alestra (telecommunications). ALFA is the worlds leading manufacturer of hightech aluminum engine heads and blocks; One of the worlds largest producers of PTA, a petrochemical product; The Mexican leader in the production of processed meats and cheese; One of the most important telecommunications services companies in Mexico. In 2007, ALFA reported revenues of 9.6 billion USD, including foreign sales of 5.2 billion USD, and assets of 9.1 billion USD. Currently, ALFA has manufacturing operations in 16 countries and employs more than 50,000 people.

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