In an era of global competition, reduced profit margins, and the need to maintain competitive prices, manufacturers must streamline business processes and reduce production costs.
Synerion solutions for the manufacturing industry are designed to meet the needs of organizations, helping them to manage working hours and labour costs, and impact on final product cost.
Synerion solutions help your organization to identify trends and specific workforce issues, enabling immediate corrective action and avoiding unplanned expenses. Synerion solutions help you make decisions that affect costs as well as employee productivity and satisfaction.
Controlling Labour and Administrative Expenses
Efficient workforce management enables you to reduce operational costs and increase productivity.
Synerion solutions for the manufacturing industry are intended to manage large amounts of employee time and attendance data, to automatically capture attendance/absence information, process data in line with labour laws and individual and collective agreements, as well as transfer the information to payroll and other systems within the organization.
Automatic processes integrated in Synerion’s solutions prevent data entry and calculation errors and save valuable time.
A Comprehensive View
The availability of centralized employee information, together with Synerion's advanced analysis tools, allow HR, operations, and other department managers to reduce daily administrative tasks and to direct valuable resources toward the development of a comprehensive view of the organization’s workforce needs and trends, contributing to the achievement of the organization's business goals.
Key Benefits for the Manufacturing Industry
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Savings of up to 5% in operating costs by automating processes, reducing overtime and accurate calculation of working hours
Increased productivity through the reduction in unauthorized absences/tardiness and better breaks management
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Better budget execution enabled by tracking working hours and their cost by pay periods, as well as by site, profit center, department, and business unit
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Reduced exposure to regulatory risks through proper management of individual and collective employee agreements and compliance with labour laws.
Key Features for the Manufacturing Industry
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Improved communication through web-based self-service tools for employees and managers, with real-time viewing of information regarding absence requests and shift management
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Measurement of workforce performance and trends by plant, site, department, or individual employees
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Automated processes for the collection and analysis of workforce data for preparation of payroll
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Accommodation of a variety of pay periods: quarterly, monthly and weekly
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Activity based costing and analysis to compare budgeted vs. actual hours worked
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Management of a variety of employment agreements - global, shifts, flexi time, and others - and their adaptation to regulatory requirements and agreements within the sector
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Report generator and business intelligence system for more accurate trend analysis, planning of labour requirements and costs, as well as flagging of issues that require attention
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Interface to most organizational internal and external systems.