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Workday and ForFarmers

ForFarmers, with its headquarters in Lochem, the Netherlands, is an internationally operating feed company that offers total feed solutions for conventional and organic livestock farming. With 10.1 million tons of feed sold annually, ForFarmers is the market leader in Europe. The company operates in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland and the United Kingdom. ForFarmers has approximately 2,600 employees. In 2019, the company’s turnover amounted to approximately €2.5 billion.

Workday has helped us change from an administrative HR department into a much more business-supportive resource with HR business partners.

HR Director

Overview
Challenges
  • Lack of accuracy in reporting its HR-related figures 

  • No single view across operations

  • Lack of consistency of information required for well-informed decision-making

Results
  • HR practices supported across the company’s international network

  • HR department evolved from support function to strategic business partner

  • Reliable, accurate, HR-related data provides one version of the truth