2009 Press Releases

Group O, one of North America's largest Hispanic-owned providers of third-party logistics and business process outsourcing solutions, uses Kronos for time and attendance and HR and payroll.

Based on its ability to uncover hard-dollar savings during these challenging economic times, Kronos^® Incorporated is seeing an increased demand for its Optimization Services offering. 

Kronos® Incorporated today announced availability of Kronos Essentials – Hiring™, a new selection and hiring solution designed specifically for the needs of small- and mid-sized businesses.

Delivering on its belief that organizations want complete control over how they acquire, deploy, and manage their solutions, Kronos^® Incorporated now offers a rent-to-own purchasing option.

Kronos^® Incorporated today announced integration between its Workforce Central^® suite and Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics AX. The integrated solutions automate, accelerate, and simplify workforce business processes to help extend the value of Microsoft Dynamics ERP investments and lower total cost of ownership.

Early evidence from the winter holiday hiring period indicates that retailers are preparing for another weak sales season and are hiring at accordingly conservative rates.

Kronos® Incorporated today announced a next generation user interface as part of a vision for the future of workforce management.

Kronos® Incorporated today announced financial results, company advancements, and customer successes for Fiscal 2009.

Kronos^® Incorporated today announced a major restructuring of its workforce to more effectively address business challenges of its customer base. As a result, every Kronos customer will work with experts who are uniquely skilled in their industry.

Kronos^® Incorporated honored more than 30 customers today for their participation in the 2009 Kronos Spotlight Customer Program. The Spotlight Customer Program recognizes customers who have promoted the outstanding success they have achieved with Kronos workforce management solutions.

 Kronos® Incorporated today announced a mobile scheduling application as part of its vision for the future of workforce management. Workforce Mobile Scheduler™ improves productivity by making it easy for managers to instantly engage with employees using a variety of mobile devices.

Workforce management innovators, practitioners, and thought leaders will come together Nov. 8-11 to share ideas and best practices at KronosWorks™, the industry's largest venue for exchanging ideas in how to effectively manage the workforce.

Further extending its leadership in workforce management, Kronos® Incorporated today announced that it has acquired the assets of time and attendance software vendor Stromberg from Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) in a cash transaction. 

The new version will help Mi Pueblo further balance labor costs, variable staffing needs, and complex labor laws with customer loyalty, employee satisfaction, and profitability. 

 Kronos^® Incorporated today announced the October release of the Kronos Retail Labor Index™, a family of metrics and indices that analyze the relationship between the demand and supply sides of the labor market within the U.S. retail sector, and provide a distinct and early indicator of the overall state of the retail sector.

Saint Michael's Medical Center, a member of the Catholic Health East system, is live with workforce management solutions from Kronos^® Incorporated following a rapid, four-month implementation. 

Ceradyne is one of nearly 200 customers to go live on the latest version of Workforce Central in the seven months since the product became available. 

HCF Management is one of nearly 200 customers to go live on the latest version of Workforce Central in the seven months since the product became available.

Nurses attest that ease-of-use and advanced functionality offered by Kronos enable delivery of quality care

Magnetek, a leading manufacturer of digital power and motion control systems, uses Kronos for time and attendance, absence management,  and HR and payroll.

The latest version of the Kronos selection and hiring solution provides new features that deliver on Kronos' commitment to providing a unified solution for both hourly and salaried hiring.

Recognizing that many organizations want to partner with a vendor that can provide them with complete control over how they acquire, deploy, and manage their workforce management solution, Kronos^® Incorporated is seeing a surge in demand for its Managed Services offering.

Retailers are increasingly turning to Kronos^® Incorporated to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and grow revenue. And they are increasingly citing fast payback as a result.

Kronos^® Incorporated customer Russ Kahn, director of operations at PUMA North America, along with Kronos CEO Aron Ain, will present a strategic session "PUMA Runs Faster with Workforce Management" at the HR Technology Conference.

Kronos® Incorporated today announced significant momentum in Mexico and Latin America, with 200 percent year-over-year growth in revenue. Kronos also announced that it has hired industry veteran Gabriel Alvarado to manage and expand its Mexico operations.

Workforce management solutions deployed to help save public safety jobs and meet budget goals

K-12 schools, colleges, and universities are turning to Kronos^® Incorporated to fill time and attendance gaps left by their ERP systems.

Kronos^® Incorporated today unveiled the first installment of the Kronos Retail Labor Index™, a family of metrics and indices that analyze the relationship between the demand and supply sides of the labor market within the U.S. retail sector.

Stonebridge Companies Leverages Kronos® ERP Integration Capabilities2009 08 19CHELMSFORD, Mass., Aug. 19, 2009 — Stonebridge Companies, a leader in hospitality management and a long standing Kronos® Incorporated customer, has upgraded to version 6.1 of the Kronos Workforce Central® suite. News

The High^® companies are using workforce management solutions from Kronos^® Incorporated to standardize processes across multiple operating businesses to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.

Kronos^® Incorporated today announced financial results, company advancements, and customer successes for the third quarter of Fiscal 2009

More than 600 organizations have selected 6.1 and nearly 100 customers are already live on the new version.

Eye-opening research to be revealed during July 28 webinar

The ability to easily track and manage employee time and attendance in real time is a deficiency that has existed in ERP systems for years. To fill this void, manufacturers are turning to Kronos^® Incorporated.  

By using the business intelligence and leave management software to make smarter decisions about its 35,000-employee workforce, Banner Health expects to achieve additional cost savings of $30 million in six years.

The new administration’s emphasis on transparency and accountability highlighted by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has set unprecedented standards that every federal agency using the stimulus funds, or not, must meet. To help federal agencies address this issue, Kronos is adding new functionality to webTA™, a software application for automated tracking and management of the federal workforce.

Survey commissioned by The Workforce Institute™ reveals that 21 percent of hourly workers have cheated on their timesheet to gain extra pay

Kronos® Incorporated customers Anna Marie Butrie, vice president of operations improvement and Debbie Coakley, director, at Catholic Health East (CHE), will present a strategic session on how CHE achieved significant efficiencies and cost savings through a successful productivity improvement program. Butrie and Coakley will discuss the specific steps that CHE took to achieve labor cost savings.

As ARRA presses more transparency, agencies need to leverage tracking systems for accuracy

Safelite AutoGlass has upgraded to version 6.1 of the Kronos Workforce Central^® suite. The workforce management solution will be used by 8,000 Safelite AutoGlass employees in 395 locations.

Kronos has launched a new service to uncover significant labor cost savings through detailed analysis of an organization's time and attendance information. The Diagnostic Assessment analyzes an organization’s existing time and attendance data to uncover excess labor costs in areas such as overtime; schedule effectiveness; time that is paid but not worked; and absenteeism.

Kronos® Incorporated today announced that it has hired a new chief scientist, John Morrison, and two additional industrial/organizational psychologists, Philip Mangos and Rainer Seitz.

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has achieved more than $660,000 in savings by using Kronos human resources and payroll applications.

Their presentation will demonstrate how such technology can enable payroll departments to transition from an administrative function to a business partner, supporting business objectives through labor cost control and improved workforce productivity.

Grocer uses scheduling solution following fast payback from time and attendance system

 Kronos announces second-quarter Fiscal 2009 momentum

Enables customers to easily and cost-effectively extend increased value of their ERP investments

The Durst Organization, a world leader in the development of technologically advanced and environmentally responsible commercial property, has replaced its partially automated time and attendance, payroll, and human resources systems with a single, integrated solution, Kronos Essentials^™. 

A new survey sponsored by The Workforce Instititute™ at Kronos^® Incorporated and conducted by Harris Interactive reveals that people’s work habits have changed as a result of the turbulent economy.

The Salvation Army Chicago Metropolitan Division has reduced its payroll processing time by 62.5 percent by automating its time and attendance process with Kronos.

Hospital saves $600,000 on overtime in one year; gains significantly through swift implementation

Recognizing the inherent deficiencies of time and labor products offered by Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors, local government entities are increasingly turning to Kronos to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.

Hospital positively impacts bottom line with time and attendance and labor analytics

Seven science team members from Kronos® Incorporated will lead panel discussions and deliver research at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) 2009 Annual Conference.

Kronos® Introduces Pay-Per-Hire Pricing for its Selection and Hiring Solution

Hotel giant with approximately 146,000 associates across more than 3,100 locations chooses Kronos^®

Workforce Central 6.1 includes hundreds of features and ease-of-use enhancements and underscores Kronos' commitment to deliver solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.

Provides real-time visibility into how machine downtime affects labor productivity

The latest version of the Kronos Workforce Central® suite (see “Kronos Announces Availability of Workforce Central 6.1”) provides substantial new capabilities for organizations worldwide.

Enables healthcare organizations to balance quality care and labor costs

The Co-operative Group is to use a workforce management solution supplied by Kronos to enhance operational efficiency in its 2,200 UK food stores

Nonprofit automates workforce processes to control labor costs and improve productivity

Organizations turn to Kronos to manage their greatest and most expensive asset: the workforce

 More than 600,000 federal employees and contractors across 60 agencies use Kronos to automate costly processes

The Workforce Institute™ at Kronos^® Incorporated published guidance about how organizations can stimulate their workforce

Surge in job applicants and fewer job openings drive demand for higher levels of precision in retail selection and hiring

Leader in retail workforce management solutions reaches unprecedented milestone