DAKA keeps time with Dynaway
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By Jacob Lange
Staff at Denmark’s only large-scale renderer have for many years kept track of their hours with a come-and-go system whose time literally had come and gone. Daka a.m.b.a. has now switched to an intelligent solution from Dynaway that is fully integrated with the corporate ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics AX. This has given employees better insight into their working hours, absences and vacations. The result is increased efficiency and improved administrative flexibility.
QUANTUM LEAP FORWARD
Put simply, Daka a.m.b.a. is the “garbage can” of Danish slaughterhouses and farms. Everything not fit for human consumption ends up at Daka rendering plants around the country. Post-slaughter residues from cattle, pigs and other animals do, however, contain large amounts of protein, which can be extracted and become an important component in animal feed as meal or fat. Since slaughterhouses and farmers have no choice but to get rid of these waste products, Daka receives an average of 15,000 tons of raw material per week. The restaurant industry also sends food scraps and cooking oil to Daka for recycling. After strict quality control, everything ends up either as feed ingredients for fish, poultry or mink, as incinerator-ready waste (meal) or, after further processing, biodiesel for export.
“We were looking for a solution that had a nice look and feel – and something that would not become outdated anytime soon. But we couldn’t find anything on the market that met our requirements,” says Tom Andersen, CFO of Daka Group, which also comprises Daka Biodiesel and Daka Bio-industries.
With 255 employees and annual revenues of more than DKK 700 million, it makes good sense for the company to keep track of employee hours. Daka previously made use of an old system in which a tiny LCD display showed a bare minimum of information when staff checked in or out. This has now been replaced with a modern touch-screen solution from Dynaway. The solution is easy to use and provides unprecedented opportunities for user interaction.
“After a thorough review of what vendors had to offer, we finally found Dynaway BLUE from Dynaway right here in Denmark. This was the only solution on the market that matched our requirements. In terms of design, the Dynaway solution is a quantum leap forward. At the same time, the terminals are so closely integrated with our ERP system that all employee entries are automatically posted in the correct journals. This makes it efficient to administer pay as well as vacation and absentence registrations. Also, our employees find the solution intuitive and easy to use. That was what we wanted to achieve.”
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