Atlantic Marine Achieves 210% ROI with WorkForce Software's EmpCenter

Lowers headcount, reduces labor costs and improves staff productivity

BOSTON – March 3, 2009 – Nucleus Research analysts examined the deployment of WorkForce Software’s EmpCenter at Atlantic Marine and found a 210% return on investment (ROI) with payback in just six months.

Atlantic Marine provides a variety of maritime and vessel-related services, including maintenance, repair, conversion and overhaul, as well as new vessel design and fabrication. The company’s workforce fluctuates with the number of projects underway and averages 1,800 based at one of three shipyards, each several square miles in size, located in Alabama and Florida.

Atlantic Marine implemented lean manufacturing and continuous process improvement across the organization to continually minimize operational costs, maximize quality and improve worker safety. To support this, the company needed to make labor-related data more granular and current to enable reporting, invoicing and data analysis on a daily basis as opposed to weekly. After evaluating all major workforce management vendors, Atlantic Marine selected WorkForce Software’s EmpCenter based on cost advantages, scope and functionality.

WorkForce Software has enabled Atlantic Marine to improve the productivity of its shipbuilders, supervisors and report builders, and has led to a reduction in clerical headcount. WorkForce Software’s EmpCenter has automated the generation of daily labor costs by contract, eliminating an old workflow that manually created this data for government auditors. By automating payroll, scheduling, time and attendance tasks, worker productivity has gone up with far less time diverted away from shipbuilding.

“The ROI was high here because Atlantic Marine was able to automate old workflows and key administrative processes, leading to better and faster reporting. Additionally, this automation has freed employees from labor-related distractions, allowing them to focus on their core tasks” said David O’Connell, Senior Analyst, Nucleus Research.

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