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Advance Metal Products achieve annual payroll savings of up to 2% with Mitrefinch's Time and Attendance System
Sector: Manufacturing
Employees: 130+
Product Installed: Mitrefinch TMS (Mitrefinch Time and Attendance System)
Client Objectives: Better employee management, eliminate 'buddy punching', reduce payroll administration time and payroll errors
Contact: Operations Manager
Based in Sydney, Advance Metal Products provide a complete sheet metal manufacturing solution, from single part or sub-assembly manufacture to turnkey solutions for mechanical and electrical assemblies.
Advance Metal Products were initially using an old Bundy Clock system to track employee attendance. As the company grew, it became increasingly time consuming to manage the volume of administrative work associated with this manual process. In addition, there was no way of tracking employee anomalies such as absenteeism and punctuality.
Management were also unable to verify if an employee had actually worked the hours recorded, having experienced some isolated incidents regarding “buddy-punching”, whereby employees clock in and out for each other allowing them to claim for time they had not worked.
In 2004 the Company made the decision to replace their manual system with an automated Time and Attendance solution.
The General Manager of Operations at Advance Metal explains:
“We tried a range of similar alternatives but found that the Mitrefinch Time Management System (TMS) system represented the best overall fit for our organisation. There was a combination of factors that swayed us towards Mitrefinch such as ease of use and the integration with Mitrefinch engineered biometric scanning devices”.
“The most important thing for us was that our employees wouldn’t have anything to remember, for example a swipe card, to bring with them to record their attendance.”
With Mitrefinch TMS, employees are enrolled in the system by placing their fingertip on a biometric scanner - this measures the relationship between several points on the fingertip ridges. The relationship is then recorded as a number code, which helps to reassure staff that the system keeps their privacy secure and their personal data cannot be re-created.
Now, when staff arrive for work they simply tap in a pin number to identify themselves and then place their finger on the reader to verify identification.
Advance Metal Products currently have the Mitrefinch TMS system installed at their two manufacturing plants with approximately 130 employees using it to register their attendance. In peak times, they have had up to 180 employees using the system across three sites.
Allan Murdoch, Business Development Manager, Mitrefinch Australia adds:
“Mitrefinch were able to offer a cost effective solution to address the main problems encountered by Advanced Metal Products".
"They wanted a system that was easy to use and easy to install, the biometric terminals eliminated the buddy-punching issue, and the TMS software provided a greater level of efficiency in the pay office. Real-time, accurate information is now readily available at the click of a mouse.”
Mitrefinch TMS has significantly improved efficiency within their HR and Payroll departments.
“We saved at least half a person in terms of direct labour, as before we employed a person who spent 3 to 4 days per week manually checking the time sheets, investigating discrepancies, processing the payroll and checking figures.”
“We believe the Mitrefinch TMS system has saved us around 1% to 2% of payroll per annum and has proved itself to be more accurate than doing it manually.”
To ensure a seamless roll out of the new system, Advance Metal Products spent between 1 and 2 weeks running both the old Bundy Clock system and the Mitrefinch TMS system parallel to each other. A Mitrefinch Consultant was also on hand to iron out any glitches that came up.
“We had some initial issues getting used to the system but they were easily overcome due to the professionalism of the Mitrefinch Support team. They understood what we were asking and gave quick and accurate answers so we had a fairly high level of confidence in Mitrefinch from the very beginning.”
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