CherryRoad Team to Integrate Enterprise Software and Deploy Portal for the Nation's Second Largest Commuter Railroad
PARSIPPANY, NJ - March 30, 2004 …CherryRoad Technologies, a full-service systems integrator, today announced that it has been selected to perform a PeopleSoft implementation for the MTA Metro-North Railroad, a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York.
Under the terms of the contract, CherryRoad is leading a team tasked with implementing PeopleSoft® Enterprise Financial Management 8.4 (including General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Projects); PeopleSoft® Enterprise Supplier Relationship Management 8.8 (including Purchasing, Inventory, eProcurement, Supplier Connection and Strategic Sourcing); PeopleSoft® Enterprise Performance Management 8.8 (Business Planning and Budgeting module); PeopleSoft® HCM 8.8 (including Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits and several eApplications modules); and PeopleSoft® Enterprise Portal 8.8.
“Over the past 21 years, we've helped provide successful technology implementations and optimized business processes for a number of transportation organizations, including the Delaware Department of Transportation, Hampton Roads Transit and the Port of Seattle,” said Tom Ferrando, president and chief operating officer of CherryRoad Technologies. “We now look forward to helping MTA Metro-North Railroad integrate PeopleSoft's leading enterprise application software that is intended to streamline company-wide systems and processes, thus enhancing overall efficiency and competitiveness,” he added.
MTA Metro-North Railroad, the second largest commuter railroad in the United States, provides approximately 250,000 customer trips each weekday and some 73,000,000 trips per year. A subsidiary of New York State's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Metro-North was founded in 1983 when the MTA assumed control of Conrail commuter operations in the states of New York and Connecticut. More information can be found at http://www.mta.info/ .
CherryRoad Technologies provides comprehensive systems integration and consulting services that achieve breakthrough results for industry and government. The company has more than 400 customers, including Atlantic Health System; the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church, USA; City of Pasadena; Hampton Roads Transit; Malcolm Pirnie; Mercedes-Benz; MetLife; National Exchange Carrier Association; the New York Public Library; Philadelphia Housing Authority; Port of Seattle; Twentieth Century Fox; the U.S. Army; Visiting Nurse Service of New York; and XL Capital. CherryRoad Technologies has 400 employees and is based in Parsippany, N.J. with offices throughout the United States.