PT. Schott Igar Glass decides to automate their HR processes and enhance transparency of employee information transactions

July 2005, Jakarta - DataOn announces that PT. Schott Igar Glass, the Schott Group's Asian pharmaceutical packaging center, selected DataOn's SunFish HR to innovate their personnel administration structure. Crucial for that decision were the quick and reasonable implementation, the consistent platform, functional depth and reporting capabilities, scalability and low ongoing operational and maintenance cost within the IT infrastructure.

The Bekasi plant WHERE SunFish HR is implemented for 450 employees, is the largest manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging in Southeast Asia. The production facility on the Lippo Cikarang Industrial Estate in the Indonesian capital underwent complete renovation and modernization in 2001 including installation of advanced machinery. About half the company's production is exported, the balance in domestic sales making the company the major supplier to Indonesian pharmaceutical firms. The solidly based SCHOTT Igar Glass operation is backed by the sound financial position of the SCHOTT Group and the Pharmaceutical Packaging Division's global organization, ensuring a steady supply of consistently high quality.

PT. Schott Igar Glass expects from its new HR solution, to increase the efficiency and transparency of processing employee information, such as submitting & approval for different types of request, payroll & reimbursement processing, as well as competency management for career, succession planning and recruitment. Moreover, the company will see a reduction of operational costs for the mentioned workflows in their HR department. DataOn's web-based standard solution mainly covers all relevant HR core processes of PT. Schott Igar Glass. All modules are continuously based on Internet Technology and use such technology to realize efficiency in the HR processes. Through individual and roll-based access the management of PT. Schott Igar Glass gains quickly access to the latest information of the human resource situation and detailed reporting will help to identify and close gaps to the company's strategic HR goals.

Through the possibility of web-based integration of further branches in Indonesia and abroad the future solution offers the opportunity to generate additional value. No further costs for hardware and administration would occur for the other regional and global branches. Moreover, the open system architecture allows flexible system extension and the integration with other applications such as time and attendance machines or integrating the payroll/reimbursement/loan features with a financial accounting solution.