Canada Post Implements TimeLink Wireless Solution for Delivering Accurate Payroll

Larchmont, NY - May 6, 2002 - Time Link International, Corp., a leading provider of workforce management and data collection solutions, today announced the success of their implementation at Canada Post Corporation, Canada's postal service. Leveraging extensive SAP interface experience with solutions including mySAP® Human Resources (mySAP™ HR) and SAP Cross-Application Timesheets (CATS), TimeLink has implemented a wireless data collection and integration solution for over 12,000 employees at Canada Post.

The Canada Post Corporation delivers about 9 billion pieces of mail to nearly 13 million Canadian addresses each year. At each of their mail-processing facilities located across 24 sites and 5 time zones, TimeLink's Synapps™ solution provides a technology platform to automate the collection of time and labor data. After a rigorous research process, they selected TimeLink's Synapps solution to reduce manual errors, collect critical labor costing information across the enterprise, and increase employee satisfaction with employee self-service.

The Synapps implementation encompasses an enterprise-wide rollout including wireless RF-based (radio-frequency based) data collection and integration. The solution serves as a digital data path as it sends employee data from 231 wireless devices and integrates it with SAP HR in real-time. The solution currently handles 100,000 transactions daily for its 12,000 mail-processing employees, but has been scaled to handle transactions for as many as 30,000 employees in the future.

"When it comes to calculating the payroll for one of the largest employers in Canada, it is vital that our time and labor management solution and SAP integration work flawlessly every day," stated Cal Hart, Vice-president, Business Transformation, of Canada Post. "TimeLink worked tirelessly to provide us with real-time, accurate time and labor activity information for our mail-processing facilities. This facilitates the accurate calculation of payroll in our SAP system and streamlines our business processes."

"We are very excited about partnering with Canada Post to implement a fully integrated front-end data collection and integration solution," stated Edward M. Rizzo, Jr., Vice President of Corporate Development at TimeLink. "The implementation of the Synapps solution supports their strategic priorities for making technology and infrastructure improvements, growing their business, and achieving operational excellence."

TimeLink's flexible data integration technology platform, Synapps, was developed to eliminate the problems of error-prone manual data entry processes for clients with ERP systems. The fully digital data path to ERP systems functions with any number of data collection options including biometrics, mobile handhelds, touch-screen kiosks, badge-based devices, and telephony/IVR (interactive voice response). No matter the size of the organization, eliminating paper processes and streamlining the data entry process creates a significant return on investment.

About TimeLink

Headquartered in Larchmont, New York, TimeLink is the premier provider of workforce management and data collection solutions that enable organizations to both enhance employee productivity and leverage their investment in technology. Its powerful application functionality includes: the most robust employee time and attendance calculation engine available, employee scheduling, access control, accruals, and labor activity tracking. TimeLink also offers products that can directly integrate base data with existing mission critical systems, such as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

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