Kaba Benzing's AutoTime Time & Labor Management System Reduces Payroll Time at Dana-Spicer by 50%; AutoTime Interfaces with Oracle, Baan and Legacy Systems at 16 Dana Facilities

    MIAMI LAKES, Fla.--April 8, 2003--Kaba Benzing, a subsidiary of $690 million Kaba Holding AG and worldwide leader in time and labor management systems, today announced that 16 Dana facilities, employing over 6,500 people, collect time and labor data and provide labor accounting functionality with the company's AutoTime time and labor management system. The corporation began using AutoTime in 1999, when the Dana-Spicer Off-Highway Products Division in Statesville, N.C., was tasked with identifying a single time and labor management solution that would satisfy the needs of their own manufacturing facility and serve as a pilot program for other Dana divisions, each with unique requirements.
    "We were especially looking for a system that would not force us to use start and stop times," states Don McMunn, accounting manager at Dana-Spicer Off-Highway Products. "It was difficult to make total time add up to eight hours. By providing only one screen, AutoTime made it easier to input data."
    According to McMunn: "Only six weeks after selecting AutoTime, we were up and running. We've virtually eliminated errors and have reduced our time to do payroll by 50 percent. With AutoTime, we can design our own reports by simply using its browser to create any type of report. For example, we can break down absenteeism, shop orders and vacation time in a manner similar to making a data query. Supervisors on the shop floor can look at past time, vacation time banks and personal time banks at the click of a mouse."
    In Statesville, the AutoTime and Oracle systems are both accessed through PCs evenly distributed throughout the 500,000-square-foot shop. Employees have the option of entering their labor records several times a day, at the end of the day or, in some cases, weekly, depending on what the employee's duties are. Those that handle different events report more frequently throughout the day; those that do the same job throughout the week only need to enter their information weekly. Both direct and indirect labor are recorded.
    Today, throughout Dana's 16 facilities, AutoTime collects labor and applies it against multiple jobs on multiple machines. Since each facility has a unique manufacturing profile, including work rules that vary widely and are sometimes exceedingly complex, AutoTime handles both simple and complex work and pay rules for Dana. Employees need only make one entry per transaction. Most importantly for Dana, AutoTime is Oracle-certified and interfaces with their Oracle Manufacturing system seamlessly while also interfacing with other legacy systems throughout the corporation.
    "We continue to count on Kaba Benzing," reports McMunn. "We recently had to split payroll into two categories and Kaba Benzing came up with the way to do it. We also look forward to upgrading to their new web version."

    About Kaba Benzing

    Located in Miami Lakes, Fla., Kaba Benzing is a subsidiary of $690 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 R/3 and other leading enterprise systems, Kaba Benzing offers an array of time and attendance and production data collection solutions. Kaba Benzing can be contacted in North America at 305/819-4000; website is www.kaba-benzing-usa.com. In Europe and Asia, website address is www.kaba-benzing.com.
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