Live in 2015, the PDC Gateway interface connected several Kronos 4500 time clocks with the centralized SAP CATS system. Included was a demographic download that populates the interface table and sends employee badge information to the correct clocks. The punches are collected directly from the clocks in a real-time "on-line" method. The punches are then formatted to the correct SAP required structure and sent via an SFTP connection. This interface is also the first to include the new "Acuity" interface. This provides communication to and from a cloud based IVR phone punch system. Users can enter punches via a phone call and the punches are collected and sent to SAP in the same manner as the clock punches. The PDC Gateway interface also provided an interface to their merchandising software in order to send collected time from that system to CONA as well.

This Philippine telecommunications company required an interface to connect it's existing Kronos time clocks to it's existing payroll system. Live in 2015, the PDC Gateway interface provided this solution for dozens of time clocks spread throughout many locations. A period employee download to the clocks is included as well as real-time punch collection form the clocks.

University of Rochester

Cox Target Media, Inc.

Live in 2008, this client initially used the PDC Gateway interface to utilize the Kronos "Smart View" technology to connect several existing Kronos 4500 time clocks to SAP HR-PDC. In 2013, the interface was upgraded and modified to format and send time pairs to UltiPro payroll system. The Web application developed for serving pages to the clocks performs many custom functions for punch validation and time pair processing. This includes employee schedule checking and other rules that provide real-time feedback to the user.

Mannington Mills, Inc.

Northwest Pipe Company has been live on a PDC Gateway interface since 2007. They required a connection between Kronos Workforce Timekeeper and SAP CATS. They collected time and attendance as well as costing related data in timekeeper and needed to translate that information into SAP's timesheet system (CATS). This project also required the use of the CATS upload BAPI special "Customer Data Field" structures. This was used to post Production Planning confirmation hours through the CATS upload process. The downloads from SAP are standard IDOCS which are received via ALE and parsed into the Kronos API posts as labor level information. These master data IDOCs include Cost Centers, Production Orders, Networks, Work Centers and Internal Orders.

Northwest Pipe Company

Since 2007 Titanium Metals Corporation or Timet has been using the PDC gateway clock interface. Across two continents they collect punches from Kronos 4500 clocks which are processed by the PDC Gateway interface. These punches are formatted into SAP IDOCS and sent to SAP via ALE as Infotype 2011 Time Events. They also collect department transfers which are programmed into the clock buttons based on the various plants and clock locations.

Titanium Metals Corporation

First live back in 2003, Nortrak required a Kronos Workforce Activities integration to SAP for PP-PDC labor tracking. They were upgraded in 2014 to the latest version of the PDC Gateway interface software. They utilize the built in features of PDC Gateway to accept ALE downloaded IDOCs containing PP and PM operations and post them to Kronos Workforce Activities using the included API interface. The interface then periodically extracts new and changed labor (Activity Events) and posts that data to SAP via our PP and PM confirmation module. This module handles all data comparisons and required cancellations via real-time BAPI calls. They are interfacing nine separate manufacturing facilities through one PDC Gateway interface server.

VAE Nortrak

Bosch Rexroth first went live on iomotion interface software back in 2003. They required a complex Kronos Workforce Activities integration to SAP for HR Payroll and for both PP and PM labor tracking. They were upgraded in 2014 to the latest version of the PDC Gateway interface software. They have many complex requirements involving special logic for multiple labor transaction types including set-up, rework and machine tracking. They utilize the built in features of PDC gateway to upload both PP and PM confirmations (with cancellations) as well as the native IDOC ALE communications for downloading master data IDOCs and uploading HR Infotype IDOCs.

Bosch Rexroth AG

This Kronos iSeries user needed an interface for their Kronos generated labor transactions to their SAP PP-PDC system. First installed and live back in 2003, they underwent a complete interface replacement in 2013 with the latest PDC Gateway version. This new system replaced the original iomotion interface software "STConnector". The PDC Gateway iSeries version provides native SAP integration of IDOC upload and download via direct ALE connection as well as BAPI technology for uploading confirmations. It also has simple drag and drop mapping capability into and out of the Kronos iSeries application utilizing direct DB2 database connections. The confirmation upload process handles changes to existing labor records by comparing previously uploaded data and cancelling them as needed. This SAP functionality is built into all PDC Gateway versions and does not require any web services configuration in SAP.

Gardner Denver, Inc.

The PDC Gateway Clock interface was used to replace a Kronos Timekeeper system to connect to multiple clocks in facilities across the country. They had specific requirements to continue to use their Kronos 4500 clocks and maintain the biometric functionality as well. The new interface supported all of their requirements for punch collection including department transfers. This installation was live in January 2015.

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.

Live in 2014, this client used our PDC Gateway Clock interface tools to replace their Kronos iSeries legacy system. They needed a way to capture punches from their large number of existing Kronos 4500 clocks in multiple plants and upload them to their Global SAP system. We provided this capability along with other custom interface requirements further described in this Case Study.

Coca Cola Bottling United

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PLDT Clark Telecom

Live in 2015, the PDC Gateway interface connected dozens of Kronos 4500 time clocks spread all across the western United States with the centralized SAP CATS system. Included was a demographic download that populates the interface table and sends employee badge information to the correct clocks. The punches are collected directly from the clocks in a real-time "on-line" method. The punches are then formatted to the correct SAP required structure and sent via an SFTP connection. Also provided was a WEB based clock simulator to collect punches from offsite employees using mobile devices. These punches are handled exactly like the time clock punches and greatly improve the flexibility of their time collection system.

Swire Coca-Cola, USA

This university and medical center complex selected PDC Gateway in 2015 as their interface for connecting 165 existing Kronos 4500 time clocks to their existing PeopleSoft system. The interface provides real-time communication to all of their clocks for configuration and punch collection. The punches are periodically formatted and sent to their PeopleSoft system via the included PeopleSoft module utilizing direct connection to web services. Live in April 2016.

Live in 2015, the PDC Gateway interface connected several existing Kronos 4500 time clocks located in several mining operations to an existing internal time management system. The punches are collected directly from the clocks in a real-time "on-line" method.

Originally live in 2005, this client initially used the PDC Gateway interface to utilize the Kronos "Smart View" technology to connect several existing Kronos 4500 time clocks to SAP HR-PDC. Later, in 2009 the interface was changed to use the internal functionality and memory of the clocks and not rely on a Web application to do the punch collection. Now the clocks continue to work even if the network is down. The punches are formatted into an IDOC structure and sent directly to SAP (via ALE) as InfoType 2011 Time Events.

Kawasaki Motors

HAAS Automation

Smart Communications, Inc.

The PDC Gateway interface is used by this client to communicate with some old 400 series clocks which are used as Gate Access clocks. This allowed them to retire some old servers that were no longer being supported yet continue to utilize their clock hardware.

Live in 2006, the PDC Gateway's Web component serves web pages to several existing Kronos 4500 time clocks in order to collect entered punch events for upload to SAP HR-PDC. They also required several custom "Z" punch event types to define employee activities above the standard "P" event types defined by the HR-PDC standard The punches are formatted into an IDOC structure and sent directly to SAP (via ALE) as InfoType 2011 Time Events.

Seneca Coal Resources

Live in 2010, this client required a Kronos Workforce Activities integration to SAP for PP-PDC labor tracking for 4 plants. They utilize a PDC Gateway Web Services Component to accept posts from BizTalk of downloaded IDOCs containing PP operations and post them to Kronos Workforce Activities using the included API interface. The interface then periodically extracts new and changed labor (Activity Events) and posts that data to SAP via our PP and PM confirmation module. This module handles all data comparisons and required cancellations via real-time BAPI calls.

Live in 2015, the PDC Gateway interface connected dozens of Kronos 4500 time clocks located in several mining operations to a cloud based Kronos Ready system. The punches are collected directly from the clocks in a real-time "on-line" method. The collected punches are sent using the included Workforce Ready interface. This module connects via a web services API and provides near real-time visibility to the managers and supervisors.

Blackhawk Mining, LLC

Originally live in 2004, this client initially used the predecessor of the current PDC Gateway software to connect directly to the Kronos DCM software to interface many 480 series clocks to SAP CATS. In 2015, the old "STConnector" interface was upgraded and modified to connect directly to these 480 clocks without the use of DCM. The punches are "paired up" in the interface using the clients rules. These punches are then sent directly to SAP CATS using our included standard CATS BAPI Insert module.

Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Central Florida

ERP Federal Mining Complex

Ocean County Utility Authority

MAN Diesel & Turbo North America, Inc.

Live in 2016, the PDC Gateway interface connected several existing Kronos 4500 time clocks located in two mining operations to an existing internal time management system. The punches are collected directly from the clocks in a real-time "on-line" method.