Time & Attendance Case Studies | Page 7

Preci-Spark is one of the leading suppliers of aerospace and gas turbine engine components. This involves high-tech fabrications and precision machining. The group employs around 400 personnel and 4 months ago Systems Manager, Ian Delom, was in search of a Time & Attendance system to remove the delays involved with their manual clock card system. He also wanted to make the section leaders job a lot easier by providing up-to-date information.

Johnston Sweepers’ production sites in the UK manufacture a wide range of municipal and contractor cleansing vehicles from the 4 tonnes GVM Compact series to chassis mounted units in excess of 18 tonnes GVM. State of the art engineering design facilities and manufacturing techniques ensure that the product range continues to be an industry quality leader, the company claims.

Ranheat design, manufacture and install a complete range of equipment dealing with extracting energy from wood waste. This includes wood burning boilers and heaters, automatic feed systems and chimneys and ancillary components.

Bute Fabrics designs and produces high quality contemporary upholstery fabrics in the Isle of Bute, Scotland. The fabrics are mainly used in the furniture and leisure industry. In 2007, Iain Cameron, their Company Accountant was looking to replace their dated and problematic clock card system which was made by Blick. Iain’s objectives were to have a system that would simplify the payroll system, and something which would save money and time if possible (e.g.

Bearward Engineering Ltd is based on a 6,000 square metre site at Main Road, Far Cotton, Northampton England where it is a major supplier to the world generating set market. It is also a significant supplier of radiators for pumping and construction equipment, off highway, rail traction and other specialist equipment. Around 500 people work within the group with 300 at the Far Cotton site.

Baker Perkins Ltd process equipment has established a worldwide reputation for innovation, reliability and service in the bakery, confectionery, snack, breakfast cereal, and biscuit, cookie and cracker industries.

Fläkt Woods is a global company providing solutions for ventilation and air treatment for buildings as well as fan solutions for Industry and Infrastructure applications.

Dole Fresh UK is a Fresh Produce company predominantly focused on supplying fruit products throughout the UK. They operate across the entire fresh produce supply chain, from farm to end consumer.

Inside Track specialises in providing tailored sales and marketing solutions to the automotive sector, from event management, training and media services to vehicle preparation, refurbishment and distribution.

Mondi Packaging is one of Europe’s largest integrated packaging manufacturers. They make a full range of corrugated and paper products including point of purchase displays.  When the management of the Mondi factory in March, Cambridgeshire wanted to replace their existing manual clock card system with a computerised one, they reviewed the various systems available. In particular, they wanted a system that was also an Access Control system capable of handling Fire Roll Call reporting.

Calders & Grandidge is one of the oldest established and respected names in the United Kingdom pressure treated timber sector with its own 46 acre site in Boston , Lincolnshire , and employs a workforce of more than 60 personnel. The company is the main supplier of wooden telegraph poles in the UK and their strategically placed depots are equipped to process, preserve and stock the large number of poles needed to serve UK and overseas markets.

March Foods Ltd is a privately owned business operating from an 11,000 m² (120,000 ft²) purpose built factory in March, Cambridgeshire. It employs 150 people at this site and is one of the UK’s leading Food Contract manufacturers and packing businesses, specialising in providing timely and high quality production services to customers.