Case Study: ACCO Brands achieves streamlined North American payroll, $500K+ cost savings and near‑zero errors with Dayforce HCM

ACCO Brands - Customer Case Study

ACCO Brands Corporation, a global leader in branded office products headquartered in Lake Zurich, IL with ~3,200 employees in the US and Canada, faced fragmented HR and payroll systems across North America. Decentralized payroll, multiple systems and heavy spreadsheet use created frequent payroll errors, slow audits and inconsistent processing times, and the company needed to migrate 3,200 records to a single platform and train employees quickly to centralize operations.

ACCO implemented Ceridian’s Dayforce HCM (Payroll, Self‑service, HR and Time & Attendance) with dedicated consultants, rapid configuration and company‑wide training, using a “big bang” rollout across the US and Canada. The move created a shared services platform, produced over $500,000 in in‑house savings, enabled payroll for 2,000+ employees to be processed in minutes, reduced annual payroll errors to under 0.1%, made audits available pre‑commit, and freed HR to focus on strategic initiatives.

ACCO Brands

Tom Cielak

Director of HR Operations