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10,000 U.S. Employees in 59 Sites
MIRAMAR, FL. – July 22, 2004 – Kaba Benzing, a
subsidiary of $800 million Kaba Holding AG and worldwide leader in
time and labor management systems, today announced that
Houston-based Cooper Industries is implementing Kaba Benzing's
AutoTime time and attendance and labor reporting software at all 59
sites throughout the United States to provide accurate labor
information and validate production orders and operations against
data retrieved from other software suites. In particular, AutoTime
links Kaba Benzing terminals and other hardware data devices to SAP®
R/3®. All 10,000 American employees will use the system.
AutoTime is a robust software system for time and attendance,
labor distribution, and material movement tracking for exempt and
non-exempt personnel. AutoTime captures and processes direct and
indirect labor and calculates employee payroll in environments
ranging from simple to complex. It offers strategic value to
companies concerned with their use and cost of direct and indirect
labor. It is highly configurable and quickly accommodates
ever-changing, complex work rules that govern employee pay.
“Kaba Benzing's AutoTime time and labor system was selected by
Cooper Industries for three main reasons,” reports John Edwards,
President and General Manager of Kaba Workforce Solutions. “First of
all, Cooper Industries had a major need to capture both time and
labor information, something that AutoTime does for over 200
individual U.S. sites that employ from 150 to 15,000 employees.
Plus, AutoTime interfaces with leading ERP, payroll and enterprise
systems. Secondly, since Kaba Benzing helps 900 SAP customers around
the world collect time and labor data, we have a good track record
with this leading organization. Thirdly, Cooper Industries felt more
secure working with a partner having the financial viability of Kaba
Holding.”
For its complex labor sites, Cooper Industries will use Kaba
Benzing's 9580 touchscreen kiosks. In other facilities, they will
enter data via web-based PCs.
About Cooper Industries
Cooper
Industries, Ltd., with 2003 revenues of $4.1 billion, is a global
manufacturer of electrical products and tools and hardware.
Incorporated in Bermuda, with administrative headquarters in
Houston, Texas, Cooper has more than 28,000 employees serving more
than 100 locations around the world, and sells products to customers
in more than 50 countries.
About Kaba Benzing
Located in MIRAMAR,
FL., Kaba Benzing is a subsidiary of $800 million Kaba Holding AG
and a worldwide leader in time and labor management systems. From
touch screen access and shop floor terminals to complex labor
costing algorithms and reporting for SAP R/3 and other leading
enterprise systems, Kaba Benzing offers an array of time and
attendance and production data collection solutions. Kaba Benzing
can be contacted in North America at 954-416-1720; website is
www.kaba-benzing-usa.com. In Europe and Asia, website address is http://www.kaba-benzing.com/.
For more information:
Rohini
Uppal
KABA BENZING
954-416-1720, x361
ruppal@kbm.kaba.com
Tom Brigham
BRIGHAM
SCULLY
818-716-9021
tbrigham@brighamscully.com
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