Harris Teeter

Innovationen im Workforce Management bei Harris Teeter
Das Unternehmen
Die geschäftliche Herausforderung
Die Lösung
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.
„Vielfalt und Inklusion sind selbstverständlich in die gesamte Struktur von Harris Teeter integriert, angefangen bei unseren eigenen Mitarbeitenden und den Kunden, die wir bedienen. Wir sind uns bewusst, dass die kreativen Energien und Ideen, die von einer vielfältigen Gruppe von Mitarbeitenden hervorgebracht werden, immer einen größeren Mehrwert bieten als Gruppen mit nur einer Perspektive.“
Kultur der Inklusion
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
Die Expertise von Blue Yonder






