Spectrum Health Selects Lawson Talent Management to Help Simplify Recruiting and Compensation

Single, integrated system to help largest employer in western Michigan link people to organizational results

SINGAPORE, May 14, 2008 – Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) announced today that Spectrum Health, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., is the first healthcare organization to select the new Lawson Talent Management Suite. Lawson Talent Management is part of the Lawson Strategic Human Capital Management System, and was introduced during the Lawson Conference and User Exchange (CUE) in March. Spectrum Health will use the Lawson solution to help simplify talent acquisition, provide an improved candidate experience and automate compensation processes through a single, integrated system. The contract was signed during Lawson’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, which ends May 31, 2008. 

Lawson Talent Management combines a global core human resources system with strategic human capital management, including new functionality to help companies manage talent acquisition, incentive compensation, employee performance, learning and development, and succession planning.

Spectrum Health is the largest not-for-profit health system in Western Michigan. The healthcare organization, which includes more than 2,000 beds across its network of seven hospitals, is also the largest employer in the region, managing an annual volume of nearly 200,000 employment applications. Spectrum has been a Lawson customer for eight years and currently uses Lawson solutions for human resources, financial, procurement and supply chain management.

“We recognized the need for an integrated solution that would help us manage our recruiting processes more efficiently,” said Crystal January-Craft, director of the center for talent and organizational development at Spectrum Health. “After exploring several best-of-breed vendors, we selected Lawson Talent Management because its functional capabilities and user-friendliness really met our needs as a healthcare organization.”

Lawson Talent Management will help Spectrum Health become more strategic about its hiring and overall talent management activities. The solution is designed to offer a simpler, more streamlined application process via Spectrum Health’s website to help improve information management, reduce hiring time, and deliver a better experience for online applicants. It will also more closely tie individual benchmarks and performance to organizational objectives and help improve efficiencies for HR staff.

“Our new solution will help simplify human resources for Spectrum Health by providing an integrated, on-demand suite of talent management functions,” said Larry Dunivan, vice president of Global Human Capital Management Products for Lawson. “This will help Spectrum Health make informed decisions about its talent in support of strategy, linking people to real organizational results.”