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Aerospace Manufacturer Interfaces AutoTime With ERP
Software; Sought Dedicated, Consolidated Solution to Support
Business Needs
MIRAMAR, FLA. – February 24, 2005 – Kaba
Workforce Solutions, the North American operating subsidiary of $900
million Kaba Holding AG and worldwide leader in enterprise workforce
management systems, today announced that Messier-Dowty (United
Kingdom), the world leader in the design, development, manufacture
and support of landing gear systems, is implementing its AutoTime
time and attendance software on their shop floor at the Gloucester
site. Messier-Dowty has a workforce of nearly 3,000 employees at
eight locations across Europe, North America and Asia.
AutoTime is a Best-in-Class COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf)
application 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.
"We are currently working with a 13-year-old data collection
system that has a few creaks. In addition, we are currently
re-engineering out processes in a bid to rationalize the number of
software packages supporting our business needs," explains Project
Manager Malcolm Page of Messier-Dowty. "We chose AutoTime because of
its ability to interface with Cincom, our ERP software and its
functionality is well suited to the aerospace industry. Boeing uses
AutoTime and that was a good referral for us. AutoTime gives us
two-way communication, whereas our old system is only one way. We
will soon have extra functionality, quicker reaction times, and data
as live as you can get."
AutoTime will interface with Cincom, Human Resources and payroll
software applications at Messier-Dowty. The company will be using
all of AutoTime's features, including time and attendance and labor
capture. Labor will be captured via part and batch
numbers.
Employees will be able to use any Kaba B-Net 9580
terminal with its 10-inch color touch screen to clock in. Terminals
will be placed on the shop floor, while other employees will use
their own computer terminals. The information collected will then be
transferred to the appropriate software.
“Messier-Dowty will reap the benefits of our many previous
AutoTime aerospace installations, achieving a fast and smooth
integration with other mission-critical software applications,"
emphasizes John Edwards, President and General Manager of Kaba
Workforce Solutions. “AutoTime will now help them reach their goal
of a dedicated, consolidated reporting environment.”
AutoTime is
installed at over 300 individual sites employing from 150 to 15,000
employees and interfaces with leading ERP, HCM (human capital
management), payroll and enterprise systems.
About Messier-Dowty
Messier-Dowty, member company
of the Snecma Group, is the world leader in the design, development,
manufacture and support of landing gear systems for commercial
military aircraft and rotorcraft, garnering annual sales of € 562
million. Backed by a workforce of nearly 3,000 employees at eight
locations across Europe, North America and Asia, Messier-Dowty
landing gear are in service on more than 19,000 aircraft making over
30,000 landings every day. A unique combination of advanced
engineering capabilities, integrated systems technology and
experience on an exhaustive range of programs enables Messier-Dowty
to provide innovative solutions for over 30 airframers and 750
commercial and military operators.
About Kaba Benzing
With it’s North
American Headquarters located in Miramar, Fla., Kaba Workforce
Solutions is a subsidiary of $900 million Kaba Holding AG and a
worldwide leading provider of workforce management solutions. From
touch screen access and shop floor terminals to complex labor
costing algorithms and reporting for SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SSA
Global Technologies, Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions 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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