How Kimray empowers a culture-led workforce with data-driven decisions
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Kimray, Inc. is a world-class manufacturer of oil and gas control equipment, specializing in temperature, level, flow, and pressure control for production equipment.
“HRBench gave us confidence. We weren’t spending hours building dashboards anymore. We could focus on strategy, not reporting.”
"Everything we do starts with our mission: making a difference in the lives of those we serve,” Kevin explained. “But we didn’t yet have the systems in place to clearly connect that culture-first mindset to measurable business outcomes."
Challenge
Spent hours compiling reports.
Kevin Trowbridge joined Kimray, a 75-year-old manufacturer with a committed focus on company culture, as Director of Compensation. While Kimray’s leadership was fully committed to employee development and values-driven management, the HR team lacked the real-time reporting capabilities to quickly answer critical business questions.
The team was spending valuable hours manually compiling headcount, turnover, and other key metrics. This not only slowed responses to executives, but also left little time to explore deeper analytics, like workforce forecasting or departmental trend analysis.
"Everything we do starts with our mission: making a difference in the lives of those we serve,” Kevin explained. “But we didn’t yet have the systems in place to clearly connect that culture-first mindset to measurable business outcomes."
Solution
Built a baseline of automated reports
To close the gap, Kevin implemented HRBench to integrate Kimray’s HRIS data into a single, real-time analytics platform. Through an API connection, core workforce metrics — from turnover and headcount to salary trends and diversity breakdowns — were updated daily and available through intuitive dashboards.
By establishing a reliable baseline of automated reports in HRBench, the team freed up time to pursue deeper analysis. This included creating highly targeted dashboards for workforce planning, evaluating staffing scenarios, and supporting cross-training strategies across multiple facilities.
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Results
Saw faster decision-making and executive alignment.
With HRBench as the central source of truth, Kevin’s team replaced hours of manual reporting with instant, accurate dashboards. Freeing up time and resources to focus on strategic, high-impact work.
Because core HR metrics were always current, the team could quickly answer executive questions and conduct scenario planning with confidence.
Real-time data access wasn’t limited to leadership. HR business partners and managers across Kimray gained the ability to drill into their own metrics, benchmark against historical trends, and identify potential issues early.
By automating baseline reporting in HRBench, Kimray’s HR team had the bandwidth to build custom deep-dive dashboards for specific needs — work that previously would have been delayed or deprioritized.
The result is faster decision-making, stronger organizational alignment, and more meaningful use of HR’s expertise.
Kimray, Inc.
Kimray, Inc. is a family-owned manufacturing company headquartered in Oklahoma City, known for producing high-quality control equipment for the oil and gas industry. With a legacy spanning more than 75 years, Kimray is guided by its mission of making a difference in the lives of those we serve. The company’s commitment to culture, leadership development, and community engagement makes it a recognized employer of choice in the manufacturing sector.
