Case Study: Bronson Health achieves faster hiring and $3.1M in annual savings with Workday

Bronson Healthcare transforms and streamlines operations with Workday

Bronson Health is a nonprofit regional healthcare system based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with more than 9,000 employees across hospitals, clinics, home care and rehab centers. Facing a culture and lean-management transformation, Bronson’s legacy HR systems were fragmented and didn’t give managers real-time, accurate data, limiting recruiting visibility, pay controls, and the ability to scale for growth and acquisitions.

Bronson implemented Workday (HCM, Payroll, Absence, Recruiting, Compensation, Talent) in 11 months to consolidate systems, automate processes, improve reporting and empower managers. Results included a 28% increase in applicants, time-to-fill cut from 60 to 30 days, $3.1M annual savings from better pay practices and reduced overtime, $200K saved by decommissioning systems plus $80K from a reallocated technical resource, a candidate application time reduced from 60 to 5 minutes, and 90% of managers logging into Workday in week one.

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