Case Study: ALDO scales global operations and gains real-time workforce insight with Workday Adaptive Planning

Aldo increases scalability to support growth

Aldo, the Montreal-founded global shoe and accessories retailer with more than 10,000 employees and nearly 200 million annual customer visits, outgrew its rigid, on‑premises back‑office systems as it expanded internationally. The company needed a scalable, global HR solution with talent management and real-time people insights to replace manual processes and reduce risk from legacy technology.

In 2015 Aldo implemented Workday (HCM, Time & Attendance, Payroll, Benefits, Expenses), moving to a single cloud‑native platform that simplified technology, enabled process automation and self‑service, and freed HR/IS/IT to focus on strategic projects. Results included $350K in annual maintenance/infrastructure savings, $1.5M in upgrade cost avoidance every three years, $5K/month lower external system costs, payroll FTE reduction (‑3) and benefits FTE reduction (‑1), a 27% reduction in annual workforce spend, nearly 80% manager self‑service adoption, head‑count reporting reduced from hours to minutes, plus $822K annual store associate cost savings, 95% mobile adoption, and a 30% improvement in store manager productivity.

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