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Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd. has chosen integrated HR and Time & Attendance software with access control from Carval. The new system will automate the effective management of employee data across the company’s flexible shift and working patterns and improve site security. Part of Liebherr-MCCtec GmbH, in Nenzing, Austria the company was established twenty years ago as a manufacturing plant for all types of maritime cranes and cargo handling equipment including: ship and port cranes, offshore cranes and mobile harbour cranes. More than 85% of the equipment produced at the company’s Deptford works is destined for foreign markets including China, Singapore and South Korea. The Sunderland facility is a pure manufacturing site with almost 200 employees. This is comprised of 22 staff, 105 production workers, 39 non-production workers and 31 apprentices. Whilst the majority of employees are based on site working day shifts, some are also employed on night shift. Staff employees have flexible hours and factory workers can bank hours from either their basic hours or overtime. A small number of the staff are support workers and are based out in the field. Currently time and attendance is handled by a system deployed throughout the group with Sage used to manage payroll. However, there is no link between the current Time and Attendance system and the payroll; so all input has to be carried out manually. In addition, as there is no HR system in place, record keeping is either paper based or managed through a variety of spreadsheets, none of which are linked. Management at Liebherr Sunderland Works felt that these processes were long overdue for replacement. With this in mind, the company decided to identify an integrated HR system that was capable of accommodating the shift patterns and flexible working arrangements within the company and which would give far greater control over working times and attendance. It also needed to provide more scope and flexibility for the banked hours system, which is currently held on an Excel spreadsheet. Of great importance too, was the need to find a system that would integrate fully with Liebherr’s existing Sage payroll. Following an extensive review of the market, Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd. chose integrated HR and Time and Attendance systems from Carval’s HR Unity range. The HR Unity range is a complete i
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