Le Platane Selects Kronos® for Workforce Management Across All Restaurants

(Beijing, November 5, 2007) Kronos announced today that it has signed a contract with Le Platane (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Through deployment of Kronos' workforce management solutions, Le Platane will achieve uniform and centralized workforce management in all of its branch restaurants, and further enhance its customer services as well as management at operational level.

Le Platane, which was established by investors and renowned chefs in December 2006, operates three chain restaurants in China. Le Platane believes that achieving automation of back-end management processes, such as finance management and payroll management, cannot fully meet the demands of rapid development and effective management of the company. In particular, the Le Platane management aspires to strengthen real-time, consistent and centralized management of its most valuable asset — its employees. To achieve this goal, Le Platane chose Kronos, the world's leading workforce management software and services provider.

The Kronos Workforce Central suite and Kronos 4500 badge terminals, which are seamlessly integrated, have provided Le Platane with end-to-end workforce management solutions. The real-time collection and transmission of employee data provides managers with visibility into the status of employees across its restaurants, thus achieving centralized management of its employees. The use of Kronos' workforce planning, forecasting, and time and attendance applications will help Le Platane improve service quality and customer satisfaction. Meanwhile, the automation of the employee-centric processes will minimize manual mistakes from data input and relieve administrative burden.

"We chose Kronos for very specific objectives. We need sophisticated workforce management solutions to strengthen our centralized management across all restaurants and employees, so that the headquarters can easily obtain real-time information on employees and make prompt strategic adjustments according to customers' needs and traffic, thus improving our services, reducing costs, enhancing our competitiveness and laying a foundation for our rapid expansion. Kronos' workforce management solutions are complementary to our existing human resource system, as they provide strong and credible data to support our payroll management and employee performance assessment", said Choy Cheok Wing, General Manager of Le Platane.

"Le Platane clearly recognizes the importance of managing the workforce on a centralized basis," said Henry Liu, General Manager of Kronos China. "The cooperation is also a milestone for Kronos, as a newcomer to the China market. We are committed to providing strong supports in WFM for the operations and expansions of Le Platane, by leveraging our rich experience and global technical advantages in the retailing sector."

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos Incorporated empowers organizations around the world to effectively manage their workforce. At Kronos, we are experts who are solely focused on delivering software and services that enable organizations to reduce costs, increase productivity, improve employee satisfaction, and ultimately enhance the level of service they provide. Kronos serves customers in more than 60 countries through its network of offices, subsidiaries, and distributors. Widely recognized as a market and thought leader in managing the workforce, Kronos has unrivaled reach with more than 30 million people using a Kronos solution every day. Learn more about www.kronos.com/china.

For details, please contact:
Kronos (Beijing) Limited
Cherry Yan
Tel: (0086) 10-62705006-8801
Manning Selvage & Lee Public Relation Consultancy Beijing Co., Ltd.
Guo Wei
Tel: (0086) 10-51088238-635