Case Study: Infectious Disease Research Institute achieves faster grant reporting and paperless HR with PayNW

IDRI fixes payroll and grant reporting in minutes with PayNorthwest

The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), a Seattle-based nonprofit, faced significant administrative challenges in managing payroll and accurately reporting time across multiple grants for its 130 employees. Their old, manual system was error-prone and required lengthy vendor support to fix mistakes, pulling scientists away from critical research. IDRI selected PayNorthwest's HCM Solution to address these inefficiencies.

PayNorthwest implemented its unified platform in less than a month, providing a single system for time tracking, payroll, and digitized HR reviews. This dramatically reduced errors; fixes that once took days could now be handled internally in minutes. The solution freed staff from manual administrative strain, allowing them to refocus on IDRI's primary mission of developing diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.

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