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Provides Easy Implementations for Epic Data
Customers in Aerospace, Defense, Machinery, Automotive and High
Technology
MIRAMAR, FLA. – March 11, 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 a strategic alliance in which
Epic Data International, Inc. (TSX symbol: EKD) will integrate and
resell Kaba Workforce Solutions AutoTime Time and Labor Enterprise
Workforce Management (EWM) solution into their Enterprise Data
Capture and Collaborative Manufacturing and Execution solutions.
Epic Data solutions have helped more than 2,000 customers around the
globe, including some of the world's leading manufacturers and
Fortune 500 companies in aerospace and defense, machinery,
automotive and high technology.
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. 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.
“Epic Data's high-profile manufacturing customers will now be
able to take advantage of Kaba Benzing's AutoTime time and labor
enterprise workforce management software, which perfectly
complements Epic Data’s hardware and software solutions,” said John
Edwards, President and General Manager of Kaba Workforce Solutions,
Inc. “Like Epic Data, we serve the aerospace and defense, heavy
industrial, automotive, high tech and other major manufacturing
sectors. We also provide certified interfaces for SAP,
Oracle/PeopleSoft, Cincom Manufacturing
Business Solutions and other leading enterprise business systems,
which assures Epic Data customers of smooth implementations.”
“Epic Data is dedicated to the continuous advancement of
integrated data capture, processing and dissemination solutions that
provide real-time visibility to reduce waste and increase throughput
in the value stream,” adds Peter Murphy, President & CEO of Epic
Data. “Adding AutoTime to our data collection solutions will enable
Epic Data to provide our customers with a wider assortment of
complete, integrated systems to better meet their specific
requirements.”
About Epic Data International Inc.
Since 1975, Epic
Data has been a leader in automatic identification and data capture
solutions for the world’s most progressive aerospace, automotive,
high technology and heavy machinery manufacturers. We increase plant
productivity and velocity while identifying the continuous
improvement initiatives vital to winning in today’s competitive
manufacturing environments. Epic Data’s enterprise mobility
solutions for parking enforcement and route management increase
productivity while improving customer service and worker safety by
connecting mobile personnel to central offices in real time. People
and technology make Epic Data a global leader in automated data
capture solutions for the extended enterprise. Information about
Epic Data is available at http://www.epicdata.com/.
About Kaba Benzing
Located in Miramar,
Florida, Kaba Workforce Solutions, Inc., is a subsidiary of US$900
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,
Oracle/PeopleSoft, Cincom Manufacturing
Business Solutions and other leading enterprise business 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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