Rieber & Søn
The right choice
When Rieber & Søn chose ProMark for its workforce and employee management system at the Toro factory in Bergen, the main benefit could be summed up in two words - operational control.
Previously the Toro factory at Arna in Bergen used a time registration system whereby each employee manually submitted their hours of work. This resulted in a pile of over 400 registration slips every day and a large amount of time spent correcting wrongly submitted information. Rieber & Søn, who own Toro, needed a more complete system for workforce management. They contacted a number of players in the market, and certain operators quickly set themselves apart from the rest of the field. ProMark In the end there were three vendors who were asked to solve a specific case. The result left no doubt.
"We had nine potential vendors in the evaluation process. The primary criteria were that the systems could handle a company of our size, with an emphasis on reporting and user friendliness," says Christine Grung, HR consultant at Rieber & Søn.
ProMark was by far the best alternative. It has an extremely user-friendly interface as well as fine reporting facilities," says Grung.
The system is scalable to allow for future expansion, and the upgrading of the system takes place continuously, allowing the implementation of new functions and technology.
The system
The ProMark system used is integrated with SAP to ensure the correct transfer of payroll data. Personnel register their own working hours, which eliminates a source of errors, increases the employees’ trust in the system and frees up time. The payroll department can thus carry out other work tasks.
Advantages
"Fewer sources of error increases efficiency and significantly reduces costs. But the greatest advantage of using ProMark is without a doubt operational control on an individual level," says Christine Grung.
"Unlike in the past we can now run reports every hour. We can also set on-call agreements, shifts, tariff agreements and other protocols in the system. This gives us an orderly relationship with employee representatives as well as the unions," she continues.
The ProMark system also has other benefits
"ProMark allows us to see who is on site at any given time. This makes is easy to keep track if an alarm sounds at the factory or other unexpected situations arise," says Grung.
She underlines the fact that overview over who is travelling on business or are out of office, makes it easy to inform customers and others when they are expected back.
Published March 2, 2009
