[March 30, 2016] |
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Kronos Workforce Ready Demand Surges 127 Percent Year-over-Year as Small and Midsize Businesses Seek Human Capital Management in the Kronos Cloud
Kronos
Incorporated today announced continued exponential growth for Kronos (News - Alert) Workforce
Ready, an enterprise-class human capital management (HCM) solution
in the cloud for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Workforce Ready
demand climbed 127 percent year-over-year during the company's first
quarter of Fiscal 2016.
News Facts
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A new Kronos customer went live with Workforce Ready every ten hours,
on average, during the first quarter of Fiscal 2016.
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More SMBs recognize the value of supporting the entire employee
lifecycle with a single-source solution to attract, engage, and retain
talent. This has propelled Workforce Ready to significant, consistent
growth.
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Kronos continues to invest heavily in the Workforce Ready user
experience for HR managers and employees to maximize productivity,
compliance, and employee engagement. New enhancements include:
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Integration with Google (News - Alert) for Work: Now supported with Single
Sign On, users can seamlessly save and export HR, payroll, and
time and labor management reports between Workforce Ready and
Google Drive. The addition of a Google Sheets report format within
Workforce Ready saves time by eliminating file format conversions.
Additional integrations with Google's productivity suite are also
in development;
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Self-Service and Communication: Updates to notifications
allow employees to receive even more information via attachments
on the device of their choice, and enhanced custom forms reduce
administrative tasks and support paperless HR initiatives from
pre-hire to retire. Employees can also make detailed time-off
requests via Kronos InTouch time clocks; and
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Versatile Timekeeping and Reporting Functionality: Focused
on providing SMBs with a true enterprise-class experience,
Workforce Ready has deepened the customization of leave of
absence, pay calculation rules, timesheet and accruals, and
reporting functionality to save time, boost productivity, and help
maintain compliance.
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More than 1.3 million combined users across nearly every industry
leverage the Workforce Ready and Kronos SaaS (News - Alert)hr platforms, with
customers including:
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Fred Beans Family of Dealerships: Employing 1,550 employees
across 23 locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the Fred Beans
Family of Dealerships needed a single, easy-to-use HCM solution to
improve visibility into productivity and implement better
management practices to support employees. As a result of
deploying Workforce Ready, the organization was able to establish
the Fred Beans Academy to provide formal training and development
opportunities to its teams;
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Maple Leaf Cheesemakers: This midsized cooperative of dairy
farmers and cheese artisans in Wisconsin turned to Workforce Ready
and the Kronos Cloud to reduce a reliance on paper across three
locations, maintain compliance, improve
the accuracy of payroll calculations by eliminating manual
processes, and leverage built-in tools to track the expiration of
licenses and certifications. Employees are also able to view
punches and request time off through a self-service portal,
further supporting engagement initiatives; and
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Stine Lumber: Seeking to implement a cultural shift to
boost employee engagement and improve customer service, Stine
Lumber rolled out Workforce Ready to its 750 employees in
13 locations. Deploying in the Kronos Cloud allowed Stine Lumber's
HR department to go 100 percent paperless, cut payroll processing
time in half, and empower employees with access to real-time data
and information. Stine also sought input from Kronos to identify
and implement proven best practices in employee engagement.
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In November, Workforce Ready introduced a sleek, elegant, and powerful
user interface featuring streamlined navigation, enhanced
dashboards and reporting displays that highlight critical items, and
new personalization options to encourage employee self-service.
Supporting Quotes
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Rob Szpanka, chief financial officer, Fred Beans Family of
Dealerships
"Fred Beans needed a true human capital
management solution that would not only simplify the complexity of
measuring productivity, but, more importantly, support ongoing efforts
to help our employees grow professionally through performance reviews
and certification programs. With Workforce Ready, we have a single
solution that ensures we're supporting our employees while maximizing
productivity and compliance."
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Bob DelPonte, vice president and general manager, small and midsize
business, Kronos
"Kronos is committed to providing small and
midsized businesses with an intuitive, easy-to-use human capital
management solution in the cloud that packs the same punch of
enterprise-class tools. The continued rapid adoption of Workforce
Ready reflects not only the confidence that our customers have placed
in our HCM suite, but also their trust that Kronos will channel its
nearly 40 years of experience into providing the highest level of
ongoing service, support, and innovation."
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.
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