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WORKJAM ANNOUNCES US $ 20 MILLION INVESTMENT TO EXPAND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
businesses faced with adapting to the rise and fall in labour demand we ’ re seeing in the volatile economic climate ,” Williams continued .
As Canada ’ s export credit agency , EDC helps Canadian companies of all sizes grow internationally with a strong focus on accelerating the international growth of medium-sized businesses . The organisation provides capital , trade knowledge , insurance and global connections to support and develop sustainable trade between Canada and the world , enhancing the country ’ s competitiveness in the global marketplace .
WorkJam , a leading digital frontline workplace , has announced it has received a US $ 20 million investment from Export Development Canada ( EDC ) to expand its international operations . WorkJam will use the new funding to accelerate its growth momentum in the EMEA region , where the company has recently added Marks & Spencer ( M & S ) and Metro Digital to its client roster .
“ With labour dynamics shifting across the globe , particularly in the UK and European markets , many companies in these regions are looking to equip their hourly employees with digital tools that ensure compliance while also driving productivity , retention and overall workplace satisfaction ,” said Steven Kramer , CEO of WorkJam . “ This new investment will enable us to continue on our strong growth trajectory in the EMEA region and we ’ re extremely grateful for EDC ’ s confidence and support as we fulfil our mission to empower frontline workers globally .”
“ We expect to significantly accelerate our momentum and help companies across Europe empower their frontline workforce with the right digital tools ,” added Mark Williams , Managing Director EMEA at WorkJam .
“ WorkJam makes scheduling for the frontline workforce easy , delivering the agility needed by
WorkJam ’ s customers include multiple Fortune 500 companies across the retail , travel and hospitality , manufacturing and logistics and healthcare industries . Over half of the company ’ s enterprise customers operate internationally and rely on WorkJam ’ s robust compliance framework and inline translation support in 50 languages to digitise workflows and connect their frontline workforces in different geographies . Millions of frontline employees across more than 50 countries already use WorkJam ’ s digital platform for scheduling , learning , task management , two-way communication , workflow automation and more .
“ WorkJam is a global leader in frontline workforce orchestration and a Canadian technology success story ,” said Guillermo Freire , EDC ’ s Senior Vice- President , Mid-Market Group . “ We are proud to support this high-growth , medium-sized business as it continues to scale up and accelerate its international growth . WorkJam is helping enterprises across the globe digitise their non-desk workforces to increase efficiency and profitability while improving the daily work experience of tens of millions of frontline employees .”
WorkJam ’ s platform combines scheduling capabilities , an open shift marketplace , task management capabilities , bi-directional communication , mobile learning , surveys and more . The company ’ s unified set of mobile or desktop-based modules can be deployed separately or together in as few as five days . �
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