Case Studies

At the beginning of 2020 during the first announcements of Covid-19 in the UK, Sadie Richardson, the IT Manager at Cambridge Vacuum Engineering, led a project to install a Time and Attendance System to better manage staff working hours, as well as an Access Control System to enhance site security.

A Tensor case study of the Time and Attendance and Access Control Systems installed at multiple sites for CPI Books.

With over 500 personnel working across 3 sites, from St Albans, which is their Head Office, to Nottingham and Glasgow. XMA tasked their Network & Infrastructure Manager, Rikki Auluk, to improve and tighten their security measures across all three sites. XMA had already installed a Tensor Access Control System at the St Albans site over 10 years ago, so Mr. Auluk wanted to extend this across all sites.

Master Builders Solutions UK manufactures concrete additives for infrastructure works and ready-mixed concrete plants across the UK and Ireland. Master Builders Solutions employs over 100 people across its three UK sites at Swinton, Redditch and Rochester.

Little Amber Fish is a global wholesale distributor of a range of media products, including Vinyl Records, CD’s and DVD’s. At the tail end of 2021, they decided to install an Access Control System and a Time and Attendance System to help manage the attendance of their staff they have on site.

Based in South Yorkshire with around 135 employees, Fosters Bakery were looking to reduce the number of different Time and Attendance and HR Systems they had in order to streamline the day-to-day running of the business.

Around 450 employees based at their site in Fakenham, Norfolk, with another 160 based at their site in Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, Kinnerton installed Tensor’s Access Control and Time and Attendance systems across multiple sites some 10 years ago to help cope with staff management and have been using the system ever since. Tensor Time and Attendance is also installed at two other sites in Hull and Lincolnshire.

Northern Lighthouse Board has a vast range of Tensor’s access control systems in place, including access control smart card readers, electromagnetic locks and Tensor’s access control software, WinTA.NET, including the Self Service Module.

With 6,700 employees across the UK, on farms, mills, factories and in offices, Avara Foods required an access control system to ensure they knew exactly who was on site at all times for food hygiene and security purposes.

With hundreds of employees in the UK and globally, GSM Automotive needed a time and attendance system that would not only take pressure off the HR team, but also allow employees to easily clock in and out of shifts. The system had to be capable of being installed globally with multiple time zones.

DS Smith is an international group focused on two major activities, packaging and office products; a leading manufacturer of corrugated packaging in the UK and France, a leading producer of recycled paper board, a worldwide supplier of bag-in-box, the largest UK manufacturer of envelopes, books and pads and a European wholesaler of office supplies. DS Smith employ 12,000 people of whom 7,600 work in the UK.

KP Snacks have been manufacturing some of the country's favourite snacks for nearly 70 years. The snacks include heritage favourites like Skips and Space Raiders; family brands like Hula Hoops, Pom-Bear and Butterkist as well as the famous ridged crisps, McCoy's and of course, KP Nuts.