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Kronos Unveils Workforce Dimensions - A Revolutionary Platform that Reshapes the Future of Workforce Management
KronosWorks - Kronos
Incorporated today unveiled its next-generation workforce management
platform, Workforce
Dimensions. Combining more than 40 years of global domain expertise
with the latest in cloud computing technology, Kronos is redefining the
future of workforce management: every facet of the platform, from a
breakthrough user interface (UI) to its embedded artificial intelligence
(AI) and machine learning algorithms, has been reimagined to help
organizations drive better business outcomes.
News Facts
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Work your way: Introducing the industry's first fully responsive UI
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The first workforce management solution to incorporate a fully
responsive UI, Workforce Dimensions provides the same engaging
user experience across phones, tablets, and desktops - allowing
employees and managers unprecedented control over
how they want to consume information.
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Users can create their own personalized experience with the
information that is most critical to their roles.
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One-click actions make common workflows simple, including
submitting and approving time-off requests, timecard approvals,
shift-swaps, and the handling of exceptions.
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Collaborative Self-scheduling empowers employees to express
where, when, and how much they want to work and the redesigned
schedule optimization engines will generate an ideal schedule
taking schedule fairness, work-life balance, and employee
engagement to a whole new level.
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Work smarter: Transforming the role of frontline managers through
AI and advanced machine learning
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Another industry first, a personal digital consultant, Workforce
Advisor, uses AI and advanced machine learning to automate
daily, time-consuming decisions, dramatically increasing the time
managers spend on more strategic initiatives.
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Proactive Compliance continually projects up-to-the-minute
timekeeping data into the future, identifying and alerting
managers to potential compliance risks hours and even days before
an issue surfaces. As a predictive solution, it gives managers -
for the very first time - the opportunity to prevent issues from
happening, saving time, cost, and mitigating risk.
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Advanced forecasting powered with AI and machine learning
improves volume forecast accuracy by as much as 25 percent,
resulting in higher quality schedules. Not only does this
dramatically reduce operating costs from less over- and
under-scheduling, but more accurate schedules drive revenue
through improved productivity and customer service.
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Real-time, embedded analytics - including over 150
pre-configured key performance indicators - for the first time
give frontline managers the analytical tools they need to optimize
workforce operations and deliver strategic labor insights to their
organizations.
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Work in a modern cloud: Delivering the industry's first workforce
management cloud platform designed specifically to meet the challenges
of today's global enterprises
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Workforce Dimensions is built on the Kronos D5 platform, an
innovative cloud architecture designed from the ground up to
handle the massive real-time computational challenges of
processing global enterprise workforce management data in
real-time.
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The Kronos D5 platform features an open API platform for
easy integrations and extensions; a foundational artificial
intelligence engine which enables predictive and intelligent
solutions; lightning fast in-memory computing with the
ability to process large volumes of data in seconds; a domain
model with flexible and adaptable rules that manage suite
interactions; and a unified information architecture that
eliminates the need for data warehousing and simplifies access to
analytics for all users.
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Kronos has leveraged partnerships with leading technology
providers such as Google (News - Alert) and Microsoft to use the
Kronos D5 platform to develop product extensions to
Workforce Dimensions:
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Workforce Dimensions will integrate with Microsoft (News - Alert) Outlook
and Microsoft Teams to siplify daily tasks. Outlook
integration makes it quick and easy for managers to respond to
employee requests directly via actionable email messages and
the Teams chat bot integration will support voice requests,
allowing users to access work information, such as their
schedule, simply by speaking.
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Google Calendar integration allows users to download and share
work schedules, while integration with Google Sheets makes it
simple to export and share reports with colleagues.
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Kronos is also working collaboratively with leading global human
capital management providers Oracle (News - Alert), SAP, and others on pre-built
connectors to their applications. These connectors will give
organizations access to existing integrations to shorten
implementation cycles and move data seamlessly between the
applications.
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The Kronos D5 platform powers Workforce Dimensions using Google
Cloud Platform, leveraging Google Cloud's substantial investments
in global infrastructure, security, and ongoing innovation.
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Developed in close collaboration with organizations from around the
world
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Kronos worked with customers to reimagine what could be done in a
next generation workforce management platform.
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Some Workforce
Dimensions early adopters who are currently implementing the
product include BorgWarner Inc., Brookstone, GATE Petroleum
Company, LondonEnergy, Snyder's-Lance, Things Remembered, Tru Blu
Beverages, and University of Colorado Boulder.
Supporting Quotes
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Aron Ain, chief executive officer, Kronos
"Workforce
Dimensions fundamentally reshapes the relationship between employees
and the organizations where they work - creating new levels of
collaboration that were never thought possible. Technology is changing
the future of work, and Workforce Dimensions is changing the future of
workforce management."
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Jim Welch (News - Alert), chief product officer, Kronos
"Workforce
Dimensions represents an entirely new category of workforce management
technology. It reimagines what's possible and delivers a world-class
experience that allows users to work their way, work smarter, and work
in a modern cloud. Powered by the intelligent Kronos D5 platform,
Workforce Dimensions' ability to learn from the present to make better
decisions about the future fundamentally changes how organizations can
manage their people and business."
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Connie Fumich, director, IT, Things Remembered
"Things
Remembered challenged Kronos to create a new solution that would
dramatically change how our organization handles all aspects of
workforce management, from creating schedules and capturing
timekeeping data, to communicating with employees and proactively
managing potential labor law compliance. Workforce Dimensions delivers
exactly that. We're excited by the modern, intuitive, and mobile-first
SaaS (News - Alert)-experience, which we believe will empower managers and employees
in our fulfillment center and 450 stores to make better, faster
business decisions - ultimately providing a better experience to our
customers."
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Mark Smith, CEO and chief research officer, Ventana Research
"The
introduction of Workforce Dimensions represents a significant
milestone for Kronos' 40-year journey. The new platform and
applications combines the company's workforce management market
leadership with a brand new, intelligent and smart cloud computing
platform that leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning, and
embedded analytics to help everyone - from management, managers, or
front-line workers - make better, faster decisions. An open API
ensures Workforce Dimensions is extensible, configurable, and will
benefit from future innovations, while a mobile-first design will
empower everyone to truly work anywhere, from anytime, on any device."
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
across all social media channels.
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Follow the buzz about the Workforce Dimensions product with #KronosWFD
across all social media channels.
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Throughout the event, KronosWorks attendees will come together to
donate life-saving hygiene kits to disaster relief efforts through Clean
the World, a not-for-profit that recycles discarded soap from
hotels and distributes it worldwide to prevent illness and disease.
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Connect with Kronos via Facebook,
Twitter,
LinkedIn,
Instagram,
and YouTube.
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podcasts on how organizations can manage today's modern workforce to
drive engagement and performance.
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos is a leading provider of workforce management and human capital
management cloud solutions. Kronos industry-centric workforce
applications are purpose-built for businesses, healthcare providers,
educational institutions, and government agencies of all sizes. Tens of
thousands of organizations - including half of the Fortune 1000®
- and more than 40 million people in over 100 countries use Kronos every
day. Visit https://www.kronos.com.
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