Kronos for Manufacturing
The workforce management solution for achieving operational excellence
Manufacturers need to reduce costs and improve productivity, while still delivering quality products in ever shorter lead times. And they need to do this while coping with a shortage of skilled workers and increasing pressure from low-cost offshore competition. By focusing their business improvement efforts on the workforce, manufacturers can gain a clearer picture of labour costs and inefficiencies, and make decisions that will help achieve operational excellence.
Kronos for Manufacturing helps organizations of all sizes leverage their workforce to achieve maximum profitability. By allowing managers to clearly see what is happening at each facility, cost center, and department, they can identify root causes and make changes to increase efficiency and profitability.
With Kronos for Manufacturing you can manage your manufacturing workforce more efficiently and cost-effectively. It enables you to:
- Better manage labour costs, Work in Progress (WIP), and administrative costs to improve profitability
- Improve labour utilization to increase shop-floor efficiency
- Enable greater workforce flexibility and agility to increase market share
- Improve compliance with union, government, corporate, and customer regulations
Solving real-world problems in manufacturing
Kronos offers a comprehensive suite of workforce management applications designed to help you address real-world manufacturing problems such as improving profitability, resource utilization, and compliance management.
With Kronos for Manufacturing you can:
- Optimize workforce scheduling and deployment by aligning labour resources with customer and business demand
- Reduce operating costs by making optimal use of your existing workforce and minimizing the need for premium pay
- Lower your exposure to union violations, employee grievances, and compliance penalties
- Improve productivity by providing real-time access to operations information such as WIP status and shop floor constraints
- Shorten lead times by measuring and reducing indirect time that doesn't add value to the product for customers
With three decades of experience, no one understands the workforce better than Kronos. Our team's knowledge of Kronos solutions, depth of experience in manufacturing, and knowledge gained from successful implementations are all key to helping you achieve a rapid and successful deployment.
Learn more about Kronos' Workforce Central® suite and our solutions for time and labour, absence management, analytics, and scheduling.
