CHELMSFORD, Mass. & MIAMI, Apr 02, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Further broadening its global footprint, Kronos(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: KRON) has formed a relationship with Meta4 to empower organizations in Latin America to most effectively manage their workforce. Kronos' expertise in delivering workforce management solutions around the world combined with Meta4's leadership in providing Human and Intellectual Capital Management (HICM) solutions in Latin America will allow organizations to improve their competitive advantage through reduced costs, increased productivity, improved compliance, and enhanced customer service. This relationship will provide a seamless integration between the Kronos Workforce Central(R) suite and the Meta4 PeopleNet platform to accelerate, amplify, and deliver ever-increasing value of both solutions. It will serve customers throughout Latin America including Mexico, Central Americas, South America, and the Caribbean.
"The adoption of workforce management solutions among Latin American organizations is growing at unprecedented rates," said Carlos Diaz, Meta4 Pan-American operations director. "These organizations fully appreciate that the workforce is their largest controllable expense but also their most strategic asset. Therefore, they are eager to implement solutions that allow them to most effectively manage this part of their business. Integration with the Workforce Central suite is a perfect fit for our solution and this relationship promises to raise the bar of technological innovation in Latin America."
The Kronos solution enables organizations to automate manual processes enabling employees to focus on more value-added activities. It also provides the tools to optimize workforce performance, empowering managers to make better workforce-related decisions and take effective action. The Meta4 solution is the only web-based, object-oriented, multi-tenant solution supporting 25 different legislations in the continent. It maximizes the potential of an organization's talent to increase productivity, and address changing business demands both globally and locally. The Kronos/Meta4 relationship will allow organizations to experience the benefits of an integrated solution such as real-time visibility into labor data, ease of use, and low cost of ownership.
"Our relationship with Meta4 is another milestone in our mission to provide organizations around the globe with the solutions they need to most effectively manage their workforce," said Mick Adamson, vice president of international operations at Kronos. "By integrating the Kronos and Meta4 solutions, we are empowering organizations in Latin America to reap the benefits of a workforce that is optimized to reach key productivity initiatives and deliver bottom-line results. It is these organizations that will easily pull ahead of their competition."
Meta4 PeopleNet maximizes the potential of an organization's talent to increase productivity, and address changing business demands both globally and locally. Meta4 offers the most advanced applications to companies of all sizes, government organizations and HRO Service Providers. Founded in 1991, Meta4 is amongst the top international HCM players (Gartner 2005) with more than 1.200 clients in 82 countries and managing 10 million people on four continents.
Kronos Incorporated empowers organizations around the world to effectively manage their workforce. At Kronos, we are experts who are solely focused on delivering software and services that enable organizations to reduce costs, increase productivity, improve employee satisfaction, and ultimately enhance the level of service they provide. Kronos serves customers in more than 50 countries through its network of offices, subsidiaries, and distributors. Widely recognized as a market and thought leader in managing the workforce, Kronos has unrivaled reach with more than 30 million people using a Kronos solution every day. Learn more about Kronos at www.kronos.com.
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