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Retail Workforce Management: The Kronos for Retail Solution

Overview

Resources

Demos

Feature Demo: See Kronos Workforce Selection in Action
Hire smart using Kronos Workforce Selection next generation employee assessments and selection science to minimize subjectivity in the selection process, to help you accurately predict a candidate's likelihood of success in a given job role.

Case Studies

Buehler’s Simplifies Its Hiring Process and Improves Workforce Productivity
This grocer finds that automated hiring means a simple hiring process, increased accountability, better hires, and a more competitive business.

Product Info

Kronos for Retail Preferred datasheet
Growing companies can meet their toughest workforce management challenges with an easy-to-own solution specially designed for you. You get the same robust functionality used by today's largest retailers.

Retail Scheduling Solution Guide
Forecast future demand, plan for it, and accurately schedule for it. Labor costs go down, profitability goes up. Read more in this guide.

Implementing Retail Workforce Management: An Insider’s Secrets
The secret to rapidly realizing the full potential of a workforce management solution lies in how well it’s implemented. Learn why in this white paper.

Workforce Scheduler™ for Retail Datasheet
Create demand-driven, cost-effective schedules. Control costs while providing exceptional service. And improve labor-law compliance with Workforce Scheduler for Retail.

Workforce Operations Planner™ Datasheet
Powerful budgeting application allows retail chain to collaborate and create better budgets using store level data to build the annual plan.

Workforce Analytics™ for Retail Data Sheet
See how the targeted Workforce Analytics for Retail solution addresses the critical issue of aligning labor to customer traffic.

Kronos® for Retail Solutions Guide: How Can You Reduce Labor Costs Without Sacrificing Quality Service?
Reduce labor costs and noncompliance issues. Recruit, select, and retain the best, most productive workers. Increase repeat business. All with Kronos for Retail.

Press or Media

Kronos Ranked as Top HR and Payroll Vendor in Healthcare Human Capital Management
Kronos Incorporated today announced that it secured the highest overall ranking among HR and payroll vendors in healthcare human capital management according to the “Human Capital Management: Finding the Right Vendor Mix” report.

Kronos Retail Labor Index Shows Retail Hiring Dipped in December; Up Slightly From Last Year
Even with the decline in December, monthly hires remain above lows reached during the recession and suggest retail hiring has improved modestly following sharp declines in 2008 and 2009.

Kronos Retail Labor Index Hits Three Year High
The Kronos Retail Labor Index rose to 4.2 percent in November, the highest reading in three years.

Kronos Retail Labor Index Edges Down as Hiring Dips and Applicants Increase
Kronos Incorporated today announced the November release of the Kronos Retail Labor Index™. The analysis and write-up is prepared by Macroeconomic Advisers LLC, and is available on the Kronos Retail Labor Index website.

Kronos Retail Labor Index Shows Retail Hiring at Highest Level Since End of Recession
The Kronos Retail Labor Index rose a half percentage point in September to 3.9 percent.

Kronos Retail Labor Index Unchanged From Last Month, Consistent with Slow Economic Recovery
Despite the 1.4 percent rise in August, retail hiring has really only begun to recover since the end of the recession, with hiring by firms included in the Kronos sample just 8.5 percent above the first quarter of 2009.

Kronos Retail Labor Index Shows Retailers Hiring More Workers as Pool of Applicants Increases
The Kronos Retail Labor Index edged down to 3.6 percent in July 2011 from a revised 3.8 percent in June 2011, as an increase in hires was outpaced by an even larger gain in applications, all on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Kronos Retail Labor Index Shows Fewer People Applying for Jobs in Retail
While hiring did decline in June, it remains well above levels seen near the end of the recession and during the early recovery period.

Fossil Expands use of Kronos Globally
Fossil Incorporated, designer and retailer of fashion watches and other merchandise, has selected Kronos Incorporated as its global time and labor provider.

Department of Labor Launches Controversial App to Track Hours Worked
This article, by attorneys at Jackson Lewis law firm, discusses the DOL’s recent controversial time tracking app. Employers face increased exposure and if they do not have an automated time system, they could be taking a big risk.

Cavender's Boot City Selects Kronos to Improve Customer Service
Cavender's Boot City, the popular brand in western apparel, selected workforce management solutions from Kronos Incorporated to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. These benefits will ultimately help Cavender's further enhance the in-store customer experience – a top priority for fast-growing retailers.

Kronos® Evaluated for Retail Workforce Management in Industry Report
In the "Retail Time and Labor Vendor Update, 2010" Gartner, Inc. analyzes Kronos® Incorporated as a workforce management solution provider for the retail industry.

Kronos® is Clear Workforce Management Choice for Diverse Retailers Across the Globe
Many retailers choose Kronos as their "one vendor" for an end-to-end solution. The Kronos suite includes budgeting, hiring, time and attendance, forecasting and scheduling, absence management, labor analytics, and HR and payroll applications.

Pep Boys' New Workforce Management Tool Improves Customer Satisfaction
Learn how Pep Boys rely on Kronos to help managers schedule associates to accurately meet customer demand for automotive services. To do this, Pep Boys expanded the use of their Kronos solution to include forecasting and scheduling. A key factor in this decision was the Kronos next generation user interface (UI).

Kronos Embarks on ‘Next Generation of Workforce Management’ to Provide Deep Functionality, Ease of Use
Learn how Kronos has defined an entirely new generation of workforce management tools for today's tech-savvy "business consumer".

Ikea Rolls Out Staff Schedule Application to Beat Queues
Retail Week on productivity and service improvements at IKEA.

Armed and Ready: Workforce-Management Tool Boosts Morale at AAFES
COO discusses AAFES' implementation of time and attendance, scheduling, and analytics. AAFES has 25K employees and 1,200 locations.

The Well-Run Deli: Hannaford Improves Service By Expanding Its Labor Scheduling System
Hannaford Supermarkets saw quick results, including sales gains and improved customer service, after implementing scheduling solution.

At Anchor Blue, The Atmosphere Is Casual — But The Approach Isn’t
NRF Stores article on how fast-growing retailer uses Kronos® for Retail solution.

A Workforce Optimized
Article in Integrated Solutions for Retailers; significant addition to its labor budget.

Research

IDC Retail Insights: Improving Productivity in Retail with Workforce Cloud Services
IDC found cloud services allow retailers to transform the way they administer their workforce management applications — reducing the associated costs and improving application integrity and regulatory compliance performance all at the same time.

Driving Out the Hidden Costs in HR Processes
There are substantial costs hidden in managing the workforce that many retailers and hospitality companies are overlooking. An integrated workforce management system sharply reduces these costs through automation and integration. Find out how to eliminate and reduce hidden HR costs.

Mobile Workforce Management Delivers Operational Productivity for Retailers
Read about Aberdeen's analyst perspective on the benefit of mobile workforce management. See how mobile workforce management can be beneficial for all labor management tasks.

HR and Payroll: Achieving Accountability, Transparency in Retail
This paper closely examines the external and internal challenges facing the retail industry and shows exactly how serious this issue has become, and how a unified HR and payroll system can help solve the current challenges.

Five Best Practices to Retain High-Quality Employees
The cost of hiring and training a new employee can range from 24 percent to 200 percent of a departing employee's annual compensation. Taking a few simple steps can help boost the bottom line. Read five best practices to helping retain employees.

Increase Customer Satisfaction with Productivity-Based Scheduling
Productivity-based employee scheduling can help increase customer satisfaction levels and sales.

Preparing For the Mobile-enabled Workforce
Adopting a thoughtful and measured approach to the mobile workforce can help retailers benefit from the scaling opportunities smartphones offer.

Workforce Management for Growing Enterprises: Gaining Control of Your Most Expensive Resource
In this IDC Analyst Connection piece, you will get insight as to why growing companies should consider a workforce management solution.

Best-in-Class Retailers Benefit from Integrated Store-Level Workforce Management
Learn about underlying challenges, strategies, and technology enablers inherent in an integrated store-level workforce strategy and how integration benefit retailers.

Workforce Management: Operational Excellence in Retail
Make customers want to spend their dollars with you. Learn how you can achieve operational excellence by implementating a workforce management solution.

A Guide to Reducing Staff Turnover: Hire and Retain the Best Frontline Employees in a Competitive Environment
Learn what turnover can cost your business and what you can do about it. Better retention is key to improving the quality of your workforce.

Webinars

Webinar Replay: HR.com - Online Employment Testing
Join two leading experts in a revealing webinar: Online Employment Testing – What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why?, as they discuss the potential threats to Internet-based assessments and the latest research on applicant reactions to online hiring technologies.

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