Uniclox Technologies and global time and attendance leaders Bodet Software are pleased to announce the signing of a strategic partnership agreement for southern Africa at a customer event on 16 April.
Bodet Software, with its head office in Cholet Cedex, France, is a subsidiary of the Bodet Group, a European leader in the resource management, and is globally recognised for the quality of its solutions and services.
“Bodet Software’s development strategy is based on strong partnerships with local companies, able to provide a high quality of service to their customers. We, as Bodet Software, are delighted to partner with Uniclox,” says Pascal Bodet, export director at Bodet Software. “Both our companies share the same core values: high quality of the solutions we deliver, constant innovation in our products, and above all, total dedication to our customers’ satisfaction. Overall our companies aim to set a new reference in the local market of Time & Attendance solution providers.”
Bodet’s solutions are used in a wide range of industries – from banking to the health industry, logistics and the leisure sector. With over 30 000 customers such as Novotel, Hilton, and Sheraton in the hotel sector, and a solid set of
testimonials –the cost savings these companies have realised in both time theft elimination and resource management are tangible.
In addition, Bodet has been ISO 9001-certified since 1997 for all activities: design, production and service. The ISO 9001 standard is their reference base and guarantees their ability to provide quality products that comply with current standards and regulations within set deadlines. Bodet has also launched an environmental approach, with the introduction of eco-design for all new products.
Sophia Hislop, MD of Uniclox Technologies, says there are many synergies between the two organisations. “Both companies have been in business for many years, starting out with the common thread of clock making. In addition, both companies are family-owned and share similar values when it comes to staff, quality, innovation and customer service. At Uniclox we feel strongly that Bodet will add great value to our solutions offerings and vice versa.”
The strategic partnership with Bodet enables Uniclox to continue to be responsive to its customer’s needs. “By aligning ourselves with Bodet, Uniclox is able to be at the forefront of international trends and technology development which we are able to pass onto our clients,” says Sophia.
Uniclox offers their customers resource management, access control and building management with the use of their solutions across their 15 000 Southern African customers. Managing such basics as canteen meals in mines and factories via the use of simple RFID cards – one meal per employee – as well as materials control for cleaning and bathroom supplies, to job tracking and asset management, provides almost immediate benefits to medium to large enterprises. Workforce management may be applied across all sectors, specifically for South African organisations where large numbers of shift workers, casual staff and contractors, such as nursing staff, are in use.
“2015 is turning out to be quite a landmark 70th year for Uniclox. My father would have been proud to witness this agreement today. It is one further step in the vision that he and I still share.”
While in South Africa both sales and technical training of the Uniclox team will be conducted by the Bodet team, as well as various customer visits.