Kronos for Logistics

This visual depicts the operational and strategic challenges of managing a distribution center workforce and maps these challenges to Kronos solutions.

Great Bear Distribution moves to real-time workforce management and automates payroll processes with Kronos. Great Bear Distribution is a leading UK logistics provider with a current year turnover of £92 million and a customer base that includes many blue chip FMCG customers. The organisation manages over 3 million sq/ft of warehousing and operates 150 commercial vehicles on behalf of its customers, employing 1,200 people at 26 UK locations.

This interactive eBook explores today's complex labor challenges for logistics providers and offers workforce management strategies to overcome obstacles and gain a competitive advantage.

This interview excerpt with Malysa O’Connor, Director, Logistics Practice Group at Kronos, explains how technology can help logistics managers control labor costs and boost efficiency, even when health care and insurance costs are rising and the industry continues to struggle with capacity and labor shortages.

John Frehse, Chief Strategy Officer at Core Practice Group, explores the adverse costs of idle time and explains how overtime can be used as a powerful tool for distributors to manage variable or seasonal demand.

Explore why having visibility into supply chain labor is critical to driving profitable, quality service.

This Logistics Management survey reveals strategies that logistics organizations are employing to handle demand variability and how they are leveraging their labor resources to deliver quality service and drive profitable operations throughout variable demand cycles.

Today’s trucking companies are feeling pressure from all sides — the recent economic downturn, cross-border competition, increasing yet volatile demand, and an onslaught of regulations among them.

In recent years, demand for distribution services has wavered alongside manufacturing production volumes and retail consumption. Uncertainty and volatile demand have been compounded by a lethal combination of rising costs, waning lead times, and shrinking margins.

A single unified platform with powerful solutions for both hourly hiring and salaried recruiting.