INDIA, Sept. 21, 2026 (NASDAQ: WDAY), the enterprise AI platform for HR, finance, and IT, has been named a Leader in the GartnerMagic Quadrant™ for Workforce Management Technology. A complimentary copy of the report is available here.
Frontline work happens on the floor, in the warehouse, and behind the counter, not in a back office. Workday's workforcemanagement suite bringstime tracking, absence management, scheduling, and labor optimization together within WorkdayHuman Capital Management (HCM). This gives frontline leaders one system to manage labor costs, compliance, schedules, and time while giving workers and managers mobile-friendly tools they can use on the go.
"For too long, frontline teams were asked to use technology designed for desk work, not the pace of the floor, the warehouse, or the counter," said David Wachtel, general manager, Workday HCM. "Workday puts that workforce first, with tools that are simple touse and AI that takes the busywork off their plate."
One AI Platform Built for the Way Frontline Teams Work
Workday's workforce management suite is built for the industries where frontline work happens, from retail and manufacturing to hospitality and grocery, and beyond. Capabilities like demand forecasting allow teams to plan ahead and staff to real demand ratherthan guessing, with AI that reads patterns across seasonality, events, and historical trends to match the right people to the right shifts.
Workday also meets workers where they are, with mobile, web, and kiosk options to clock in. Since schedules, time off, pay, shift swaps, and preferences all live in one place, setting availability or picking up an open shift takes just a few taps.
AI Agents That Give Time Back to Your People
Workday's workforce management suite includes agentic capabilities powered by Sana, Workday's agentic experience, that automates time-consuming tasks, freeing managers and workers to trade desk time for face time.
