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Kronos Reimagines Workforce Management with Workforce Central 8
Kronos
Incorporated, the global leader in delivering workforce management
solutions in the cloud, today unveiled a major new version of its
flagship product suite, Workforce Central. 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, uncompromised 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.
News Facts
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Reimagined user experience - Designed for the needs and
expectations of an increasingly diverse, multi-generational global
workforce, Workforce Central 8 sets a new standard for ease of use
with:
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An engaging and innovative look and feel that leverages HTML5
technology for efficient and intuitive navigation;
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An enhanced timecard that is both configurable and actionable,
simplifying completion of routine tasks and access to critical
employee information;
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A reimagined schedule planner that delivers exceptional visibility
to staffing and coverage with many new features, including
employee photos, color coding of jobs, and flexible multi-week
calendar views;
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New Workforce Genies that allow managers to easily access, group,
filter, and summarize operational data;
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Simplified historical correction capabilities that provide a
seamless and secure process for viewing and editing missed
punches, pay codes, and other details from previous periods;
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Enhanced mobile capabilities that enable offline punching, hourly
and project timecard editing, notification alerts, and management
of time-off requests; and
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Flexible open-shift management that enables managers to easily and
automatically create and notify employees of open shifts on
approval of time-off requests.
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Exceptional features for every industry - Organizations should
not have to compromise on functionality, integration, or performance
when meeting the demanding needs of their specific industries. In
addition to innovative features such as Leaderboards
and Grant
and Project Tracking, Workforce Central 8 enables enhanced
business outcomes with features designed to increase productivity,
improve employee engagement, and deliver a better customer experience:
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Enhanced employee self-service scheduling provides visibility into
location schedules and coverage. Employees can now review assigned
shifts, check coverage by job role, and request open shifts in a
familiar weekly or monthly calendar view;
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New fatigue management capabilities enable managers to track,
alert, and adjust schedules to avoid the use of over-worked
employees and the safety hazards, employee dissatisfaction, and
reduced productivity associated with work fatigue;
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Managers can make more efficient scheduling and staffing decisions
using predictive on-screen reporting of projected overtime and
alerts to related rule violations;
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Retailers and hospitality providers can improve productivity and
customer satisfaction with:
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New task management features that provide a more granular view
of labor required for customer-facing, non-customer-facing,
and program-oriented tasks, allowing store managers to make
better staffing decisions; and
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Current week re-forecasting analyzes actual sales and customer
traffic data to suggest midweek adjustments to sales
projections and staffing levels due to unforeseen influences
such as weather, local events, or other unusual activity.
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Advanced staffing and predictive scheduling capabilities enable
healthcare organizations to improve staff satisfaction and deliver
quality patient care all while managing labor costs:
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Predictive volume forecasting measures historical performance
and current patient flow to determine optimal staffing
requirements; and
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Workload management considers the demand for care with each
patient's level-of-care intensity while equitably distributing
and balancing staff assignments; and
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Shift-based productivity tracking helps healthcare
organizations manage in-the-moment by showing real-time
variances from planned performance.
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Unparalleled business insight with reporting and analytics -
Workforce Central 8 can reveal the underlying truths n an
organization's transactional workforce data to identify and help
resolve complex labor cost, compliance, and productivity issues
with:
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Operational reporting through convenient Excel-based
scheduling and timekeeping report templates that allow user
modification to meet specific business needs;
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Interactive visualization that highlights labor patterns and
trends using geospatial analysis, while incorporating
additional data sources, such as enterprise resource planning
(ERP) or point-of-sale (POS) systems;
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Actionable insight to reveal trends in employee attendance,
unplanned absence, and related actions, with ability to
segment by multiple dimensions, such as labor account, job,
and tenure;
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Industry-specific insight that provides greater visibility
into how effectively organizations plan, schedule, and manage
labor spend against customer demand, patient needs, and client
requirements; and
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Workforce Analytics Plug-ins developed by Kronos (News - Alert) and select
partners using Workforce Central and third-party data to
deliver better insight into critical business needs. Plug-ins
include Affordable Care Act (ACA); Store Performance;
Workforce to Workload; Labor Cost Variance; and Retail IQ.
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Enhanced global capabilities - Kronos continues to extend
competencies to meet the stringent requirements of organizations
worldwide including:
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Compliance support at the country-, regional-, county-, union-
and city-level to help organizations manage the myriad of
ever-changing compliance requirements related to working time,
reporting, and other regulations; and
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New international scheduling rules and alerts that enable
organizations to comply with country-specific legislation,
collective agreements, and company policies that specify
limits for total hours worked over variable periods of time.
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Proven cloud delivery - Kronos continues to add thousands of
customers to the Kronos Cloud, with more than 80 percent of new
customer bookings leveraging an array of Kronos Cloud offerings.
Additionally, built upon deep expertise gained from migrating hundreds
of existing on-premise customers to the cloud, Kronos recently
launched a Cloud
Readiness assessment service to help new and existing customers
maximize the value of implementing their Workforce Central solution in
the Kronos Cloud.
Supporting Quotes
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Aron Ain, chief executive officer, Kronos
"I am really proud of our interaction design, product, and cloud
development teams for delivering the most user-friendly and powerful
workforce management solution in the world. Not only have we capitalized
on our expertise gained from thousands of successful Workforce Central
implementations, but we also engaged our largest-ever group of customer
advisory board members. Their suggestions, guidance, and feedback were
instrumental to this effort and continue to inspire us to deliver the
best workforce management solutions - without compromise."
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Mark Smith, chief executive officer and executive vice president of
research, Ventana Research
"Workforce management is not just about time and attendance - as many
ERP and HCM application vendors would like for you to believe - but is a
collection of applications that help organizations manage and optimize
the hourly workforce to its fullest potential. Workforce management
requires many capabilities but also includes self-service access for
employees and managers, digital timecards, dynamic scheduling,
geo-fenced check-in, work collaboration, task management, and many other
areas that are all part of Kronos Workforce Central 8."
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John Meersman, director of IT, National Frozen Foods Corporation
"We couldn't imagine going back in time to before we used Workforce
Central. It has made us so much more efficient and productive as an
entire organization. Regardless of our needs or goals, Kronos and
Workforce Central come through. The synergy between the new features and
engaging user interface provides even more insight and helps our
employees do their jobs better. Each release grows stronger with age
thanks to Kronos' experience, innovative thinking, and customer
collaboration, so we're eagerly looking forward to implementing
Workforce Central 8."
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Nakoa Graff, human resources manager, Shooting Star Casino
"We're excited about Workforce Central 8 for several reasons. The
reimagined user interface is so clean and intuitive that power users and
technology novices alike can gain access to vast amounts of information
with just one click of the mouse. Kronos also fosters effective and
consistent communication across our entire organization to help
efficiently manage and reward our employees. And, lastly, Workforce
Central helps us deliver the finest guest services standards and stay
one step ahead of our competition through better hiring and retention,
sophisticated business insight, and putting the right person in the
right place to do the best job possible."
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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