CoreTime

"“We chose CoreTime because of the superior time recording functions it provided, supporting both fixed and flexitime work patterns. CoreTime has given us the ability to handle increasingly flexible working hours and allows effective monitoring of attendance and absence. With this new functionality we have simplified and streamlined what was previously an intricate system of recording and monitoring flexitime hours. Our employees are delighted with the ability to check their worked hours at the touch of a button and management can rest easy in the knowledge that core hours and our own specific flexitime rules are adhered to. Through the implementation of CoreTime at DCU we now have a scalable clocking system that has been applied to a number of shift patterns across the university, reducing absenteeism and improving employee working conditions."

Ian Bell, Dublin City University

About Dublin City University

Dublin City University (DCU) is a young university, situated on an 85 acre campus three miles north of the River Liffey in Dublin city centre and just a 15-minute drive from Dublin airport. With the city just a 10-minute bus drive away, students of DCU have the best of both worlds; the social and cultural benefits of city life, but with the security and vibrancy of a university campus built very much for today.

Key Objectives

Central to DCU’s implementation of a successful Time & Attendance solution, was a system that could handle the University’s diverse employee work patterns, specifically the high number of staff working flexitime. In addition DCU needed to record standard hours worked, identify absenteeism instantly, locate areas of increased overtime and report on all aspects of Time & Attendance.

What was done

Core provided DCU with a state-of-the-art Time & Attendance solution which not only caters for their current requirements but can adapt to facilitate future changes in work practice and standards. DCU employees are now using the CoreTime solution to record clock-in and clock-out times, ensuring that flexitime balances are automatically maintained, accurate and up to date at all times.

The benefits

DCU have enjoyed a number of benefits since implementing the CoreTime solution including:

• Significantly reduced absenteeism
• Accurate working hours records
• Fewer erroneous payments as CoreTime provides CorePay with accurate Time & Attendance information
• Instant notification of infringements. This allows supervisors to more effectively manage their employees and take quick, decisive action in reaction to lateness or absence
• Improved employee morale
• CoreTime is an entirely parameter driven solution and is rules based. This allows DCU to administer overtime, benefits, entitlements, holidays etc. based on union, regulatory and sector requirements.

Vodafone is Ireland's leading mobile phone operator with a customer base of over 1.8 million and a total of 1,500 employees. The company was established in 1984, and operated Ireland's first mobile phone service as part of the former state telco - Telecom Éireann. Operating under the separate brand - Eircell - it enjoyed huge expansion in the late '90's as mobile telephony was embraced in Ireland. In May 2001, Eircell was acquired by Vodafone in the largest deal ever in Irish corporate history. The company is now part of the world's largest mobile community.

Number of Employees: 1,500

Core Modules in Place: CoreTime, Core Business Intelligence, CorePay

Implementation Date of CorePay: 2005

Challenge

To provide Vodafone with a Time & Attendance solution that would be capable of evolving in line with the company’s rapid growth and change.

Solution

Vodafone are a company in a period of substantial change and expansion. Core have extensive experience in working with organisations similar to Vodafone, who because of their growth, need to incorporate HR management solutions that can improve the day to day running of their business and streamline their processes. Through the implementation of CoreTime, Core provided Vodafone with the technology to achieve both these goals.

Benefits

• A key advantage for Vodafone was CoreTime’s ability to be configured to their exact requirements. The CoreTime solution is entirely parameter driven and is rules-based, enabling Vodafone to administer overtime, benefits, entitlements and holidays, based on union, regulatory, and industry requirements
• Accurate Time & Attendance data is essential if employees are to be paid correctly and on time. As the CoreHR suite is fully integrated, actual working hours including overtime, are fed directly to CorePay, ensuring that all payslips are 100% accurate based on clocked hours
• Through the inclusion of CoreTime Business Intelligence, Vodafone management can gain more percise and detailed information on their employees in the form of reporting absenteeism, overtime and attendance. Since the implementation of CoreTime Business Intelligence, managers are armed with real time accurate analysis which allows them to make informed decisions based on concrete information

Ireland's leading private healthcare group, Mater Private Healthcare, has been combining world class medical facilities and world leading health professionals in Ireland for many years. This experience has allowed the group to develop Ireland's most sophisticated private medical facilities. Only years of experience can bring the wealth of medical knowledge and care to patients that Mater Private Healthcare prides itself in. The Group currently consists of a private 202 bed Hospital in Eccles Street, and two public/private joint ventures in Limerick and Dublin.

Number of Employees: 600 approx.

Core Modules in Place: CoreTime, CoreRoster, CorePay, CorePersonnel, CoreBI

Implementation Date of CorePay: 2000

Challenge

To supply this high performing medical care unit with a flexible Time & Attendance solution, capable of handling the Mater’s varied working practices in a critical environment.

Solution

Core provided the Mater Private with a fully integrated HR and payroll solution, including their Time & Attendance solution, CoreTime. CoreTime ably caters for the hospitals diverse work patterns including flexitime, mornings only, evenings only, split weeks, week on, week off and will handle attendance outside standard working hours. In addition CoreTime ensures that the Mater are in full compliance with legal working standards now and in the future.

Benefits

• Core supplied the Mater Private Hospital with a robust, complete Time & attendance solution, which caters for the demands of an organisation that is operational 24 hours a day
• By improving the accuracy and reliability of their employee allocation, the Mater Private have increased the level of service to their patients, decreased delays and dramatically reduced costs
• With such complex working patterns and 24/7 staff coverage, managing legal obligations with regard to employee working time was an enormous manual undertaking for supervisors at the Mater. Through the monitoring and alert functionality standard in CoreTime, the hospital can rest assured that they are complying fully with the EU Working Time Directive and that any changes in legislation will be incorporated in to the CoreTime solution as and when they occur
• The Mater, similar to many organisations, operates in an environment where errors or delays can have serious consequences. With this in mind, management of the Mater realised that they needed to employ a solution that was 100% reliable and proven in similar environments. Core are Ireland’s leading supplier of HR management solutions and have successfully supplied systems in similar critical conditions. Owing to their experience and second to none track record, the Mater had no hesitation in selecting Core to provide a Time & Attendance solution to the hospital.