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Advantage Sales & Marketing HR and Payroll Automation Case Study

Case study of ASM replacing ADP with Oracle HR and Payroll Managed Cloud Services, saving millions in year one and supporting 40,000 remote associates.

Published
June 4, 2026
Read time
3 min read
Source
Oracle

Advantage Sales & Marketing, a 40,000-employee professional services firm, implemented Oracle Human Resources, Payroll, Time and Labor, and BI applications hosted in Oracle Managed Cloud Services. The deployment automated payroll for 1.5 million records per pay period, enabled rapid onboarding of acquired employees, and delivered 99.999% availability without expanding internal IT staff. ASM achieved millions in first-year savings and gained self-service capabilities for a geographically dispersed workforce.

Key takeaways

Replaced ADP with Oracle HR/Payroll cloud, saving millions in year one

Processed 1.5 million payroll records bi-weekly for 40,000 associates

Onboarded acquired employees in days instead of months

Achieved 99.999% application uptime via Oracle Managed Cloud Services

Enabled self-service HR for remote retail workforce without added IT headcount

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