Before Oracle HCM Cloud, Autozone’s management of 90,000 employees involved PeopleSoft and multiple on-premise and third-party solutions. However, high turnover, a lack of analytics and an aggressive growth target motivated the HR team to leave their disconnected systems behind and evolve into one scalable system. With the help of Hitachi Consulting and Oracle HCM Cloud, Autozone set out to streamline and automate many processes involved in talent acquisition including sourcing, recruiting and onboarding. Together, Hitachi and Autozone map out the key factors for a successful cloud implementation.

Before implementation, online applications took an average of 28 minutes with an abandonment rate of 50 percent. Thirty days post-launch, the application process had narrowed to only eight minutes and Autozone received 93,000 completed applications—more than four times the amount completed in the same time span the previous year.

In thinking about the positive results of Phase 1 of the Oracle HCM Cloud implementation, Autozone and Hitachi Consulting have identified nine key success factors:

1. Executive sponsorship
2. Clear mission
3. Alignment of people, process and Technology
4. Being realistic about resources
5. Committed program management
6. Infusing change management from the start
7. Recruiting business champions
8. Choosing the right partners for the long-term journey
9. Committing to ongoing improvements

As they move forward to Phase 2, they will continue to prioritize each of these factors. To learn more about Autozone’s successful Oracle HCM Cloud implementation, watch the full presentation here.