Ashleigh Signs

Ashleigh Signs has over twenty years signage experience with a team of over 100 people specialising in the manufacturing of creative signage and lighting.

Ashleigh provides concept design applied to branding, corporate identity, manufacture and installation of both internal and external signage throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.They successfully work with clients to develop their individual requirements to deliver great ideas including, LED technology delivering lower energy, longer life and vastly reduced maintenance costs.

Customer Challenge
Ashleigh Signs currently employs 121 people – 58 of whom work in a factory environment. The factory area operates an overlapping two-shift system; 6am - 2:30pm and 11am - 7:30pm. Workers change from early to late shift on a weekly basis, thus placing enormous pressure on the company's ability to accurately monitor the time and attendance of staff.

The company previously used Timeware recording software but this needed to be brought up to date to ensure it could cope with the demands placed upon it.

Ashleigh Signs and Auto Time Leeds have enjoyed a strong working relationship for the past 20 years. During this time, Ashleigh's time and attendance system has developed in line with the technological advancements of the workforce management industry, progressing from traditional manual systems to
state-of-the-art workforce management software. The original adoption of Timeware was to replace a manual system, which had grown untenable for the working environment.

The Business Solution
The update from Timeware to Auto:time Premium had to run smoothly to ensure it caused minimal disruption to Ashleigh Signs' payroll process.

The main benefit of the new system is that it has improved Ashleigh Signs' payroll efficiency, by accurately calculating the hours worked by employees prior to the payroll being processed.

Employees simply clock in and out using the swipe card system located on the factory floor. This data is then linked with payroll information to Accounts who process the payroll. Any clocking errors
are automatically highlighted by the software ready for manual override by the managers.

Although only 58 manufacturing workers clock in using the system on a daily basis, the company has set up personal records for every employee including office staff. This has allowed management to gain
a greater insight into every employees' holiday entitlement and absence record, to ensure staffing levels are maintained throughout the year.

Recommendation
Andy Bedford from Ashleigh Signs says:
"Over the past 20 years the systems installed by Auto Time Leeds have dramatically improved our ability to monitor our staff attendance. Because of this we can always maintain high production levels, especially during the summer months when people go on holiday."

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