Interflex renews Interface to SAP Systems

With a certified interface, Interflex allows for improved integration of time recording data into SAP systems

Stuttgart, 08/04/2011. In response to the requests of companies, who want to migrate to SAP systems with Unicode support, Interflex Datensysteme GmbH & Co. KG is integrating the certified SAP HR-PDC interface into the IF-6040 software for time & attendance recording and access control. With this new interface, the specialist for time management and security solutions facilitates the transfer of time recording data to SAP.

On the SAP partner site at ecohub.sap.com, users can find data sheets, specifications and success stories on the almost 20-year cooperation between SAP and Interflex.

Employees use their RFID badges to perform attendance and absence bookings at terminals. The IF-6040 system runs a plausibility check on this data and then transfers it to the SAP system via the data interface. The SAP system uses this information to evaluate time balances and to update work time accounts. The results are made available for retrieval at the terminals via the SAP interface. When the next booking is performed, the updated statuses are automatically displayed at the terminals. However, employees can also retrieve this information whenever they want. Thus, the system provides both employees and HR departments with more transparency regarding preferred/actual working hours and break times.

The time recording system can communicate with SAP ERP systems (e.g. Enterprise Central Component 6.0) both in Unicode and non-Unicode mode. The parallel use of both modes is also possible. Companies operating on an international basis, in particular, benefit from this solution.

Advanced Usage Options

In addition to time data, other booking and wage types can also be integrated into the SAP system via badge. This can be the case, for example, when employees use their badges to pay for lunch in the cafeteria, coffee at the office, or parking fees. Besides processing time recording data, the interface can also be used to provide additional information to the personnel department and thus simplify their work. Furthermore, it allows for the assignment of cost centers to individual projects. If employees work in a different position for the duration of a specific project, differing wages and salaries can easily be determined. Additionally, the system can be enhanced to include functions for access control and visitor management.

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