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Number of employees
1200
Business Sector
Distribution
Location
Greenford, Middlesex
Product Used
Open Options
- Time and Attendance
- UnipayPayroll Interface
Summary

Leading distributor of CD's and Videos, Entertainment UK, which is part of the giant Kingfisher Group has selected Crown Computing's Open Options software. Entertainment UK decided it was time to move away from their manual timekeeping system. Open Options will help to manage 1,250 employees across 3 sites including their new purpose built Distribution Centre at Greenford in Middlesex.

Effective Monitoring

The need for a more effective way to monitor/manage absence along with an ability to handle flexible working patterns was a key factor when choosing Open Options. Running on their existing Windows NT system Open Options will interface fully with Entertainment UK's Unipay payroll system.

Jason Coglan, Project Manager, commented, "Open Options gives us the ability to handle increasingly flexible working patterns and consistent effective monitoring of attendance and absence. This in turn will provide us with the comprehensive resource planning and management we require".

Fully Automated

Entertainment UK's purpose-built Distribution Centre, is one of the most fully automated of its kind in the world. Occupying over 18,000 square metres, at peak times distributing over two million items per week, the Distribution Centre uses the best of modern technology to increase performance. Distribution Centre staff can process orders received by phone, fax, computer link and electronic data interchange - facilities that mean faster service and lower costs for everyone.

Excellent planning coupled with advanced automation enables the Distribution Centre to achieve over twenty stock turns each year on the majority of its merchandise. Far removed from the costly mass storage approach of ordinary warehousing, the Distribution Centre operates just-in-time principles, providing cost-effective and reliable distribution to more than 2,500 delivery points throughout the British Isles. Suppliers enjoy fast access to the markets for their product, retailer’s benefit from assured supplies of the right product, just when they need it. The Distribution Centre excels at managing detail at pace, ensuring stores receive product exactly as they want it.

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