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Global Automotive Manufacturers Accelerate Innovation with Kronos
CHELMSFORD, Mass. --(Business Wire)--
Global automotive manufacturing brands such as Ford, Jaguar, Mitsubishi (News - Alert),
Renault-Nissan, and Volkswagen are increasingly turning to workforce
management solutions from Kronos
Incorporated to meet innovation and cost demands. In fact, the
majority of the Forbes Top 10 global automakers are Kronos (News - Alert)
customers.1
News Facts
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Today's automotive manufacturers - from parts suppliers to original
equipment manufacturers - are more actively looking for ways to
control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce
productivity to support innovation efforts and maintain competitive
advantage. Automotive manufacturers around the world use Kronos
workforce management solutions to achieve these benefits by more
effectively managing labor, their largest controllable expense and
biggest competitive differentiator.
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The Kronos suite of workforce management solutions helps
manufacturers across the global automotive supply chain drive
operational efficiencies by:
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Reconciling payroll to direct and indirect production hours,
demonstrating actual labor costs across plant operations;
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Creating schedules that optimize labor resource utilization,
minimize equipment downtime, and reduce reliance on unplanned
overtime;
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Providing real-time visibility into shop floor labor activities -
from manual processes and production cells - to assembly lines; and
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Streamlining compliance efforts by automatically enforcing union
work, pay, and scheduling rules while accurately tracking policy,
performance, and safety infractions.
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Automation of critical workforce management processes ultimately helps
automotive manufacturers optimize efficiencies and drive higher levels
of innovation and growth.
Supporting Quotes
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Andrew Whaley, manager, finance, Mitsubishi Motors North America
"We
can easily generate labor reports each day with Kronos and these help
us keep the appropriate amount of associates on the line. This has
enabled us to save nearly $50,000-100,000 per month - a major part of
the overall savings we have realized with Kronos."
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Ramuni Nair, head of human resources, Renault-Nissan Automotive
India
"We were keen on a completely automated workforc
management solution to manage our rapidly growing workforce, and yet
maintain our high levels of efficiency and productivity. We evaluated
multiple solutions and chose Kronos, as its solution could accommodate
all of our requirements. In addition, Kronos has an established
presence in large manufacturing organizations in India and offers best
practices for global automotive companies."
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Agustin Salas, human resources manager, Volkswagen, Mexico
"We
have saved nearly $900,000 through maintenance and overtime control
and other efficiencies with Kronos. Kronos enables our plant
management to secure accurate and on-time data on labor costs to help
improve overall budget management."
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Charlie DeWitt, vice president, business development, Kronos
"The
complexities in automotive manufacturing require a focus on process
innovation to maintain high levels of efficiencies. At Kronos, we are
committed to helping our automotive customers by supporting and
quantifying daily improvements in labor productivity through advanced
workforce management solutions, which are easy to own-and-implement."
Supporting Resources
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.
Kronos: Workforce Innovation That Works™.
© 2014 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos and the Kronos logo are
registered trademarks and Workforce Innovation That Works is a trademark
of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are
property of their respective owners.
Footnote 1: VW
is Already the World's Biggest Automaker, Forbes, April 18,
2013
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