Valmont SM

Valmont SM manufactures and co-engineers heavy complex steel structures for a diverse range of industries, including wind energy, offshore oil and gas, transmission towers and material handling systems.

Operations are based on a dual production strategy with both series and order production. Valmont SM has two advanced and highly automated production plants located near Aabenraa harbour in the southern part of Denmark.

Valmont SM is a part of American Valmont Industries, has approx. 600 employees in Denmark and a revenue of 664 million DKK in 2017.

The challenge

• Too many manual processes related to the collection of employee working time and absence
• Hard to figure out data
• Not possible to track status on orders and use of time 

Project scope and success criteria

• Complete solution covering approx. 500 hourly-paid employees and 100 salaried workers
• All hourly-paid employees must clock in and out and register job time, whereas the salaried workers only need to register absence
• Staff roster planning solution to manage multiple shifts
• Roll-out in phases

Methods

• Time & attendance and absence registration (ProTime)
• Job registration (ProJob)
• Registrations via terminals, PC and mobile (ProTerminal, ProPC and ProMobile)
• Web-based staff roster planning (ProRoster)
• Integration with ERP, production and payroll system
• Reporting and BI (ProReport and ProBI)

Outcomes

• Automated solution with smooth approval of registrations
• Increased transparency in job data for managing capacity and progress of orders
• Ability to push information on orders to the employees so they can follow status and use of time
• Modern, future-proof solution 

Primary results

• Fast and current registration of working hours
• Reduced administrative time
• More efficient scheduling of working time
• Data in real-time for correct and complete follow-up on all production hours