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Success
Story
User Report of the
Kaba GmbH
Workforce Management
Albertistr. 3
78056 Villingen-Schwenningen
Germany
Max Schlatterer GmbH & Co. KG, Herbrechtingen
«Our expectations have been
met in their entirety. The
devices work superbly.»
«We now have a uniform system
for time recording and access
control without cards. The
system is easy to operate for
everyone, for what is simpler
than placing your finger on a
sensor?»
Achim Biker
Head of Organisation
www.schlatterer.de
Biometrics in use at Schlatterer: At
and a lock with seamless endless belts
www.soft-consult.net
last, no badges needed any more.
as early as 1949. He produced a ring-
Endless belts are the pivotal issue at
shaped woven endless drive and
Max Schlatterer GmbH & Co. KG. Under
transport belt without a beginning or
the brand «Esband», the family-run
end. He thus laid the foundation stone
company produces and markets drive
for a successful company that now has
belts, transport belts, special belts and
600 staff and is a global player, setting
belts for the cigarette industry. Their
the quality standards in high-perfor-
special feature: A patented, unique
mance belts and bands as the world
production method guarantees products
leader. There is, for instance, no cigarette
of absolutely homogenous material
belt in the world that has not been
quality. For the «endless Schlatterer
produced on the basis of Schlatterer
belt» - in short called Esband - symbo-
technology. All renowned manufacturers
lizes genuine endless production without
of cigarette and filter machines around
a connection point. The belts are neither
the world equip their systems with the
stuck nor welded and guarantee excel-
endless suction and format belts from
lent running characteristics and long
Herbrechtingen.
lifetimes thanks to their absolute
There is strong growth in the area of
homogeneity. A broad range of different
drive and transport belts. The family-run
basic materials and coating options
company develops an individual solution
guarantee every user an Esband product
for every requirement, every machine
that is tailored specifically to his/her
and every transport commodity.
requirements. Max Schlatterer, the
Different traction elements, coatings and
young entrepreneur and founder of the
finishing are combined to form a
company, had the idea of replacing
tailor-made belt.
conventional drive belts made of leather
Max Schlatterer GmbH & Co. KG, Herbrechtingen
Success Story
The belts are used e.g. in paper handling
long time,» explains Achim Biker. The
Biometrics saves time and money.
in printing machines, copiers, money
system independence of the terminals
At Schlatterer, they are very satisfied
dispensers and ticket machines, paper
also met Schlatterer’s requirements, for
with the biometrics system from Kaba.
and cardboard processing machines.
the company is thus open for the future.
«Our expectations have been met in
Esband products are also found in
The introduction of the biometrics was
their entirety. The devices work superbly.
packaging machines for food, in baking
well prepared in the company. The
There have been no stoppages so far,»
production lines, in scales or in applica-
employees were informed at an early
says head of organization Biker, giving a
tions for bulk or piece goods.
stage about biometrics and about what
positive overall assessment. The
The endless belts are produced on
Schlatterer wanted to do with it exactly.
personnel management is also happy
specially designed machines in the two
«We explained to the staff that their real
that they decided on biometrics. «In the
plants in Herbrechtingen in 2-shift
fingerprint would not be stored,» says
past, we often had to replace badges and
operation. Since autumn 2007, the
Achim Biker. The biological fingerprint is
then add missing bookings afterwards,»
employees have not had any badges in
transformed into a group of figures by
explains personnel manager Ingrid
their pockets; they gain access to the
means of an algorithm. Only this is
Gebhardt. «Today we only have a few
company buildings via their own fingers.
stored and compared. Drawing
wrong bookings. The system saves us a
They thus also record their own working
inferences from the biological finger-
lot of time and money. For costs are not
times. The previous system with magnetic
print is therefore not possible. The
incurred for the badges. Furthermore, it
strip cards is thus a thing of the past.
«familiarization» of their fingers on the
offers us a lot of options for the future,
«We wanted to make a technological
enrolment kit in the personnel
too. » And how was the biometrics
leap in the changeover to a new
department was well prepared and went
received among the employees? «A lot
system,» explains Achim Biker, head of
smoothly. Two different fingers per
thought it was great that we are so
the organisation department at
employee were recorded as to have an
innovative,» says Ingrid Gebhardt,
Schlatterer. «Biometrics was interesting
alternative when one is injured. The new
laughing.
for us. It is innovative and you don’t
terminals were installed in a next step.
need any cards.» They thus had their
Six B-Net 91 20 FP were installed in the
consulting partner Soft-Consult from
outdoor area for the access control on
Langenau inform them about the
both sites; these were followed by 5
possibilities presented by biometrics.
B-Net 93 20 FP for time recording at
They decided to update the Atoss
selected places in the buildings. After a
software supplied by Soft-Consult and to
few tests, the changeover from the old
search for an appropriate hardware for
to the new system was then done on a
this, based on biometrics. «We wanted to
weekend. «It went smoothly right from
introduce technical innovation to the
the start,» says the head of organisation
company in this area, too. The hardware
Achim Biker, with pleasure. A few emplo-
should be reliable, long-lasting and
yees had problems in booking as their
easily enhanceable for future require-
middle finger was apparently not suited
ments.» After a selection procedure and
for this.
a few reference visits, the company
They then tried it with other fingers, for
ultimately opted for fingerprint
instance, with their little finger.
terminals from Kaba.
A suitable finger was found in all cases
«The functionality and the quality of the
so that at Schlatterer all employees
devices convinced us. We are certain
book biometrically without exception.
that it will provide a good service for a