Case Study: Thales achieves global HCM transformation and £475K annual savings with Workday

Thales - Customer Case Study

Thales Group is a global aerospace, space, defense, and security company with about 65,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Facing fragmented legacy HCM systems, Thales set out to define a world-class HRIS that would deliver consistent real-time people data, higher self-service, improved organizational effectiveness, flexible integrations, and consolidated processes.

Thales chose Workday HCM and deployed a single system across four countries for 15,000 employees, gaining real-time reporting, fewer admin tasks, redeployed FTEs, standardized processes, and better control of compensation and absence management. Measured benefits include £475,000 in annual UK cost savings, £135,000 in reduced HR system costs, a reduction from 300 custom datasets to six standard enterprise reports, and a 33% faster integration build time.

Thales

Dan Belli

HR Operations Director