Workday deployments aren’t known for their speed. They’re powerful, yes—but historically slow, complex, and often siloed. Three Link Solutions wants to change that narrative with the launch of its Workday GO full-platform activation, a new service model designed to implement Finance, HR, and Payroll simultaneously on a single Workday platform.
For organizations that have spent years stitching together phased deployments or coaxing disconnected systems to play nicely, Three Link’s approach aims to deliver something rare in HCM and ERP transformations: speed without the shortcuts.
Founding Partner Greg Knowlton calls it a “game-changer,” and for once the phrase isn’t hyperbole. Few partners in the Workday ecosystem can credibly activate the entire suite—from finance to people operations to payroll—in one coordinated motion.
Why Full-Platform Activation Matters Now
Workday has become the backbone of modern enterprise operations, but many customers still run only pieces of the stack. Finance adopts first. HR follows a year or two later. Payroll—inevitably—lags even longer. By the time implementation is complete, processes feel dated, integrations sag under their own weight, and transformation fatigue sets in.
Three Link’s new offering tackles this problem with a unified methodology built for rapid, scalable deployments across industries, including healthcare, education, public sector, and commercial enterprises.
The pitch is straightforward:
If you’re already making a major investment in Workday, why not launch the entire engine at once and maximize the immediate return?
What Workday GO Full-Platform Brings to the Table
Three Link’s activation model revolves around five core benefits:
1. Full-Platform Coverage—No More Silos
Finance, HR, and Payroll go live together, enabling organizations to:
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Align financial and people data from day one
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Streamline cross-functional processes
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Reduce integration complexity
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Avoid the “multi-year rollout drag” that slows transformation
This mirrors a broader trend among Workday clients: compressing timelines and consolidating system architecture to get to value faster.
2. Cross-Industry Expertise
Three Link highlights success across diverse sectors—including healthcare, public sector, and education—where compliance, scale, and operational nuance can make Workday deployments especially tricky.
3. Rapid Deployment via Workday GO
Workday GO is already known for accelerating mid-market implementations. Three Link is extending that speed to the full suite, offering configurations tailored to both SMBs and large, multi-entity organizations.
4. Built for Scale
The deployments aren’t rigid templates. They’re designed to evolve as organizations grow, with a team of seasoned Workday specialists ready to tune the system as processes mature.
5. A Consultative, People-First Partnership
Three Link emphasizes its blend of strategic guidance and hands-on support—less “drop the binder and go,” more “stay engaged until the outcomes land.”
A Real-World Example: From Kickoff to HR Transformation in Eight Weeks
To illustrate what full-platform acceleration looks like in practice, Three Link points to its work with Prime Time International, which achieved rapid HR transformation and boosted growth within just eight weeks using Three Link’s methodology.
Eight-week turnarounds aren’t typical in the enterprise HR-tech world, and cases like this support Three Link’s argument that accelerated deployment—when executed intentionally—can deliver high-impact transformation without the risk profile many CIOs fear.
Reading the Market: Why Faster Workday Deployments Are in Demand
Across the HCM and ERP landscape, buyers are signaling a consistent message:
They want unified platforms, tighter integrations, shorter implementation cycles, and predictable costs.
Workday customers, in particular, are pushing for:
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Faster paths to value
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Systems that evolve with the business
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A single source of truth across financial and HR operations
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Deployments that don’t require multi-year sequencing
Three Link’s offering hits that sweet spot. With enterprises increasingly looking for partners who can deliver both the technology and the operational readiness, the timing is well aligned with market sentiment.
Bottom Line
Three Link’s Workday GO full-platform activation represents a compelling shift in how Workday implementations can—and arguably should—be approached. In a market where transformation speed and platform cohesiveness are becoming competitive differentiators, Three Link is betting that organizations want a faster, more unified route to the Workday suite.
And for businesses tired of multi-phase deployments that drag on for years, the promise of turning on Finance, HR, and Payroll together might be exactly the reset they’ve been waiting for.
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