Optimizing workforce performance while reducing costs
Southern Cross Protection Case Study
E-tivity Enterprise Helps Southern Cross Protection Keep Australia Secure
Australia’s largest security patrol service, Southern Cross Protection, has improved the accuracy and efficiency of its scheduling and payroll functions with the E-tivity® Enterprise Workforce Management solution from E-tivity Corporation.
As a 24 hour operation offering a full spread of security services, Southern Cross Protection has complex scheduling requirements in that they must match the skills and expertise of its security personnel to each client’s needs. Different State-based work rules and pay rates are further complicated by penalty loadings for night shifts, holidays and overtime.
National HR Manager, Vicky Hopper, said staff used to complete manual timesheets which then had to be collated and entered into the system by branch managers. “It typically took our managers a full two days every pay cycle to check the information, enter it into a spreadsheet and send it to national office for processing.
With a goal to free up time for their managers by reducing the amount of manual handling, SXP went looking for a best-of-breed workforce management solution that would integrate with its payroll system.
After evaluating a range of market offerings, SXP purchased E-tivity Enterprise for its advanced functionality, integrated business processes and productivity benefits.
“E-tivity Enterprise allows us to centralize our scheduling, which gives us far greater control over our payroll and significantly reduces the time our branch managers spend doing amendments,” said Ms Hopper.
“Not only does this free up our managers to focus on new business development and other core business issues, but it also allows us to track and understand patterns within the business. We can quickly identify which branches are doing things differently, find out why and then take the appropriate action to see what works best and implement national best practice standards for the business.”
“E-tivity Enterprise is programmed with all our client details so as soon as the hours are entered into the system, it recognizes the type of work associated with each site and applies the appropriate work rules and pay rates. This one process would have taken most branch managers a full day in the past to check the customer site, apply the correct pay rates to each employee and calculate their entitlements.
“E-tivity Corporation understands the legislation, pay rules and work rules under which we operate, and can guide us in how to manage our business more effectively. We’ve been very impressed with the expertise and knowledge of the E-tivity Corporation consultants and support staff, and their ability to share how other clients have handled similar challenges to the ones we face,” she said.
