Case Study: Scandic achieves standardized, scalable HR and €701K annual savings with Workday Adaptive Planning

Scandic standardizes HR processes and scales

Scandic, a leading Nordic hotel company founded in 1963 with over 18,000 employees, struggled with fragmented HR: multiple local systems and site‑based administrators made onboarding, offboarding and visibility inefficient and time‑consuming.

By moving to a single Workday HCM platform and a centralized HR operating model, Scandic standardized processes, tightened recruitment controls and improved hiring projections. The change supported an 87% increase in employees while HR grew just 32% (HR ratio shifting from 1:300 to 1:424), and delivered estimated annual savings of €345.8K in people costs plus €355.4K from hiring‑process improvements.

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