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Ace Hardware Stores to Deploy in the Kronos Cloud
Ace Hardware Corporation, the largest retailer-owned cooperative1
in the world, recently selected the Workforce
Central suite of workforce management solutions from Kronos
Incorporated to be deployed in the Kronos (News - Alert) Cloud. Kronos will help
independent Ace Hardware retailers manage rising labor law compliance
requirements, improve store productivity, and increase associate
engagement.
News Facts
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Ace Hardware chose Kronos to replace an existing manual workforce
management process, which will enable Ace Hardware retailers to free
up time previously spent on administrative work and improve accuracy
by eliminating error-prone processes.
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Ace Hardware selected Kronos time and attendance, forecasting, and
scheduling solutions, which will help Ace retailers improve store
productivity and drive sales by gaining greater visibility into labor
data as well as manage compliance with diverse labor laws and
collective agreements across different regions. To provide store
associates and managers with added flexibility, Ace Hardware selected
Kronos mobile and tablet applications.
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Kronos self-service features will also help Ace Hardware store
associates gain more control over their time-worked information as
well as drive a positive user experience while fostering higher
associate engagement. With self-service and mobile features,
associates will be able to swap shifts, select shift
preferences and availability, and view schedules on mobile devices,
and even self-schedule their own shifts in a familiar calendar view.
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By deploying in the Kronos Cloud, Kronos will perform all
configuration, maintenance, upgrades, and support of the workforce
management solution for the retailer.
Supporting Quotes
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Bob Lovesky, store operations manager, Ace Hardware Corporation
"We
needed an advanced workforce management solution to streamline
important workforce management processes as well as further strengthen
associate engagement with the business. We are really excited to gain
these benefits with Kronos and also achieve a fast return on
investment by deploying in the Kronos Cloud."
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Liz Moughan, senior director, retail and hospitality practice
group, Kronos
"The Ace Hardware brand represents superior
products and services and we ar honored to be the workforce
management vendor of this large and fast-growing retail hardware
cooperative. Kronos offers a single, integrated solution that can
manage the complexities of a large retail workforce and we will
continue to bring added innovation to our offerings to help such
leading brands meet their business objectives."
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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Footnote 1: A retailers' cooperative is essentially a group of
independently owned businesses that pool their resources to purchase in
bulk, usually by establishing a central buying organization, and engage
in joint promotion efforts. Source (News - Alert): Wikipedia
View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160718005047/en/
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