Case Study: Thales achieves real-time HR visibility and £475,000 annual cost savings with Workday Adaptive Planning

Thales gains real-time visibility and standardized HR processes

Thales, a global aerospace, defense and security manufacturer with about 65,000 employees in 50+ countries, faced fragmented legacy HCM systems and inconsistent people data. The company needed a reliable, real‑time HRIS that would consolidate disparate processes, increase employee and manager self‑service, improve organizational effectiveness, and support flexible integrations.

Thales implemented Workday as a single HCM across four countries covering 15,000 employees, delivering real‑time dashboards, standardized processes and faster integrations. The change reduced administrative effort and reporting (300 datasheets to 6 standard reports), cut HR system costs by £135,000 and delivered £475,000 in annual savings, achieved 33% less time to build integrations, improved data accuracy and compensation control, and freed/redeployed staff into central functions.

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