The deals were acquired by the Asset and Integrity Management division, and involve asset management and maintenance support to oil and gas operators, service companies, drilling contractors and power generation plants in the UK, Norway, North America, Monaco and Trinidad and Tobago. The Asset and Integrity Management division is made up of over 100 people who help clients to maximise the benefits of their resources through more efficient management, maintenance, use of man-hours and equipment inventory. 

 

Add Energy’s executive vice president Peter Adam said: "We’re off to a flying start and are optimistic that we will be able to keep the momentum going throughout 2019 and to continue to build and grow the division which will see us further expand our presence in key global regions.

 

"With oil and gas production expected to increase over the next five years, maintenance and integrity management is critical to both safe and efficient operations. We look forward to working with our clients to enhance their activity."

 

Adam added: "Operational excellence is an aim of every plant operator but often it can be difficult to understand the true performance and condition of assets. By combining decades of industry expertise with the latest technology, our data-driven approach provides a clear programme for improvements."

 

Source: Insider Scotland

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A major increase in staff numbers, such as Add Energy has planned, can cause unforeseen problems for staff performing HR, admin and accounts job roles if the company’s method of recording time worked has not been updated. 

 

For example, it is very easy for staff to fill in paper timesheets incorrectly. Sometimes this can be deliberate time fraud, but sometimes it is just new staff getting confused, or people forgetting to fill in their timesheets until a week later, by which time they’ve forgotten their exact shift details and are likely to just fudge it. 

 

Even if the details are all correct, most paper timesheets must then be manually transferred to a database (usually an Excel spreadsheet) before being sent to payroll software. 

 

There are many opportunities for human error to kick in during this time-consuming process – e.g. making an unrecognised typo in entering, or misreading employee’s handwriting (1 or 7? O or 0 or D?). This can result in incorrect payslips, and very unhappy workers! 

 

Incorrect data can also foul up HR tasks too, making it much more difficult to spot issues like adherence to the Working Time Directive or someone taking three 30 minute breaks plus lunch.

 

At Time and Attendance Scotland, we offer specialised attendance management software which can work either with smartcards or with biometrics. 

Our smartcards are about the size of a credit card and fit nicely into most wallets. The Radio Frequency technology means that you don’t need to physically swipe the cards, just hold them up near the reader terminal. This reduces wear and tear.

 

For the ultimate deterrent against time theft, we can provide a hand scanner and/or a fingerprint reader. Smartcards can be lost, or swapped with colleagues to input fake times. This isn’t the case with hands and fingers!