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Kronos Workforce Central 8 is Fastest-Adopted Product Release in Company History; Continues to Reimagine Workforce Management with Powerful New Updates
KronosWorks™--Kronos
Incorporated today announced that Workforce Central 8 has been the
most rapidly adopted product release in the company's history. Kronos (News - Alert)
also announced several innovative features and ease-of-use enhancements
developed since the launch
of Workforce Central 8, furthering Kronos' focus on reimagining
workforce management.
News Facts
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Workforce
Central 8 combines a reimagined user experience with unmatched
industry-specific functionality, powerful analytics, comprehensive
global capabilities, and proven cloud delivery for a complete solution
that allows organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance
risk, improve workforce productivity, and increase employee engagement
- regardless of their industry or where they do business.
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In just six months, more than 800 customers have selected Workforce
Central 8 - the latest version of Kronos' flagship suite.
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Kronos collaborated with its largest-ever group of customer advisory
board members on the development of Workforce Central 8 - including
organizations such as City of Mesa, Ariz., Forest City Enterprises,
National Frozen Foods, and Shooting Star Casino - and continues to
work closely with these customers on innovative features and
ease-of-use enhancements in subsequent product releases, such as:
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Exceptional features tailored for every industry, including:
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Enhanced employee self-service scheduling with visibility into
location schedules and fatigue management capabilities to help
organizations from every industry meet their most complex
business requirements;
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Predictive on-screen reporting of projected overtime and
alerts to help managers make more efficient scheduling and
staffing decisions;
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Re-forecasting capabilities for retailers and hospitality
providers that analyze sales and customer traffic data to
suggest adjustments to staffing levels due to unforeseen
influences such as weather, local events, or other unusual
activity; and
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Predictive volume forecasting measures allow healthcare
organizations to view historical performance and patient flow
to determine optimal staffing requirements, while shift-based
productivity tracking helps manage in-the-moment by showing
real-time variances from planned performance.
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Powerful new big data solution, Workforce
Auditor, helps organizations turn data into
actionable intelligence to improve productivity, minimize
compliance risk, and increase employee engagement. Workforce
Auditor identifies patterns of timekeeping and scheduling behavior
that are unusual and connects them with specific workforce
activities decision makers can identify, preempt policy compliance
issues, and more effectively implement best practices.
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Enhanced mobile capabilities that empower the workforce
with engagement and productivity features that can be accessed from
smartphones and tablets, including:
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Integrated Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) single
sign-on authentication to simplify secure login and access;
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New mobile Human Resource Management System (HRMS) features,
including View My Paystub; and
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Support for enterprise mobile device management solutions.
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Attendance insight and analytics via a new dashboard
enables organizations to make better operational decisions so
uers can easily track attendance trends and quickly spot patterns
to find and address absence issues to improve fairness and
productivity.
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Tools to engage and motivate employees with new scheduling
and self-service capabilities, as well as enhanced Leaderboard
features to empower, engage, and motivate employees and their
teams by providing insight into workforce performance.
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Enhanced global capabilities to meet customer requirements
across the globe by supporting country-specific compliance in
multiple languages, making Workforce Central the only true global
solution on the market.
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Organizations that have selected Workforce Central 8 include: Blount
Memorial Hospital, a general medical and surgical hospital in
Tennessee; Brookshire Brothers, Inc., a chain of supermarkets
in Texas and Louisiana; Calcasieu Parish Policy Jury, a parish
located in Louisiana governed by the Police Jury; Carmike Cinemas,
one of the largest movie theater companies in the U.S.; City of
Sunrise, Fla.; County of Denton, Texas; Crossland
Construction, one of the nation's top general contractors; HHS,
a provider of forward-thinking solutions for healthcare support
services management that streamline facility operations and improve
the patient and resident experience; The Hong Kong Jockey Club,
a world-class operator in horse racing, sporting, and betting
entertainment; HUB International, a leading global insurance
brokerage; Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System, Inc.,
one of the nation's premier academic medical centers and University
Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc.; Mount Sinai
Medical Center, the largest private independent not-for-profit
teaching hospital in South Florida; Niemann Foods Inc., an
operator of more than 100 retail locations with grocery, pet,
hardware, pharmacy, and convenience stores in Illinois, Missouri, and
Iowa; Oconomowoc Residential Programs, a family of companies
providing services for children, adolescents, and adults with
disabilities throughout Wisconsin and Indiana; Oldcastle
BuildingEnvelope, a leading North American supplier of products
specified to close the building envelope; Orange (News - Alert) Lake Resorts,
a leader in the vacation ownership industry; Red Hawk Casino, a
casino in northern California; Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.,
the largest metals service center company in North America; San
Juan Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospital in
Farmington, New Mexico; Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care,
one of the largest hospice companies in the U.S.; Shenandoah
University, a private, nationally recognized university that
blends the best of professional studies and the liberal arts; Southcoast
Health System, Inc., a community-based health delivery system with
multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health
services throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island; State of Ohio,
the state government in Ohio; and The Container Store,
the nation's leading retailer of storage and organization solutions.
Supporting Quotes
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Aron Ain, chief executive officer, Kronos
"Kronos spends
more than $100 million each year on research and development to
deliver products that revolutionize the way organizations manage their
workforces. I am proud of our interaction design, product, and cloud
development teams for continuing to deliver the most powerful
workforce management solution in the world. And I deeply appreciate
the input provided by customers who collaborate with Kronos and
inspire us to deliver these innovations."
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Chuck Moore, director, PMO, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
"With
the release of Workforce Central 8, Kronos continues to lead the
industry in delivering solutions that address the changing needs of an
active workforce such as ours. Tracking time, scheduling and engaging
employees, and gaining visibility into our productivity with labor
analytics has never been easier. With Workforce Central 8 - and the
Kronos Cloud - we are leveraging the fastest, most efficient way to
gain value from our investment."
Supporting Resources
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This announcement was made from KronosWorks,
the world's largest workforce information exchange. KronosWorks is
taking place this week in Las Vegas.
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See live updates and join the conversation by using #KronosWorks on Twitter.
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Kronos encourages KronosWorks attendees to #celebratework in the
social lounge by taking pictures in their dream job attire. For every
100 pictures, Kronos will donate $5,000 to Dress for Success®, an
international not-for-profit organization that promotes the economic
independence of disadvantaged women.
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Twitter,
Google+,
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and YouTube.
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About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos is the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions
in the cloud. Tens of thousands of organizations in more than 100
countries - including more than half of the Fortune 1000® -
use Kronos to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve
workforce productivity. Learn more about Kronos industry-specific time
and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring,
and labor analytics applications at www.kronos.com.
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