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Workforce Management system by Maurice Olde Heuvel, Stegeman
“Protime is in step with our company and with our output.”
Processed meats manufacturer Stegeman makes a wide variety of products. This means that the production lines often have to be converted, with many engineering and logistical employees working alongside the production staff. In order to register their input and costs accurately and quickly, Stegeman works in partnership with Protime. “We deal with over 150 daily schedules and many varying Collective Agreements, standby hours, and so on”, explains Maurice Olde Heuvel. “We therefore have a high requirement for flexibility. Protime provides us with extensive possibilities, as well as an excellent service.”
Maurice Olde Heuvel had been working at Stegeman for some time when, in his role of Applications Manager, he went on a search of a new workforce management system at the beginning of 2006.
Necessity for integration
Maurice comments: “Up until then, we had been using Interflex, but it did not meet our requirements in the area of reporting facilities. We set up a project group and inventoried the problems before trying to come to a solution with the supplier. But as we were dissatisfied with the intermittent support provided, all the options were then open to us.”
The project group concentrated on the selection of a new package. Unsurprisingly, reliable support from the supplier was high on the list of priorities.
Maurice comments: “In making the selection, we looked at the reporting facilities, the connectivity of the system and the possibilities of growing along with our company and our output.” Protime came out as number 1 on the shortlist.
Implementation concerns
Processed meats manufacturer Stegeman has been in existence for 150 years. The original family firm became part of Ahold, then merged with Meester, and via Sara Lee came into the Campofrio Food Group, one of the biggest food concerns in the world.
“We therefore not only have many different functions within our company, but also, with the mergers and acquisitions, we have to deal with varying regulations and Collective Agreements.”
In combination with the fast changing production processes, the implementation appeared to be a difficult task. Comments Maurice: “However, it went quite smoothly. Protime gave us excellent assistance with their fast intervention. As a member of the project group, Maurice knew exactly what the priorities were. Understandably, not all the processes were accommodated immediately, but we were able to fix this together during the implementation. In practice, we now have the quality of a customised solution.” Protime was automatically linked and without problems to Stegeman's payroll processing via ADP Perman. It is worth noting that the error percentage in the wages administration has reduced considerably since the implementation of ProTime.
Who?
Stegeman
What?
At the heart of this modern and innovative company is a traditional butchery in Deventer, founded in 1858 by Johannes Stegeman. Today, Stegeman employs 550 FTEs at its branches in Deventer and Wijen.
At the end of 2008, Stegeman became part of the Campofrio Food Group, one of the five biggest meat processing companies in the world. Stegeman is a market leader in the meat products division and enjoys a high reputation among retailers. This is well supported by successful (trade) marketing activities, good logistical systems and modern technologies in the area of product and packaging development.
For these purposes, Stegeman uses modern techniques to manage the entire internal chain, such as Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) scanning and Serial Shipping Container Code.
Info?
www.stegeman.com
