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Harrington Bottling Sought Integrated Timekeeping,
Access Control Solution Using Single Point of Data Entry
MIRAMAR, FLA. – May 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 Harrington Bottling, a
Pepsi bottling plant located in Butte, Montana, is implementing its
B-COMM™ time and attendance and labor reporting software for SAP®
solutions to integrate its timekeeping and access control functions
using a single data entry point.
B-COMM™ time and attendance/labor reporting software for the SAP
R/3® software solution links Kaba Benzing terminals and other
hardware data devices to SAP R/3 Enterprise. It automates and
validates the collection of employee and labor data for entry into
mySAP™ ERP Human Capital Management (mySAP™ ERP HCM), the time
management application, and other SAP applications.
"It was our desire to have an integrated system to provide
timekeeping functionality and access control using a single point of
data entry that first attracted us to the Kaba Benzing B-COMM™ for
SAP solution," reports John Tierney, Director of the Project Office
for Harrington Bottling. "Not only was the Kaba Benzing solution
competitively priced, it offered robust Legic RFID card reader
technology that should allow us to integrate with our existing
security system."
The core of the B-COMM™ software is a SAP-certified interface that
helps ensure faultless data exchange between the individual SAP
applications and the data collection devices. This interface is kept
current with all new technical developments for SAP solutions. All
data maintenance takes place in the SAP solution. Since Harrington
Bottling's implementation of SAP/R3 will not be complete until the
1st quarter of 2006, the ability of the Kaba Benzing solution to
operate in a stand alone mode was an essential requirement for our
operation.
"The final compelling component of the solution was the cost and
time involved for implementation," Tierney emphasizes. "Kaba Benzing
was able to meet our budget and time schedule and we expect the
system to be fully functional and in production by August,
2005."
Harrington joins more than 900 other B-COMM™ installations
worldwide using SAP solutions.
"In order to remain competitive, a multi-purpose enterprise such
as Harrington must create more efficient and cost effective business
practices throughout its organization," reports John Edwards,
President and CEO of Kaba Workforce Solutions. "Our SAP-certified
interface will help Harrington quickly and seamlessly integrate its
access control, data collection and labor reporting functions."
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 enterprise
workforce management solutions. From time and attendance, workforce
scheduling, analytics, employee self-service and data collection
solutions 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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