Legion, an AI-powered workforce management start-up, recently announced that its proprietary Legion WFM platform had been chosen a finalist in the SIIA CODiE Award category for Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven Technology Solution for 2021. Legion has revolutionized the approach of enterprises to manage and empower their hourly workforces. Finalists in the list represent the most excellent software, information, business products, technologies, and services.

Through AI-powered demand forecasting, workforce optimization, automated scheduling, and time and attendance, Legion WFM helps employers improve their labor efficiency. At the same time, companies may provide a better hourly employee experience by tailoring schedules to employees’ interests, providing gig-like flexibility, and utilizing modern digital technologies.

During COVID-19, the platform proved to be a vital resource, allowing firms to operate more quickly in the face of continuously changing demand, health standards, and personnel availability. Employers used Legion AI-powered WFM to address coverage gaps swiftly, share staff across sites, and adopt healthy worker guidelines.

With the AI-powered Legion WFM platform, Legion is changing workforce management, bringing significant savings and value to companies while also enhancing the lives of their hourly workers. Sanish Mondkar, founder and CEO of Legion Technologies, stated that with this new round of funding, they expect to accelerate innovation in AI-powered labor-management significantly. They are content with their accomplishment so far, and they are thrilled that SIIA and their industry peers have named the Legion WFM platform a finalist.

The Siia Codie Awards are the only peer-recognized awards program in the industry. During the first-round evaluation, business technology leaders such as top executives, analysts, journalists, consultants, and investors examine assigned products. SIIA CODiE Award finalists are selected based on the scores, which account for 80% of the overall score. 

About Legion

Legion’s automated, AI-powered labor management technology is on a mission to turn hourly jobs into decent jobs. Customers use legion WFM in over 38 countries to cut costs, decrease compliance risks and labor inefficiencies, and increase employee engagement in various industries, including retail, distribution, hospitality, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Legion, founded by Sanish Mondkar, a former SAP and Ariba Chief Product Officer, serves diverse, innovative clients, including Cinemark, Six Flags, Portillos, and others.

Gartner named the company a Cool Vendor and included it in the Hot 100 List of the Best Privately Held Software Companies by JMP Securities. Norwest Venture Partners, Stripes, First Round Capital, XYZ Ventures, Webb Investment Network, and NTT DOCOMO Ventures are among the investors of Legion, which is based in Redwood City, California.

For more information, visit: https://legion.co

About SIIA and SIIA CODiE Awards

SIIA is Software and Information Industry Association. 

They maintain a network of data, financial information, education technology, specialized content and publishing, and health technology.

It is the only professional group that connects over 700 enterprises.

The team manages global financial markets, builds software that uses technology to tackle today’s challenges, provides crucial information to enable international organizations, large and small, to make better decisions and innovate for better health care and personal wellness outcomes.

The SIIA CODiE Awards are the only peer-reviewed program that honors the best in business and education technology. They have been acknowledged for their quality since 1986, offering thousands of products, services, and solutions.

For more information, visit: https://www.siia.net/CODiE

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