LAS VEGAS--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.

News Facts

• Kronos offers complete and scalable solutions that help global organizations of all sizes get up and running quickly while maximizing productivity and reducing total cost of ownership.
• Through complete automation of processes such as time and attendance, HR and payroll, employee scheduling, and workforce activities, Kronos helps users of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics AX effectively manage their most valuable asset: labor; and control their largest expense: labor costs. This is achieved by reconciling labor hours in real time with other ERP data.
• Kronos helps improve the accuracy of Microsoft Dynamics GP’s financial data and optimizes its supply chain processes through reconciliation of payroll hours to labor hours in real time. Also, the Kronos biometric data collection terminals import time directly to Microsoft Dynamics GP payroll. This eliminates manual intervention, accelerates the process, and minimizes error.
• With the Microsoft Dynamics AX integration, Kronos is making it easier to optimize labor for businesses across locations and countries. Kronos solutions are designed to manage the complexities of global organizations across diverse industries.
• Additionally, with configurable work and pay rules in Kronos, it is easy to completely automate all pay and work rules across different countries and regions, which significantly reduces manual interpretation and application, minimizing compliance risk and/or payroll inflation.
• By streamlining data assimilation for rapid analysis, reporting, and payroll processing, Kronos helps users of Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.

Supporting Quotes

• Crispin Read, general manager, Microsoft Dynamics ERP marketing
  “Kronos shares our commitment to deliver customer solutions that increase competitive advantage. We are excited to see the impact of the Kronos Workforce Central suite with our ERP solutions to increase the value we provide our customers, enabling them to be more productive and lowering their total cost of ownership.”

• Michel Boeckx, chief technology officer, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard
  “Kronos and Microsoft offer a fully integrated and configurable solution to deliver the automation we need while maintaining lower total cost of ownership than competitive solutions. By consolidating and standardizing processes and by providing enterprise-wide visibility, the Kronos and Microsoft Dynamics integrated solution is helping us compete globally.”

• Charlie Dewitt, vice president of vertical marketing, Kronos
  “With thousands of installations in organizations of all sizes across the world, Kronos is committed to proving that workforce management doesn’t have to be so hard. We’re pleased that a market leader such as Microsoft Dynamics, which also shares our values of ease of use and fast payback, selected Kronos as a workforce management partner. Together we are excited to offer a complete system to manage critical business needs.”

Supporting Resources

• This announcement was made from KronosWorks^™, the industry’s largest venue for exchanging ideas on how to effectively manage the workforce. KronosWorks is taking place this week in Las Vegas.

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000^® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.