Retailers Turn to Kronos for Effective Workforce Deployment Solutions
NRF 93rd Annual Convention
NEW YORK--Jan. 12, 2004--At the National Retail Federation (NRF) 93rd Annual Convention & EXPO, Kronos(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: KRON) today announced that it is continuing its deep commitment to the retail industry by enhancing its already widely used, centralized retail scheduling solution. Retailers around the world -- including Bob`s Stores, CompUSA, Hannaford Bros. Co., Shaw`s Supermarkets, and The PepBoys -- totaling more than 19,000 stores and 900,000 employees already depend on Kronos for solutions such as time and labor and employee scheduling to help them optimize their workforce.
"There is an acute need in the retail industry for a Web-based, enterprise scheduling solution that seamlessly integrates with other common applications," said Dave Roth, director of vertical marketing at Kronos. "Kronos is drawing on over a decade of retail scheduling experience and the deep knowledge of our existing scheduling customers to continue to provide the leadership and innovation that our retail customers have come to expect."
Kronos recently formed a customer advisory board to help aid in the development process of its most advanced scheduling solution. Kevin Carleton, director of retail technology, Hannaford Bros. Co., one of Kronos` customer advisory board members, stated, "It is evident that Kronos is committed to understanding the challenges faced by its customers and committed to providing them with a comprehensive solution to meet their needs. We are extremely pleased with the features and functionality that Kronos is adding to its next generation of time and labor and scheduling solutions and trust that retailers will be able to reap significant benefits by employing this suite of solutions."
With the use of Kronos` scheduling solutions, retailers are able to schedule employees based on various factors including forecasted customer demand, budgeted labor cost, work rule compliance, and employee work/life preferences. Store managers benefit from accurate business and workload forecasts, which ensure proper coverage for customer and production needs across the store, as well as automated employee scheduling, reducing valuable time spent on administrative tasks. The solution provides managers with information to make timely staffing decisions, allowing them to focus on customers and spend more time on the floor. For the employee, Kronos` automated scheduling solution improves their satisfaction by scheduling equitably across the organization, while considering each individual employee`s work/life preferences for availability, job, and total hours worked.
With the next release of Kronos` retail scheduling solution, retailers will benefit from enhanced forecasting and scheduling functionality and enterprise administration tools that provide greater accuracy and flexibility across the labor scheduling process.
"Today`s retailers are faced with the daunting task of balancing customer satisfaction with rising labor costs and employee satisfaction all while remaining competitive in an extremely challenging retail marketplace," continued Roth. "We provide our customers with advanced scheduling solutions that create accurate business and labor forecasts and best-fit employee schedules that meet the needs of their business, customers, and employees. Kronos remains committed to helping retailers achieve bottom line results across the enterprise through automation of employee-centric processes and optimization of the store workforce."
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos Incorporated is a single-source provider of human resources, payroll, scheduling, and time and labor solutions. Kronos` best-in-class Employee Relationship Management solution enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity, put real-time information in the hands of decision makers, align employee performance with organizational objectives, and improve employee satisfaction. More than 40,000 organizations trust Kronos to solve their employee-centric business challenges. Learn more at www.kronos.com.
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Contacts
Kronos Incorporated
Michele Glorie, 978-947-2855
mglorie@kronos.com
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