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Axsium Group Announces New Workforce Application for Kronos

Axsium Group today announced that it has developed a new workforce application for the Kronos InTouch™ time clock available via the Kronos InTouch App Platform, the industry’s first and only application platform dedicated to improving the productivity of the frontline workforce.

WorkPlace Systems and Axsium to Provide Cloud-Based Workforce Management Services to Rite Aid

Rite Aid takes workforce management to the cloud with WorkPlace Systems and Axsium.

New Study Shows 75 Percent of Shoppers Will Leave a Store Without Adequate Help

Axsium releases latest retail research with Empathica, linking the customer experience and the workforce.

Axsium Launches New Web Site for Workforce Management Professionals

New Site Provides a Rich User Experience with Improved Navigation, Localized Sites, Dynamic Content, Advanced Search Functionality and Industry Specific Microsites

Andrew Needham Joins Axsium Group to Lead Global Retail Practice

Industry veteran, Andrew Needham, brings 25 years retail customer experience, operations, workforce management knowledge to the team.

Axsium Launches Workforce Management Blog For Manufacturers

With the success of the retail and healthcare blogs, Axsium launches a new blog focused on manufacturers.

Axsium Selected by Dixons Retail to Optimise Store Deployment and Processes

Axsium Group leads Dixons workforce measurement initiatives

Workforce Scheduling Improves Patient Care in Latest Axsium Whitepaper

Latest whitepaper maps out significant ways healthcare organizations can balance the challenges of meeting quality care standards with labor productivity

Workforce Management Study Finds Reduction in Labor Spend Within Twelve Months of Implementation

Axsium's ROI Analysis Highlights Benefits and Satisfaction of WFM Implementations

Retail Labor Forecasting Playbook

Axsium releases Retail Labor Forecasting series as part of its retail workforce management blog, the industry's first step by step guide to labor forecasting

Axsium Group Launches Workforce Management Blogs

Retail and healthcare blogs will provide readers with valuable insight from industry experts

Phoning It In

Mobile technology is beginning to make a splash in the workforce management market. Several major workforce technology firms – including CyberShift, Kronos, Nexterna, Reflexis and ViryaNet - have developed mobile solutions to increase productivity, improve workforce compliance and ameliorate customer and employee satisfaction, and RedPrairie is piloting an iPhone application scheduled for a 2011 rollout.

Axsium Group Veteran Bob Clements Named to Workforce Institute Board of Advisors

Global retail practice lead joins international think tank advisory board

Defining Productivity – Part One

Axsium Group Adds Director to International Retail Team

Industry veteran David Roberts appointed to develop retail WFM sales strategy across the UK, Europe and the Middle East

Axsium Group Adds Industry Expert to Expanding Healthcare Practice

Chris Flanders Brought on to Manage Strategy Development and Facilitate Growth

Axsium Group Names David Honicky Business Affairs Manager

Latest Hire Charged with Growing Global Partner Practice

Retailers Urged to Reset Labor Model to Control Cost and Improve Customer Experience in Post-Recession Economy

Axsium Group’s Latest White Paper Explores Critical Need for Strategic Workforce Management in the Face of ‘Retail’s New Reality’ and ‘Retail’s New Customer’

Axsium Group Supports ‘Feeding America’ Through Food Donation Program at NRF Big Show 2010

Axsium focuses attention on the food crisis in America during NRF 2010, with cause marketing booth donation program

Tripping Over Your Own Feet: Effectively Managing Advanced WFM Scheduling Solutions

A busy soccer mom walks briskly from her van into the local grocery store on a five-minute mission to buy ham, bologna and bread for lunches the next day. With two loaves of bread in her arms, she bears down on the deli counter, only to find it is not staffed. The soccer mom waits, taps her hand on the counter, then turns and leaves the store.

Planning for the Rebound -- Part 2

The provincial government is not doing what it takes to keep the Shubenacadie Canal in smooth running order, says Liberal MLA Andrew Younger (Dartmouth East).

Strategy before technology, making workforce management initiatives successful

Each year organisations invest in Workforce Management (WFM) solutions in an effort to reduce labor costs, increase customer service, or eliminate compliance risk. Too often, these organisations set themselves up for failure by expediting the technology selection and implementation without a clearly articulated business strategy.

Axsium Group Joins Oracle PartnerNetwork to Deliver Systems Integration and Consulting Services

Axsium teams with Oracle to deliver superior workforce management consulting services to Oracle users

Hiring Holiday Help

Retailers are ramping up hiring to ensure there are enough associates on the selling floor when crowds of holiday shoppers converge on their stores. A "do-more-with-less" theme permeates as companies look to optimize labor and execute at the store level with good customer service.

New Technology, Same Bad Habits

Introducing new technology to a company is often like a game of Jenga. The popular game starts off with a tall, stable pillar constructed of hardwood blocks. As players remove blocks from the bottom of the structure and place them on the top, the entire pillar increasingly becomes unstable. Ultimately, if you remove the wrong block, or place it in the wrong position on top, the whole pillar comes tumbling down.

Houston Public Radio: KUHF Business News

Flu-related absenteeism can happen whether the worker falls sick or stays at home to care for family members who are sick. Employers can take steps to prepare for increased absenteeism, as Ed Mayberry reports.

Investor’s Business Daily: Planning Ahead For Flu Pandemic

Workforce management consultanting firm Axsium Group says absenteeism will be a central issue as companies wrestle with a potential swine flu outbreak this fall and winter.

Axsium Group Expands Industry-Leading Retail Service Offerings through Deal to Acquire Engineering Assets of Labor Solutions International Inc. (LSI)

Workforce Management Firm adds LSI’s Veteran Industrial Engineering Team and its Labor Standards Consulting Services to Axsium’s Retail, Manufacturing and Healthcare practices

The Power of the People

Small business; big bang. Some small businesses seem destined to stay just that way while others grow up fast. While myriad factors influence success, experts say in most cases, it’s people – and how you manage them – who make the biggest difference. Just five years ago, Tim Lett launched a consultancy to tap into what he felt was an underserviced niche in the workforce management software arena.

Canada’s Largest Book Retailer Successfully Implements Workforce Management Solution with Axsium Group

Indigo Books & Music Inc. Expects Significant Labor Cost Savings and Productivity Improvements

Axsium Group Launches Workforce Management Practice for Healthcare Industry

Kronos specialist joins Axsium's growing healthcare practice

Axsium Group Launches Workforce Management Practice for Healthcare Industry

Leading WFM Consulting Firm Debuts New Practice at HIMSS09 Conference April 4 – 8 in Chicago

Axsium Group Appoints Robert Gardner Managing Partner

Leadership skills and vision to take company to the next level

Axsium Group Founder Tim Lett Appointed EVP of Corporate Development, Knightsbridge

New Executive Vice President to oversee expansion of Knightsbridge and Axsium businesses domestically and internationally

Axsium Group Expands International Operations

Kevin Keogh joins Axsium Group to lead international growth

Axsium Group Expands Service Offering and Redoubles Commitment to the Retail Sector

Industry veteran Tad Shepperd leads global retail practice

Visiting Nurse Service of New York Successfully Deploys Workforce Management Solution with Axsium Group

Leading healthcare provider, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, annouces successful implementation of Infor using Axsium Group

Axsium Group Appoints Steve Levy to its Executive Leadership Team

Steve Levy becomes latest key member of Axsium's growing executive leadership team

Axsium Group Presents Workforce Management Implementation Best Practices with Levy Restaurants at KronosWorks 2008

Axsium and Levy Restaurants share joint success following their Kronos implementation, with fellow Kronos users at the annual KronosWorks user conference in Orlando.

Axsium Group and Northwest Airlines Present Workforce Management Methodologies for Success at Inforum 2008

Axsium Group and Northwest Airlines share collaborative best practices from their Workbrain implementation

Axsium Group Appoints Tad Shepperd Principal Responsible for Global Retail Practice

Recognized executive in the retail sector, and found of ShopperTrak, joins the Axisum team to lead the global retail practice

Axsium Group Named to PROFIT HOT 50 Emerging Growth Companies for Second Year

Axsium named to PROFIT HOT 50 emerging companies in Canada for second consecutive year, HOT 50 is the definitive ranking for growing companies

Axsium Group Illustrates Value of Optimized Workforce for Manufacturers in Latest White Paper

Axsium releases latest white paper for the manufacturing industry, focusing on the value of an optimized workforce.

Knightsbridge Acquires Axsium Group

Knightsbridge Acquires Axsium Group Inc., North America's Leader in Workforce Management Solutions, Acquisition to Expand Reach into U.S.

Axsium Group Presents Innovative Absence Management Strategies at 2008 IHRIM HRMStrategies and Technology Exposition

Axsium shares latest workforce management thought leadership at annual IHRIM conference, in Orlando.

Axsium Group Promotes Retail Workforce Management Thought Leadership at RedPrairie’s Annual Conference, RedShift:2008

Axsium shares latest retail thought leadership at annual RedPrairie user conference.

Learn How Workforce Management Implementations Drive Payroll Transformation

Workforce management implementations can have a tremendous impact on the payroll department.

Rock-Tenn Company Successfully Implements Kronos® Workforce Central Suite with Axsium Group

Manufacturer implements workforce management solution at 72 locations

White Paper Describes Continuous Improvement through Enterprise Workforce Management

Axsium Group, Inc., North America’s leading Workforce Management (WFM) consulting firm, announced today the availability of a whitepaper aimed at communicating the value and importance of continuous improvement through enterprise Workforce Management.

Tim Lett Named to Workforce Institute Board of Advisors

Managing Partner Extends Thought Leadership in New Role