ACS Awarded Total Benefits Administration Contract by Ford Motor Company
DALLAS--Global automotive industry leader Ford Motor Company has selected Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. to provide a full spectrum of total benefits administration services to employee and retiree participants.
Under the new contract with Ford, which was reflected in ACS' fourth quarter fiscal year 2009 results, ACS will provide the administration of health and welfare, pension, and savings plans. These services are deployed through ACS’ call center operations and innovative Web portal, the foundation for an integrated, one-stop experience for all Ford participants. The self-service Website is easy-to-use and provides participants accessible information that integrates Ford’s benefit information, vendor partners, and benefit program information in an engaging and participant-focused tool.
The Web portal builds upon the convergence of health and wealth benefits in the marketplace and the desire to control costs. As a result, Ford’s partnership with ACS will enable it to transform the delivery of benefit administration services to its employees and retirees by providing information to participants to help them better manage their health and wealth decisions.
“This new partnership represents our commitment to providing Ford innovation in technology, tools and processes and delivering total benefits services,” said Ann Vezina, executive vice president and group president of ACS Enterprise Solutions & Services. “As a proven market leader with significant expertise in the benefits space, ACS will enable Ford to build further value for its employees and retirees.”
In addition, ACS will be investing in the southeastern Michigan community by establishing a customer care center in Allen Park, Michigan to support its benefit administration offerings.
“With the significant investments ACS has made in its benefits services and delivery teams, we can showcase a new level of technology that fuses innovation and functionality, providing Ford participants easy and secure access to their benefits administration,” said Vezina. “Because ACS offers a complete portfolio of human capital management services, we can potentially integrate other services such as learning and consulting seamlessly.”
ACS Human Capital Management Solutions cover the entire spectrum of the human resources function and its services are provided to more than 4 million employees and retirees in more than 80 countries worldwide in 20 languages. ACS’ breadth of comprehensive HR business process offerings includes HR services, total benefits services, and learning management services. ACS’ services are further differentiated by the HR consulting and advisory services offered by its subsidiary, Buck Consultants.
About ACS
ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with approximately 74,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at www.acs-inc.com.
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