December 2008 - Games Manufacturer

Softworks saves Games Manufacturer two days of payroll each month

The main driver behind the new time & attendance system was the need to cope with the company's quirky rules and shift enhancements, which previously the payroll department had to calculate manually each month.
The solution is easy to use and can be operated by the supervisors at Games Workshop, releasing payroll & HR from much time-consuming administration and queries about time & attendance details. The interface between ClockWise and Games Workshop's payroll system has resulted in a significant decrease in queries to the payroll department, whilst presenting much more detailed information.

"We used to have to work out all the shift enhancements and calculate the entitlements to be paid manually," said Jackie Duckmanton, Payroll Supervisor at Games Workshop Ltd. "Now we don't have to do that because the Softworks solution does it all for us. I think we must save at least two days each 4-weekly pay period through not having to make all the manual adjustments."
"It means that employees can see how they're being paid, and we can run much more detailed reports from the payroll system. The main benefits to the system we've noticed are the reduction in queries on payslips, and the significant reduction in admin time. We wanted a system that will grow with us. ClockWise was the right product at the right price, and it has definitely made us more efficient," concluded Duckmanton.

According to Adrian Thornton-Willis, Softworks' UK manager, "it's very rewarding to hear that Games Workshop has gained such a significant time saving since the introduction of ClockWise. We know that companies can generate significant tangible and intangible savings by implementing softworks workforce solution, but we often find they don't know which area those savings have come from."

About Games Workshop Group Plc
Games Workshop is the largest and the most successful tabletop fantasy and futuristic battle-games company in the world. Its' major brands are Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000. In addition, it holds a global licence from New Line Cinema for a tabletop battle-game based on director Peter Jackson's BAFTA and Academy award winning film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings.

Games Workshop design, manufacture and retail the vast range of Citadel Miniatures plastic and metal soldiers and rulebooks at the HQ in Nottingham, which are the foundation of an almost infinite hobby. The UK manufacturing operations in Nottingham and Wisbech are complemented by a production facility at their US base in Baltimore, USA.