Case Study: E&H Family Group achieves 216% ROI and 4-month payback with Ceridian Dayforce

E&H Family Group - Customer Case Study

E&H Family Group, a three-generation, family-run operator of 21 Ace Hardware and 13 Buehler’s Fresh Food stores with more than 2,800 employees, faced an urgent HR technology challenge when its on‑premise Oracle HCM platform was declared unsupported and would have required a costly hardware and software upgrade. The company needed a scalable, cloud-based HCM that could automate HR processes and support two distinct retail businesses without the risks and costs of upgrading the legacy system.

E&H implemented Ceridian Dayforce as a single-source cloud HCM, resolving initial deployment issues with outside consulting. The move eliminated nearly $500,000 in upgrade costs, cut annual fees by 20%, removed a $130,000 project manager role, redeployed two staff, and improved reporting, payroll accuracy, and efficiency. Nucleus Research measured a 216% annual ROI, a 0.3-year (4-month) payback, and an average annual benefit of about $1.84 million.

E&H Family Group

Barbara Z. Peck

Analyst