Zebra Technologies Corporation and Office Depot Inc. announced the retailer is operating with greater efficiency with Zebra Workcloud software and Zebra?s mobile computing solutions. Office Depot will showcase its Modern Store transformation, including how it has been able to improve the customer experience and employee engagement, in Zebra?s booth (#3203) at the National Retail Federation?s (NRF) Annual Convention & EXPOJan. 14-16, 2024 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

Scheduling, tasks, and reporting have helped associates to be more efficient while field leaders have access to clear real-time reporting along with compliance and completion rates, enabling them to highlight areas of success and improvement across stores. Office Depot is also using Zebra?s Workcloud Scheduling software to bolster store managers? capacity to streamline scheduling to ensure associates with the right skills are available to serve customers at the right time while aligning with store labor budgets.

Using this solution, Office Depot has reduced overtime costs by 95%, lowered time spent scheduling from approximately three hours to 30 minutes a week and saved 6% in payroll annually. Zebra?s TC5x series of mobile computers were integrated with Zebra?s Workcloud software providing Office Depot a simple, streamlined way to plan and manage work. Since the deployment, they have become the cornerstone of Office Depot?s operations.