Small and medium-sized businesses across industries—including financial services, retail, and manufacturing—are increasingly turning to Workday to modernize their HR and financial operations. While these organizations were committed to leveraging Workday’s powerful capabilities, many underestimated the scale of effort required to drive a successful implementation while maintaining day-to-day operations.
As implementation progressed, internal teams quickly felt the strain. They needed additional leadership, functional expertise, and governance support to keep momentum high, make confident decisions, and ensure the platform was configured to support their unique business needs—without significantly increasing costs or over-relying on premium implementation partner hours.
RESULTS AT A GLANCE
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- 25–40% cost savings by supplementing implementation partners with dedicated client-side resources
- 19 Workday consultants deployed in three months, delivering $5M+ in project value
- <24 hours to identify and submit qualified consultants
- 4.2 days average time-to-fill
- 99% client satisfaction across engagements
CHALLENGE
Despite strong implementation partners, SMBs found that internal capacity was stretched thin. Teams were expected to manage daily operations while simultaneously supporting a complex system transformation, creating timeline pressure and slowing progress.
Organizations recognized a clear gap: implementation partners provided technical expertise, but clients needed dedicated, client-side leadership to drive daily execution, validate strategic decisions, and align system configuration with real-world operational requirements. The goal was to strengthen implementation teams in a cost-effective way while building sustainable internal capabilities for the long term.
Specifically, these companies needed:
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- Experienced Workday project managers to maintain implementation momentum
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- Functional experts with deep platform knowledge
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- Governance leaders to ensure alignment with business objectives
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- Seamless integration with internal teams to support long-term success
SOLUTION
ConsultNet delivered flexible, cost-effective client-side Workday expertise purpose-built for SMB environments.
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- Rapid deployment of experienced Workday project managers, functional SMEs, and governance specialists who immediately took ownership of implementation momentum, go-live readiness, and system configuration
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- Strategic matching of clients with Workday PMs based on specific needs across HR, Finance, Payroll, and Reporting
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- Flexible engagement models, including short-term surge support, long-term embedded roles, and contingent-to-hire pathways
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- <24-hour turnaround for consultant identification and submission, enabled by a dedicated Workday recruiting pipeline built over 16 years
- Extended post-go-live support through services partners, an active talent community, and ongoing upskilling pathways
THE LASTING IMPACT
By supplementing implementation partners with highly qualified client-side Workday talent, ConsultNet helped organizations meet launch dates, reduce costs, and stabilize operations post go-live. More importantly, clients emerged with stronger internal capabilities and a foundation for continuous optimization.
ConsultNet’s proven delivery engine, deep Workday talent pipeline, and commitment to quality transformed implementations into long-term strategic advantages—driving sustained value well beyond go-live.
