Becketts Foods Ltd.

Efficient staff roster planning increases flexibility

Becketts Foods Ltd. is a leading supplier of bacon to the foodservice & retail industries in the UK, and throughout Europe. As a family business with international backing, they are dedicated to providing bacon at its best.

Becketts offers 5 distinctly different bacon ranges and produces more than 1,000 tonnes of bacon and gammon every week.

The company operates two production sites in Coventry, adhering to global standards for food safety, and employs approx. 160 people.

”ProMark’s planning tools helps with managing staff and shift patterns throughout the business, giving a lot of flexibility to the planning department for the multiple production runs within the company"

Tamar Butkhuzi
HR Advisor

Becketts - bacon at its best

The challenge

Too many manual processes in the payroll process
No real-time overview of employee attendance and absence
Improve planning of work schedules for all personnel to cover the different production runs within the company
Need for securing access for relevant employees and guests only

Project scope and success criteria

Flexible registration of Time & Attendance for all employees via either portal or hardware terminals
Facilitate smooth payroll handling via autoated approval procedures and integration
Avoid unidentified access to Becketts’ premises

Key modules

Time & attendance registration (ProTime)
Employee registrations via web portal and terminals (ProPortal and ProTerminal)
ProPortal for management overview, approvals and absence-KPI
Integration to the payroll system for transfer of payroll data (ProHost)
Staff roster planning (ProRoster)
Reporting (ProReport)
Access control on all doors (ProAccess)

Outcomes

Detailed registration of working hours and absence
No buddy-clocking possible
Efficient planning of the various shifts in the production while complying with working time rules
Always updated overview of who is where – which is also very useful in case of fire
Reliable figures and reports for better decisions

Primary results

Reduced administrative time in the payroll process
Swift approval process for managers
Less time spent on employee scheduling in the planning department, while ensuring efficient use of resources