CHELMSFORD, Mass. (August 13, 2009) – 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.
News Facts
* The High companies are using time and attendance, employee scheduling, absence management, labor activities, and biometric data collection solutions from Kronos.
* The High companies selected Kronos for its proven ability to fully automate workforce management business processes and deliver products that are easy to use, rich in functionality, and highly configurable.
* Prior to using Kronos, the High companies used a legacy workforce management system that did not fully automate processes and required significant middleware configuration to work across all units.
* By centralizing the management of its workforce processes with Kronos, the High companies are now minimizing payroll processing delays; reducing inefficient practices such as under- and over-staffing; and controlling overtime by better monitoring and reducing the number of indirect hours related to activities.
* By using the Kronos time and attendance solution to complement its Ultipro human resources and payroll applications and its SAP ERP system, the High companies have avoided costly customization and gained access to quality information in real time.
* The High companies have minimized compliance risk by using Kronos to centrally manage the consistent implementation of pay policies and accommodate a wide range of complex labor laws.
* Using the Kronos 4500(TM) Touch ID biometric terminal in its hotel business units, the High companies have eliminated buddy punching (the costly act of employees punching in for one another).
* The High companies operate across multiple industries in manufacturing, construction, and operations — including steel fabrication and erection, metal processing and distribution, precast/prestressed concrete building systems, air quality and safety solutions, real estate, architecture, and construction.
Supporting Quotes
* Frank Schutte, Manager, SAP Group Core Competency Center / Applications Group, High companies
“In contrast to other products that require costly customization and only provide after-the-fact reporting capabilities, Kronos delivers real-time, high-quality information about our workforce so we can make better decisions in each business unit as well as from a corporate perspective.”
* Gregg Gordon, senior director of manufacturing industry marketing, Kronos
“Not detecting critical, labor-related issues in real time can leak thousands or even millions of dollars each year. By automating and standardizing key workforce business processes, the High companies are effectively controlling labor costs. Also, by adding strategic workforce management solutions integrated with the core time and attendance system, the High companies are poised to achieve not just fast payback, but longer-term cost control and productivity improvement benefits.”
Source: Kronos