Brooklyn's Progress
August 2003

by Adecco

Adecco (NYSE: ADO), the world’s largest staffing and human resource solutions company, has received an award from General Electric Medical Systems for “Outstanding Performance in Digitization Initiatives.”  This is the second consecutive year that GE Medical Systems has honored Adecco for its advances in staffing management systems.

Bob Lucas, COO of WorkCard, says, “The integration of the WorkCard ASP, the staffing industry’s most sophisticated, flexible Web-based staffing management system, into GEMSbuy, GE Medical Systems’ proprietary front-end procurement system, enables end-users to manage contingent labor vendors in a quick, efficient, and completely paperless environment. The process encompasses ordering, approval, fulfillment, time capture, billing, and reporting.”

Laura King, Vice President of Global Sourcing, presented the award to Cindy Gurekovich, Adecco’s National Account Manager for GE Medical Systems, and Tim Nau, Adecco Area Manager for Milwaukee, WI. King notes that, “Adecco’s integration of WorkCard into GEMSbuy, as well as the success of the product, have been exemplary. We use GEMSbuy for ordering everything from paperclips and computer equipment to contingent staff. WorkCard completely removes the tedious manual process out of managing the contingent workforce process, thus reducing our contingent workforce costs considerably. For that reason, Adecco’s digitization initiatives are the standard against which all other GE Medical Systems suppliers measure their success.”

Julio Arrieta, CEO of Adecco USA, says, “GE Medical Systems is one of Adecco’s largest clients, using temporary employees every day at 30 locations throughout the country. We’re very pleased to upgrade even further the service that Adecco provides to GE Medical Systems, and we’re especially honored to be recognized for our efforts.”

Adecco SA is a Forbes International 500 company and the global leader in human resources solutions. The Adecco network connects more than 650,000 associates with business clients each day through its network of over 29,000 employees and over 5,800 offices in 63 countries. Registered in Switzerland, and managed by a multinational team with expertise in markets spanning the globe, Adecco delivers an unparalleled range of flexible staffing and career resources to corporate clients and qualified associates.

The Adecco Group comprises five divisions: Staffing Services (Adecco), Professional Staffing and Services (Ajilon), Career Services (Lee Hecht Harrison), e-HR Services (jobpilot), and HR Support Services (Paywise). In Adecco Staffing, the Adecco staffing network focuses on flexible staffing solutions for global industries in transition, including automotive, banking, electronics, logistics and telecommunications; Ajilon Professional offers an unrivalled range of specialized branded businesses; LHH Career Services encompasses its portfolio of outplacement and coaching; jobpilot e-HR Services focuses on online recruiting activities for the Adecco Group; Paywise HR Support Services provides integrated outsourced business services.

Adecco USA serves more than 70,000 clients a year through a nationwide network of almost 1,500 points of sales and service.  With headquarters in Melville, NY, Adecco USA employs about 3,400 full-time employees and places more than 120,000 temporary associates each week.

Adecco SA is listed on the Swiss Exchange (ADEN / trading on Virt-x: 1213860), NYSE (ADO), Euronext Premier Marché (12819). Further information can be found at http://www.adecco.com/.

The WorkCard Company is a leading provider of vendor management services and software. The WorkCard ASP constitutes a powerful eBusiness product that enables enterprises to streamline the management of their contingent workforce. The versatility of the technology easily accommodates various business models, making it user-friendly for a multitude of industries. The product has already been installed at a number of Fortune 100 companies. An independent division of Adecco, WorkCard is based in Sunnyvale, CA. Further information can be found at http://www.workcard.com/.