Challenges.
Meijer’s HR technology fostered inefficient, inconsistent business processes companywide. Furthermore, its multiple systems and custom bolt-on applications had rigid workflows and limited self-service and reporting capabilities.
Why Workday.
By adopting Workday, Meijer gains one system and one source of truth for consolidating HR systems, standardizing processes, and automating workflows. Easy-to-use, highly flexible tools simplify configuration, enable self-service reporting, and support mobile devices and desktops.
Benefits and results.
Gained flexible systems.
Meijer consolidated its systems and applications into a single, flexibly configured HR system. It shifted partial ownership of the system from IT to HR, formed an agile HR support team, and sped up internal responses while moving to a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
80
integrations retired
$1.5-million
upgrade avoided
Improved organizational management.
Meijer set up consistent, simplified business processes across stores and supply chain facilities, which helps streamline new store creation. It also extended self-service system capabilities to managers and team members, so managers can initiate and execute key business transactions.
50%
mobile adoption
1
week instead of 12 to create new store structure
Automated HR processes.
Meijer gained significant efficiencies during a period of rapid growth. It cut the times needed to fill an open position, onboard new hires, and complete merit plans. Meijer also shortened candidate applications, made workflows more flexible, and expanded its digital learning catalog.
$960,000
annual savings from improved HR efficiency
$1 million
a year saved through improved onboarding
Consolidated reports.
Meijer equipped users with one source of truth and a consolidated reporting experience. The company enabled direct self-service access to several real-time reports and removed a former requirement to manually prepare and distribute up to 25 versions of each report, relieving HR of a significant administrative burden.