How a Nationwide Food Chain Transformed Payroll & Compliance for 45,000+ Employees

Transforming Payroll Operations for One of India’s Largest Food Service Companies

A Case Study in Scaling Operations from Manual to Automated

A leading food service company operating 2,000+ stores across India, including major QSR brands across 400+ cities. With 45,000 employees spanning white collar, blue collar, and GIG workforce, they needed a complete transformation of their payroll and compliance operations.

This is their Transformation Story...

The Challenge: Managing Scale Without Systems

What Wasn't Working

The company's rapid expansion exposed critical gaps in their payroll and compliance infrastructure:

Manual Input Management

- Payroll inputs from hundreds of locations collected manually
- No automated validation process in place
- Scattered data consolidation across multiple formats

Platform Limitations

- Existing payroll system lacked customization capabilities
- Unable to handle flexible hours and attendance variations
- Minimum wage changes causing processing errors

Integration Issues

- HR and accounting systems working in silos
- No expertise for system integration
- Manual data transfer between Oracle and SAP

Resource Constraints

- Teams lacked industry-specific expertise
- Unable to handle large transaction volumes
- No process-oriented approach

Operational Gaps

- Missing SLA commitments regularly
-No proper checks and balances
-Recurring errors in payroll processing

MYND's Approach: Systematic Transformation

Proof of Concept (POC) Deep Discovery
  • Created dummy employee records
  • Tested all payroll and compliance scenarios
  • Documented client-specific practices, especially for GIG workers with flexible hours
  • Completed UAT within agreed timelines
  • Developed SOPs in coordination with client SPOCs
  • Identified all manual interventions
  • Documented peculiar practices specific to their operations
  • Mapped impact of employee category changes and minimum wage variations
Parallel Run Approach Change Management
  • Month 1: First parallel run to identify gaps
  • Month 2: Second parallel run with corrections
  • Month 3: Successful go-live
  • Training provided to all managers and SPOCs
  • ESS training manual created and distributed
  • UAT conducted by all HR SPOCs
  • Ticketing portal rolled out for ongoing support
Parallel ProcessingChange ManagementGo-Live
  • Ran old and new systems simultaneously in July and August 2024
  • Identified and resolved gaps before full migration
  • Ensured zero disruption to payroll cycles
  • Comprehensive training for all HR managers and SPOCs
  • Created detailed training manuals for ESS portal
  • Rolled out ticketing system for ongoing support
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with all stakeholders
  • Successfully launched
  • All 45,000 employees migrated to new system
  • Full compliance tracking activated for factories and offices

The Results: Operational Excellence Achieved

Key Outcomes

For Employees

  • Accurate and timely payroll processing
  • Reduced grievances and escalations
  • Better focus on core job responsibilities
  • Improved overall experience

For Managers

  • Automated input sharing processes
  • Increased productivity through reduced manual work
  • More time for strategic activities
  • Less time on error handling

For the Organization

  • Achieved governance and review framework
  • Met organizational goals consistently
  • Improved compliance tracking
  • Better decision-making through data

The IVAP Advantage: Key Features Delivered

What Makes IVAP Different

Centralized Input Collection

- Single interface for all location inputs
- Multiple category inputs in one system
- Streamlined data collection process

Centralized Input Collection

Smart Attendance Management

- Three-month attendance tracking
- Automatic LOP identification
- Reversal case management

Attendance Management
Automated Validation

Automated Validation

- System-based checkpoint validation
- Parameter-based automatic checks
- Error prevention at source

Built-in-Controls

Built-in Controls

- Approval workflow mechanism
- Audit trail maintenance
- Real-time monitoring

Why This Story Matters

The Strategic Impact
When you’re managing thousands of employees across hundreds of locations, manual processes don’t just slow you down – they limit your growth potential. This transformation shows how the right technology and expertise can:

Enable Scale

Ensure Compliance

Improve Experience

Drive Efficiency

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Saurav Wadhwa

Co-founder & CEO

Saurav Wadhwa is the Co-founder and CEO of MYND Integrated Solutions. Saurav spearheads the company’s strategic vision—identifying new market opportunities, unfolding product and service catalogues, and driving business expansion across multiple geographies and functions. Saurav brings expertise in business process enablement and is a seasoned expert with over two decades of experience establishing and scaling Shared Services, Process Transformation, and Automation.

Saurav’s leadership and strategy expertise are backed by extensive hands-on involvement in Finance and HR Automation, People and Business Management and Client Relationship Management. Over his career, he has played a pivotal role in accelerating the growth of more than 800 businesses across diverse industries, leveraging innovative automation solutions to streamline operations and reduce costs.

Before becoming CEO, Saurav spent nearly a decade at MYND focusing on finance and accounting outsourcing. His background includes proficiency in major ERP systems like SAP, Oracle, and Great Plains, and he has a proven track record of optimizing global finance operations for domestic and multinational corporations.

Under Saurav’s leadership, MYND Integrated Solutions maintains a forward-thinking culture—prioritizing continuous learning, fostering ethical practices, and embracing next-generation technologies such as RPA and AI-driven analytics. He is committed to strategic partnerships, long-term business development, and stakeholder transparency, ensuring that MYND remains at the forefront of the BPM industry.

A firm believer that “Leadership and Learning are indispensable to each other,” Saurav consistently seeks new ways to evolve MYND’s capabilities and empower clients with best-in-class business process solutions.

Vivek Misra

Founder & Group MD

Vivek is the founder of MYND Integrated Solutions. He is a successful entrepreneur with a strong background in Accounts and Finance. An alumnus of Modern School and Delhi University, Vivek has also undertaken prestigious courses on accountancy with Becker and Business 360 management course with Columbia Business School, US.

Vivek is currently the Founder & Group MD of MYND Integrated Solutions. With over 22 years of experience setting up shared service centres and serving leading companies in the Manufacturing, Services, Retail and Telecom industries, his strong industry focus and client relationships have quickly enabled MYND to build credibility with 500+ clients. MYND has developed a niche in Shared services in India’s Finance and Accounting (FAO) and Human Resources (HR). MYND has also taken Solutions and services to the international space, offering multi-country services on a single platform under his leadership. Vivek has been instrumental in fostering mutually beneficial partnerships with global service providers, immensely benefiting MYND.

Mynd also forayed into a niche Fintech space with the setup of the M1xchange under the auspices of the RBI licence granted to only 3 companies across India. The exchange is changing the traditional field of bill discounting by bringing the entire process online along with the participation of banks through online auctioning.

Sundeep Mohindru

Founder Director

Sundeep initiated Mynd with a small team of just five people in 2002 and has been instrumental in steering it to evolve into a knowledge management company. He has brought about substantial improvements in growth, profitability, and performance, which has helped Mynd achieve remarkable customer, employee and stakeholder satisfaction. He has been involved in creating specialized service delivery models suitable for diverse client needs and has always created a new benchmark for Mynd and its team. Under his leadership, Mynd has developed niche products and implemented them on an all India scale for superior services. Mynd has been servicing a large number of multinational companies in India through its on-shore and off-shore model.

TReDS (Trade Receivable Discounting System) has been nurtured from a concept stage by Sundeep and the Mynd team. M1xchange, Mynd Online National Exchange for Receivables was successfully launched on April 7th, 2017. While spearheading the project, Sundeep and his team have built up the TReDS platform to meet RBI guidelines and enhance the transparency for all stakeholders. This platform and related service has the capability of transforming the way the receivable finance and other supply chain finance solutions are operating currently.

Sundeep is currently focused on providing strategic direction to the company and is working towards achieving high growth for Mynd, which will help in creating the products as per customer needs and increase its top line while maintaining the bottom line. He directly involves, develops, nurtures and manages all key client relationships of Mynd. He has also successfully acquired numerous preferred partners to support Mynd’s technology-based endeavors and scale up its business.

Sundeep has been the on the Board of Directors for many renowned companies. He has played a key role in planning the entry strategy and has set up subsidiaries for many multinational companies in India. In his leadership, Mynd has seen consistent growth at the rate of 20+ % CAGR from the year 2009 onwards. This was primarily because of investing into technology and bringing platform based offering in Accounting and HR domain for the customers.