Resources & Insights

According to global retailers, an unplanned absence rate of seven percent wreaks havoc on store operations, including staff productivity and satisfaction.

Facing shrinking profit margins, capacity concerns, and rising customer expectations, logistics organisations need to provide better service at a lower cost.

Download these six quick tips which will shed light on ways to manage and engage your workforce more effectively; helping you control costs, maintain margin and deliver exceptional customer experience. If you follow them now, it just might help your business exceed your holiday season performance expectations.

Absence critically impacts retail performance but technology can be used to accurately forecast customer demand and engage staff to reduce absenteeism.

Thinking about and addressing the challenge of absence management in the workplace.

A recent Gartner report, “Prepare Yourself for the Future of Workforce Management” recommends that “application leaders responsible for transforming WFM as part of a broader HCM transformation should work with operations, finance, procurement and HR leaders to ensure that their organisation’s WFM requirements reflect an updated and holistic perspective that incorporates the needs of workers, managers, administrative staff and executives.”*

Today’s employees are switching between professional and personal modes more fluidly than ever before. The concept of worklife balance has evolved into a new seamless blend – and it’s employee driven. Employers that can enable this blend will benefit from increased motivation, productivity and retention.

Today’s employees expect more than just a pay cheque at the end of the month. To keep them motivated, employers need to embrace a new workforce wishlist. Kronos believes workforce management technology can make or break engagement and productivity.

How you manage absence is critical to getting the best out of your most valuable asset: your workforce.

Nobody comes in on Monday morning to do great paperwork. The 7 Hazards Facing Growing Businesses is a new report from Kronos that shows how to keep those piles of paperwork (and mountains of emails) from getting in the way of the good stuff.