Dot FoodsCustomer story
Customer success story

How Dot Foods built a connected workplace reservation experience

A practical approach to workplace maps, desk and room reservations, secure access, and easier administration at the St. Louis office.

LocationSt. Louis, Missouri
IndustryFood distribution
Use caseWorkplace reservations
Dot Foods team in St. Louis, Missouri

Dot Foods team members in St. Louis, Missouri.

Overview

Dot Foods, North America’s largest less-than-truckload consolidator in the food industry, manages a workplace environment that needs to be simple for employees and practical for the people administering it.

The company began working with Tactic to create a connected reservation experience built around accurate workplace maps, secure access, and easier administration.

The challenge

A workplace reservation program works only when the experience matches the way the organization actually operates. Employees need a clear view of available spaces and an easy way to reserve them. Administrators need the same system to stay accurate as floor plans, resources, and user access change.

At its St. Louis office, Dot Foods wanted a reservation program that would serve office employees across sales and business development, branding and marketing, IT, and other teams without creating another disconnected workflow.

The approach

Dot Foods worked with Tactic on a rollout centered on four practical building blocks.

01

Interactive workplace maps

Desks and rooms were configured to reflect the physical St. Louis workplace.

02

Single sign-on

Employees can access Tactic through Dot Foods’ existing identity environment.

03

Microsoft Entra ID provisioning

Automated provisioning helps keep access aligned as employees are added or updated.

04

Connected daily tools

Outlook room calendars and Microsoft Teams help reservations fit into tools employees already use.

The result

Dot Foods recently renewed its agreement with Tactic for another two years, continuing the workplace reservation program at its St. Louis office. Rather than treating reservations as a one-time launch, the teams continue to maintain the experience as the workplace evolves.

A workplace program designed for continued useMaps and resources can be updated, administrator access can expand, and the identity connection remains in place.

Tactic gives employees better visibility into available space and gives administrators a clearer way to track reservations and report on workplace activity. Accurate maps, dependable access, and connected calendars help keep the digital workplace aligned with the physical one.

The result is a practical system that supports day-to-day desk and room booking while giving the workplace team information it can use to understand and manage the office.

What other workplace teams can learn

The most durable reservation programs make the employee experience simple and give administrators clear ownership behind the scenes.

Start with the employee experience.Finding and reserving the right resource should require as little explanation as possible.
Build around systems people already use.Identity and collaboration integrations reduce friction and help the program fit into the workday.
Keep the workplace model current.Floor plans, resource names, and permissions should change when the physical office changes.
Assign clear administrative ownership.A successful rollout needs people who can maintain the experience after launch.

About Dot Foods

Dot Foods, Inc. carries 130,000 products from 1,500 food industry manufacturers, making it North America’s largest less-than-truckload consolidator in the food industry. Through Dot Transportation, Inc., an affiliate of Dot Foods, the company distributes foodservice, convenience, retail, and vending products to distributors in all 50 states and more than 55 countries. Dot Foods operates 13 U.S. distribution centers, with Canadian operations in Ingersoll, Ontario, and Calgary, Alberta. Learn more at DotFoods.com.

About Tactic

Tactic helps workplace teams manage desks, rooms, visitors, workplace requests, moves, space planning, and the data behind how offices are used.

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