Improved time keeping and keeping costs down

81 per cent of businesses say their staff have improved time keeping by using a time and attendance system

That’s one of the statistics revealed in a recent survey that was carried out by (Midsomer Norton-based) time and attendance specialists Access-to-Time, who have now helped over 1,000 businesses in the UK improve staff attendance and cut costs.

Alastair Slade, Director at Access-to-Time explains:
“In the current economic climate it is more important than ever that businesses get the most productivity out of staff and the first way to do this is to make sure you are keeping an accurate record of the time your employees spend at work.”

The survey also found that installing a time and attendance system, had reduced administration costs for a significant number of businesses at 43%.

Not surprisingly 87% of businesses said they had a more accurate record of time data held following installation of a time and attendance system by Access-to-Time.  Accurate attendance records resulted in improvements to other aspects of their business with 69% saying they now had more accurate pay and 63% less conflict over pay.
One of those companies that have been reaping the benefits of installing a time and attendance system is Sanguine Hospitality, who provide services to Cadbury House Hotel and Club in Congresbury, one of the largest and best known hotel and spa complexes in Somerset.

Shezan Aslam, Human Resources Director from Sanguine Hospitality found out about Access-to-Time’s Focus Enterprise system that is used to monitor staff time and attendance and a lot more besides. They were impressed with how easily it can streamline the way they plan staff schedules, record staff attendance and how it saves the business money.

Angus Fyfe, the Group Management Accountant at Sanguine Hospitality, explained that they provide a service to several hotels. They decided to trial Access-to-Time’s Focus Enterprise system at the Cadbury House Hotel and Club with 100+ staff, with a view to rolling it out to all seven of their hotels. He said:
“I liked what the Focus product did when I heard about it because it looked like something that could combat many of the issues we had about how much time people were spending at work.

We started using Focus in June 2011 for our 100+ hotel and leisure staff at Cadbury House Hotel and Club. It basically clocks people in and out and we can then go online using terminal services to obtain stats on staff attendance. I liked the fact that it has a hand scanner as this works very well for people in the hotel and leisure industry. We believe the cost savings will be significant and the system will more than pay for itself. For example we saved 20 hours recently just in one day.”