Metso selects Kronos(R) for higher shop floor productivity

BEIJING, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Metso Minerals (TianJin) Co., Ltd., the leading global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining and construction, selected workforce management solutions from Kronos^® Incorporated to track labor activity, improve visibility of shop floor, automate employee time and attendance and achieve higher productivity for its manufacturing basis located in Tianjin of China.

News Facts

• Metso will use time and attendance and workforce activity solutions from Kronos for complete automation of critical workforce business processes, access to the most current and valuable information regarding their workforce.
• The workforce activity solutions will enable the organization to easily track and manage daily production in real time. Supervisors can view real-time data on jobs, operations, work centers, labor hour standards, and labor expended.
• By interfacing Kronos time and attendance and activities applications with SAP ERP system, shop floor managers of Metso will have real-time insight to labor, and Work-in-Process (WIP), allowing them to identify and resolve bottlenecks timely, resulting in higher levels of productivity. 
• The automation of standardized data collection and timekeeping processes will help to eliminate payroll errors and inflated labor costs, and minimize the compliance risks.
• Metso Minerals (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. was established in 1999. After 2 expansions, now it has become one of the major manufacturing bases of Metso mineral and construction lines worldwide.

Supporting quote：

• IT Manager, Metso Minerals (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.

“While our ERP system has provided us value with a range of back-office processes, we realized that we needed a best-of-breed time and attendance solution to understand every detail of labor cost. Kronos is the expert we are looking for. The real-time visibility will help us to enhance decision making to improve throughput, labor cost performance and on-time delivery.”

• David Mitchell, General Manager of Greater China, Kronos 

“Achieving the real-time visibility of the shop floor and higher productivity is the core value that Kronos brings to manufacturers. We are continuously helping them to control labor cost, minimize compliance risk and improve workforce productivity.”

Supporting Resources

About Metso Group

Metso is a global supplier of technology and services for the mining, construction, power generation, oil and gas, recycling, and pulp and paper industries.

Metso are truly global - Metso have engineering, production, procurements, services business, sales and other operations in over 300 units in more than 50 countries. Worldwide Metso employs about 27,000 professionals serving customers in more than 100 countries. Today over 40 percent of net sales come from the services business.

In 2009 Metso Corporation's net sales were EUR 5,016 million.

Metso has three segments: Mining and Construction Technology, Energy and Environmental Technology, Paper and Fiber Technology.

Metso’s strategy aims for sustainable, profitable growth over the long term. In the short term, they are focused on improving competitiveness and cash flow and on securing profitability. Global megatrends support Metso's long-term strategic development and profitable growth targets.

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, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit http://www.kronos.com/.

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