CHELMSFORD, Mass., Dec. 6, 2005 In support of its continuous quality initiative, Cambro Manufacturing Company has implemented the Kronos Incorporated (Nasdaq: KRON) Workforce Central suite of HR, payroll, and time and labor solutions. The manufacturer of high-quality products for the foodservice industry is achieving its goals of improved integration, communication, and employee performance with the workforce management solution.
"Cambro strives to manufacture our high-quality foodservice products in a timely, cost-effective manner," said Leigh Gotsman, financial controller at Cambro Manufacturing. "The integrated solution from Kronos addresses all of our workforce management needs in our cost-conscious manufacturing environment. By bringing our payroll in house and consolidating our employee-centric solutions with one vendor, we are saving time and money in support of our continuous quality initiative."
Workforce management solutions improve employee satisfaction and productivity
Kronos´ HR application gives Cambro a high level of visibility into its workforce, supporting the company´s goal of a paperless, automated HR environment. Managers can see full profiles of each employee, enabling them to better manage their employees without having to turn to the HR department for information. The Kronos solution generates automatic reminders when performance reviews are due which improves managers´ compliance with review schedules.
Employee self-service allows employees to update addresses and emergency contacts online, in addition to gaining full visibility into personal benefit and compensation data. Employee ownership of personal information boosts morale and supports Cambro´s efforts to continually improve employee satisfaction and data accuracy.
"At Cambro, we like having all of our workforce management applications integrated and focused on maximizing our employees´ time," said Judy Harris, director of HR at Cambro. "The merging of the Kronos systems has really opened up the lines of communication between HR and payroll, allowing us to share resources and continually improve the integrity of our employee data."
"And by bringing our payroll in house, we incur a one-time cost with a fast rate of return, as opposed to paying an increasing rate every year to a third-party provider," added Gotsman. "The Kronos solution makes excellent business sense for Cambro."
Cambro also plans to utilize Kronos´ applicant portal to automate the flow of applicant data from Internet recruiting. The applicant portal streamlines the collection of resumes. Applicant data is immediately stored and searchable in the Kronos HR application, which provides visibility into the applicant pool to everyone involved in the hiring process, including hiring managers. The applicant management capabilities also help maintain compliance with required government reporting by generating standard EEO-1 and EEO-4 reports.
"Today´s manufacturing companies need to manage labor very closely in order to compete in the global marketplace," said Bill Larkin, vice president of human resource management solutions at Kronos. "Having to manage multiple systems for different departments often leads to inaccurate labor cost tracking and inefficient use of people´s time. Kronos supports Cambro´s continuous quality initiative by providing an integrated solution to track labor costs and maximize employee productivity."
About Cambro Manufacturing Company
Cambro was founded by two brothers, Bill and Argyle Campbell, in 1951, when Bill invented the Camtray and Argyle began selling the tray to the American Hospital Supply Corporation. The Camtray was quickly embraced by restaurant, hotel, school and cafeteria operators, and it became the industry standard. Growing from this heritage, today Cambro offer the most complete line of sizes, shapes, colors and materials in foodservice trays. Over the last 50 years, Cambro has grown from one product, the Camtray, to 14,000 products; from one salesman to a global sales and distribution network; from two presses in a small shop to a number of manufacturing capabilities. Yet, with our growth, the Cambro vision has never wavered: we are committed to creating and providing the most durable and highest quality products for the foodservice industry.
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos Incorporated is the most trusted name in workforce management. Kronos helps organizations staff, develop, deploy, track, and reward their workforce, resulting in reduced costs, increased productivity, better decision-making, improved employee satisfaction, and alignment with organizational objectives. More than 20 million people use a Kronos solution every day. Learn more about Kronos´ high-impact enterprise solutions at www.kronos.com.
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