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Join us at the Workforce Central 6.0 User Group to learn about the latest enhancements, including a new user interface, dynamic reporting, and extended multinational capabilities. Discover how these updates can optimize your workforce management.
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Workforce Central 6.0 Southern California User Group October 19th, 2007
Workforce Central 6 Headlines • New User Interface • New Dynamic Reporting • Extended Multinational & International Capabilities for a Global Workforce • Intelligent Scheduling Enhancements
User Interface Workforce Central 6-- The Easiest to Use Workforce Central Ever
Workforce Central 6 – New User Interface • Ease of use & personalization • Improved navigation & operation (navigation profile) • More screen “real estate” • View personalization features • “Theming” feature provides customizable look and feel • Change color scheme, add your logo to better blend with your corporate environment • New, yet very “familiar” layout to users • Minimizes training requirements • Intuitive layout increases ease-of-use • Sleek user interface optimizes users’ time
Interface: Timecard Where are we today?
Interface: Timecard Where are we today?
Workforce Central 6 Reporting Dynamic Reporting for Faster Access to Critical Workforce Data
Workforce Central 6 - Reporting • The most robust Kronos reporting functionality ever: • Drilldown • Reports are no longer just static documents! Are now dynamic. • Drill down right from the report for faster, focused data & report access - no need to run a separate report • Charting & graphing support • Integrated charting & graphing support provides additional context and representations of critical comparison data • Data export • Export data to Excel, PDF and other formats for limitless ad hoc reporting - directly from report view
4 Reporting Deployment Options • Basic • Microsoft Report Definition Language Client (RDLC) “out of the box” • Replaced Crystal Reports runtime engine for default reports • Advanced • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services • Legacy • Crystal Reports Runtime Engine • Allows your custom crystal reports to run without issue in WFC 6 • Third Party Reporting Engine • Business Objects, Cognos, etc. • Allows clients to leverage third party reporting engines • Delivered via Kronos Services Engagement
Reporting: Current World No Export No Drill Down Limited Formatting No Graphics!
New World Export Drill Down Charting Support Great Formatting Flexibility
Advanced World – Direct Excel Optimized Output Direct Excel Export Modern Report Viewer 14
Workforce Central 6 Global & Multinational Enhancements Designed by Global Experts for the Way You Do Business Locally
Global & Multinational Enhancements • Extended Language Support • Unicode & Chinese now directly supported • Enhanced Regional Administration and Display Options • Automatic formatting of numbers, dates, and currencies based on locale • Phonetic & Romanized Employee Name Genie Columns • Regional Configuration Access Management • Regional Holiday Support • Regional Accruals Enhancements • Lost Time and Bradford factor
Workforce Central 6 Scheduling Most Compelling Kronos Workforce Scheduling Solution Ever
Significant Usability Enhancements • Action Palate • In the planner, the user can select an action and apply it with one-click to any day and any employee that is opened – streamlining schedule creation • Enhanced Schedule Assistant & Call List • Integrated priority based filtering • Mouse-over info, Free text comments, Highlights • Configured for the way managers want to schedule • Schedule groups • Allows the assignment of employees to groups in the planner Easier to use, allowing managers to spend less time administrating schedules and more time on other top priorities
“One Click” Scheduling for Healthcare and Manufacturing • Healthcare • “One click scheduling” introduced to automate the creation of the optimal schedule for healthcare organizations • Certifications, compliance automatically accounted • Manufacturing & Unionized Workforces • Automatically generates an optimal schedule for complex unionized workforces • Seniority & bumping rules, shift preferences factored into allocation • Manufacturers and other companies with unionized workforces can increase employee satisfaction and reduce union grievances • Managers spend less time administering schedules and more time on higher value priorities • Better schedules result in happier employees that are more productive and stay longer
Workforce Central 6 Workforce TimekeeperAbsence Management The Most Comprehensive Solution Available
Timekeeping & Accruals Time Stamp Restrictions • Now restrict Timestamp entry to within a scheduled start and/or stop time margin, via Java or HTML client, and Quick Timestamp entry • Navigation Profile • Can be set to default to ‘reports’ instead of genies • Delegate Authority • Process Manager function now follows delegate • Free Form Comments (Notes) • Anyone with access to comments also has access to notes • Day-Based Accruals Enhanced Support • Day-based accruals information available in DD.dd format everywhere seen in the system; day-based pay code edits will also be supported • Greater flexibility and granularity of timekeeping & accruals data
Absence Management • Workforce Leave • Entry of leave time from schedule or timecard • Direct integration, streamlining use of the application • Leave admin field • Process Manager templates can be sent to Leave admin • Unlimited user-defined data fields and validation • Added flexibility and reduced implementation time for integration • Document status audit trail • Maintains an audit trail of “document status” changes to adhere to compliance and security requirements
Absence Management • Workforce Attendance : • Same day pattern • Capture and flag special attendance incidents such as calls in on a weekend day, or day after a major holiday • Formula policy support • Can calculate such things as attendance rates, absenteeism rates, etc • Lost Time & Bradford Factor • Gain insight into productivity and profitability from attendance & absence rates • Better auto-generated document formatting
Your New “Upgrade Center” • What is the Upgrade Center? • A new, online “always available” resource for Kronos customers! • Created to provide answers to the questions you may have regarding upgrading and links to get more information to make upgrading easier than ever. We can help you: • Explore your upgrade options • Capture return on investment data to justify an upgrade • Get the training you need • Quantify the time, resources, and costs to upgrade • Perform the upgrade on schedule and in budget • Where is the Upgrade Center? • The Upgrade Center is located in the products section of the Customer Portal (access via customer.Kronos.com).