Case Study: Land O'Lakes achieves more than 99.9% payroll accuracy and improved compliance with Workday Adaptive Planning

Land O’Lakes saves time on payroll and boosts compliance

Land O’Lakes, a farmer-owned cooperative with about 9,000 employees and $14 billion in annual sales operating across 50 countries, faced an outdated on‑premise payroll system that relied on manual entry of W‑4s, direct-deposit and bonus data. The manual processes made audits and regulatory compliance time-consuming and error-prone, and year‑end processing was particularly difficult.

After migrating to cloud-based Workday HCM and Payroll, Land O’Lakes automated payroll tasks, shifted data entry to employee self-service, and used Smart Audits plus continuous regulatory updates to improve compliance. The change delivered real-time dashboards and secure remote access, raising payroll accuracy to over 99.9%, cutting off‑cycle payments by 50%, reducing paper use, and freeing the payroll team’s time.

Land O’Lakes

John Gardner

Payroll and Compliance Manager