Harris Teeter

Innovaciones en la gestión de la fuerza laboral en Harris Teeter
La compañía
El desafío empresarial
La solución
Supports Harris Teeter’s culture of inclusion and innovation through innovative workforce management capabilities across the enterprise. Improved shift coverage and in-stock positioning due to enhanced labor forecasting and scheduling, leading to increased revenue. Greater associate engagement and job satisfaction to increase customer service and reduce turnover, hiring costs and training.
“La diversidad y la inclusión están naturalmente integradas en todo el marco de Harris Teeter, comenzando con nuestros propios asociados y los clientes a quienes servimos... Reconocemos que las energías creativas y las ideas generadas por un grupo diverso de asociados siempre superarán a las de cualquier grupo en particular”.
Cultura de inclusión
As a mid-sized regional grocer and retailer, Harris Teeter is in competition with everything from mega-stores to mom & pop shops. To compete successfully, Harris Teeter has a laser focus on three areas of its business: the diversity and inclusion of their workforce; an ever-increasing goal of customer satisfaction; and continued innovation in products and services. The three areas are mutually supportive. By having the associates in stores reflect the diversity in the customer base they serve, customers feel more welcome and comfortable. It also helps drive innovation.
Supporting innovation
Harris Teeter continuously strives to innovate in the way they serve their customers. Examples include having Starbucks locations in stores, offering “Hot Bars” serving pizza by the slice and other chef-prepared foods, omelet stations, sushi stations, burger bars and beer and wine bars. Their stores also support buy online/pickup in-store (BOPUS) convenience for shoppers.
Supporting all of its innovative customer services with a diverse workforce nearing 39,000 associates across its various business segments is a major challenge, especially considering some of the areas it serves have as low as a 1.25% unemployment rate. Harris Teeter chose to deploy Blue Yonder’s retail workforce management capability enterprise-wide to drive innovation in their workforce management practices.
Advanced scheduling capabilities enable Harris Teeter to automatically schedule associates weeks in advance based on past customer traffic and planned events. Harris Teeter gets heightened efficiency and better coverage, resulting in improved in-stock positions and customer service and satisfaction.
Driving associate engagement
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