Time and Attendance Systems are Mission Critical for Distribution Centres

Being able to accurately and precisely monitor employee attendance is a vital feature for distribution centre managers, who require exact information on the number of people on site at any given moment, to be able to forecast manning levels, etc.

This will also apply to Online grocery retailer Ocado is set to create more than 200 jobs in Peterborough with the opening of a new 48,000 sq ft distribution facility in the city.

Ocado, which receives an average of 167,000 orders per week, currently services Peterborough and surrounding Cambridgeshire from a distribution centre located in Hatfield, almost 65 miles away.

The company said its new Peterborough facility would provide a “far more comprehensive logistical location for covering the eastern regions”.

Richard Jones, director at Barker Storey Matthews, said: “We are delighted to announce that Ocado will be joining the city of Peterborough. This is a fantastic piece of news for employment within the area, especially considering the site that Ocado has taken was formerly the location of City Link who went into administration in January 2015 at a loss of 50 jobs.

“The letting has been in place for some time, however Ocado has been involved in an extensive fit-out of the property with the announcement delayed in order to coincide with the commencement of operations on site.”

Time & Attendance UK – experts in delivering comprehensive solutions for distribution centres

Time & Attendance UK has an extensive experience in delivering comprehensive workforce management solutions for distribution centres. We offer a complete proximity card time and attendance system that includes European Working Time Directive checking and reporting, Access Control, Fire Roll Call, and also makes good use of mobile and wireless technology so that your employee clocking and activity information can be accessed from anywhere.

Moreover, our specific position within this market segment, as well as proven experience in the field enables us to thoroughly customize our systems in order to meet all of your requirements, whether you’re an enterprise customer with multiple sites or a smaller business.

Proximity smart card technology allows your employees to quickly clock in and out, with the time and attendance software accurately recording attendances.

Furthermore, our all-in-one, Smart Card Time & Attendance recording workstation incorporates such features as job booking, job costing, labour hours analysis and security management.

If you want to find out more about the range of affordable, reliable solutions provided by Time & Attendance UK, just contact our dedicated product team, they’ll be more than happy to answer any question you might have.