The new Lawson applications will replace Sweetwater’s legacy human resource system, which required inefficient, paper-based processes. With Lawson Human Capital Management, Sweetwater will be able to create automated workflows to help streamline key HR processes, such as hiring and processing new employees. The new Lawson system also will enable the district to deploy employee self-service access to basic HR information, increase employee productivity by eliminating duplicate data entry, and reduce staff overtime costs.

The district will integrate the new Lawson applications with several other third-party business systems, including the Chancery Student Management System and the San Diego County Office of Education.

Lawson Professional Services will provide implementation services for the district’s system rollout, which Sweetwater expects to complete by March 2008.

Lawson serves more than 120 public services customers, including three of the top seven digital state governments and four of the 25 largest school districts in the United States. State governments, cities, counties, school districts, publicly owned utilities/authorities and special districts rely on Lawson’s solutions to help meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders – constituents, employees, students, vendors and the community – while helping to maximize limited budgets.

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