The "Kronos Guy" Blog

You have done it!  You have just kicked off your latest Workforce Central project.  As a Kronos Implementation team member, you know that you have a lot of knowledge and information that you need to transfer to the client.  As a client project team member, you want to know as much as you can about the new software and how to get the most out of it that you can and show a good ROI.

What is integration? Why the constant desire to integrate Kronos data with other vendors?

I was wondering about this "new" Kronos integration. Do what? You mean I can see my employee data in more than one system?! It has been so long since I talked about integration a.k.a. interfacing, I almost had to wiki "API"! Integration is not always easy, but some things can be.

This last article outlined how effective dates impacted the employee record for Timekeeper items. In this article I will discuss how the Workforce Central (WFC) system handles effective dates for those components that apply to a Workforce Scheduler (WFS) licensed employee.  First, let’s start with a scenario: 

What is Kronos WFC "employee self-service" (ESS) about?

It's about allowing the majority of the employee population that use Kronos Workforce Central (WFC) to communicate more proactively and save your manager(s) AND organization time. Other departments where the cost savings by ESS are appreciated may include HR & Payroll. After all, the old saying goes: "Time is Money".

I'm inspired by Seth Godin's treatise about "Please Complain". He talks about the reasons people hide from it and why some encourage it.