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you get delivered and how you can react to this as a
business. In summary, reacting swiftly depends on
staffing levels, how many employees you have available
and current absences/holidays.“
Flexibility in seasonal business
Obviously in the summer, people tend to be very thirsty.
In a short working week due to public holidays, bevera-
ges have to be delivered within four working days,
instead of the usual five days. If really hot weather
occurs, the drink orders reach record levels. Then the
necessary manpower needs to be in the Nordic Group.
„We have to react quickly when this happens, because
for us top priority is: delivery to the customer, as quickly
and effectively as possible“, says Marcus Kuhnert, exp-
laining their clear priorities in the day-to-day business.
It is therefore not surprising that Nordic is currently
thinking about the implementation of ZEUS® Staff
Planning, with which you can mobilise employees with
the necessary qualifications. Approximately two thirds
of all Nordic employees are employed in logistics, plus
30 in sales and a small number in administration. ZEUS®
creates a file, which is then imported into the P & I Loga
payroll program.
In addition to the digital recording of the attendance
data, the reports produced by ZEUS® are also very much
appreciated by Nordic’s management. „The standard
questions always asked are: How much overtime has
been worked in my department this month? What is the
ISGUS sales representative Dennis Reicherseder
(subsidiary Hamburg) on the left and head of human
resources Marcus Kuhnert (Nordic Getränke GmbH) on
the right are confident with the course of the project.
Expected relief
„We have seen that we can reduce the workload
with ZEUS®. Now we can answer questions from
the management or department managers at
the touch of a button, before we had to assess
our Excel lists. We have introduced a uniform,
transparent system with ZEUS® and we are
already benefiting from this“, Marcus Kuhnert
draws a positive conclusion, although Nordic
still has to define some details internally.
sickness rate in my department? What is the current
presence status? ZEUS® is very user-friendly“, says HR
manager Marcus Kuhnert, praising the transparency and
usefulness of the system.
WebWorkflow on the computer
In the Administration Department of Nordic Getränke
GmbH, WebWorkflow is used to make holiday applica-
tions, or to correct missed bookings. In the Logistics
Departments, employees do not usually have their own
PC’s and therefore receive a monthly printout together
with their payslip.
Popular Group Calendar
The ZEUS® Group Calendar is becoming more and more
popular at Nordic. „I believe our employees are not
even aware of all the functions available, because it can
also be used as a „Staff Planning light“. You can display
different information within the Group Calendar, such as
missed bookings, shift times and absences. The mana-
gers see the requests and can approve them“, descri-
bes Marcus Kuhnert the Group Calendar as a versatile
planning tool.
Nordic is planning the introduction of further ZEUS®
functions. In the very near future the „Green/Yellow/
Red“ view will notify managers of their department’s/
employee’s current overtime status. „It is important that
all departments have a clear understanding of how we
manage overtime. We are redefining this internally and
as soon as we have a result, the „Green/Yellow/Red“
view will be introduced“, Marcus Kuhnert outlines the
next step towards more transparency. Alarmmessages
and filters can also be set with the planned notificati-
on function, which are then automatically sent to the
department managers.
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