Clarke American Checks Chooses B-COMM for Use With SAP Solutions to Increase Productivity, Decrease Costs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. LAKES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004 Pairing Kaba Benzing time and attendance solution with SAP(R) R/3(R) lets check printer save 2 percent on payroll annually. Kaba Benzing, a subsidiary of $690 million Kaba Holding AG and worldwide leader in time and labor management systems, today announced that San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , Texas-based Clarke American Checks, Inc., which employs approximately 3,300 people at 21 sites in 15 states, is using Kaba Benzing's B-COMM time and attendance and labor reporting software The following is a list of notable reporting software. Commercial software
"We estimate that since call center employees began clocking in from their desks, the company has saved approximately two percent of our payroll costs in the past year," reports Gerry Smith, assistant vice president of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. for Clarke American. "That's because employees are at their desks, ready to work, at the beginning of their shifts. With so many employees, every minute counts." The check printing company consists of five national customer call centers, fifteen manufacturing sites, and its corporate headquarters. B-COMM software in conjunction with SAP R/3 is used to collect payroll information for hourly associates, which make up about two-thirds of the Clarke American workforce. In customer call centers, employees clock in and out on their desktop PCs. Hourly manufacturing employees clock in and out via Kaba Benzing terminals. "Our main goal was to have a seamless solution that would enable a quick and easy launch as well as simple maintenance over time. We looked at several providers but found that B-COMM was a solution with certified See certification. integration for SAP software and virtually no customization was required," Smith says. "The Kaba Benzing solution matched our company's needs, could handle desktop entry and it seamlessly integrated with SAP R/3." A 2001 recipient of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality award in the manufacturing category, Clarke American is very concerned with quality. "Kaba presented us with a two-week implementation plan. Usually only the very large software systems give their customers an implementation plan," Smith explains. "It took Kaba Benzing's people about four hours to get the program up and running." Clarke American uses approximately 30 Kaba Benzing terminals at its manufacturing sites. At one location, they use magnetic stripe cards A magnetic stripe card is a type of card capable of storing data by modifying the magnetism of tiny iron-based magnetic particles on a band of magnetic material on the card. and, at the remainder, employees use the keypad A small keyboard or supplementary keyboard keys; for example, the keys on a calculator or the number/cursor cluster on a computer keyboard. See programmable keypad. alone. The terminals are also configured for proximity cards Proximity card is a generic name for contactless integrated circuit devices used for security access or payment systems. It can refer to the older 125 kHz devices or the newer 13.56 MHz contactless RFID cards, most commonly known as contactless smartcards. so the company can upgrade in the future. Every two hours, all punches are transmitted to SAP R/3. Each call center has a backup clock in case the network goes down. The clocks, which have a battery backup See UPS. and their own hard drives, can operate independently of the server. As soon as power to the network is back, the clocks communicate with the B-COMM server. The company has never lost a punch. "We consider our relationship with Kaba Benzing a strategic partnership," Smith says. Looking ahead, the company is interested in using B-COMM to track time in different cost centers. For example, the company may want to determine how much time employees are spending on production versus maintenance. Currently, such time tracking is calculated manually. Clarke American is also considering integrating B-COMM with its call center software. "We are very happy with B-COMM for SAP solutions," Smith summed up. About Clarke American Checks Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , Clarke American is a Customer Management Solutions company that provides checks and check-related services, contact center services and direct response marketing services to a growing portfolio of more than 4,000 financial institution partners. Founded in 1874, the company employs approximately 3,300 people at 21 sites in 15 states. The company fills more than 50 million personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. check and deposit orders every year and provides 24-hour customer service. For more information about Clarke American, visit www.clarkeamerican.com. 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 North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. at 305-819-4000; website is www.kaba-benzing-usa.com. In Europe and Asia, website address is www.kaba-benzing.com. SAP, R/3 and all other SAP product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. in Germany and several other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. For a downloadable, high-resolution photograph of a terminal at Clarke America, go to www.brighamscully.com and click Photographs/Kaba Benzing. |
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