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AutoTime6(R) Workforce Management Technology Compliments SSA Global's Suite of Enterprise Business Solutions Kaba Benzing America, the North American operating subsidiary of Kaba Holding AG, Switzerland (SWISS: KABN), the worldwide leader in enterprise workforce management systems, today announced an OEM agreement with SSA Global(TM) (NASDAQ: SSAG), a leading provider of enterprise business software and services. Under the terms of the OEM agreement, SSA Global will offer Kaba Benzing America's AutoTime 6, the premier time and labor and scheduling workforce management solution (WFM), as the standard for SSA Global's suite of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions. "Kaba Benzing America is very excited to be working with SSA Global, whose deep understanding of the market's need for optimized workforce management tools will enhance current practices in enterprise management," said John C. Edwards, Chief Executive Officer and President of Kaba Benzing America. "AutoTime 6's functionality set will compliment SSA Global's solutions, by providing an extension to their enterprise business software. Our partnership will broaden awareness of integrated enterprise and workforce management solutions." SSA Global offers a full range of enterprise business software including enterprise resource planning, financial, human capital, corporate performance, customer relationship, product lifecycle, supply chain, and supplier relationship management. Kaba Benzing America and SSA Global have jointly executed strategies to integrate AutoTime 6 with SSA ERP-LN (formerly Baan), SSA ERP-LX (formerly BPCS), SSA HCM, and SSA Infinium product lines offering best-of-class workforce management capabilities for time and labor management, data collection, employee self service and workforce scheduling. "SSA Global looks forward to a successful partnership with Kaba Benzing. Their solution can enable customers to realize increases in labor efficiency and productivity, while simultaneously generating greater visibility and ROI from integrated workforce management capabilities," said Cory Eaves, Chief Technology Officer,SSA Global. About Kaba Benzing America's AutoTime 6 AutoTime 6 is the premier WFM solution for companies whose enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms are industry standards such as SAP, Oracle / PeopleSoft, Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions and more. AutoTime 6 is a browser with a component-based design that allows for scalability and conformity for easy integration with ERP's. It automatically calculates, analyzes and reports the hours and costs of payroll for environments with complex work and pay rules and is extremely configurable and effectively date-driven so when policies change, the software does not have to be rewritten to accommodate the changes. In addition, AutoTime 6 is designed to be highly user-friendly with intuitive and streamlined time clocks and web time cards. AutoTime 6's management benefits include time and attendance, labor data collection, labor costing and analytics. In addition, AutoTime 6 offers an automated scheduling option for real-time rule based, demand driven workforce scheduling. The technology provides the capability to automatically manage the resource plan (schedule), by aligning demands with employee qualifications, availability, productivity, and preferences while controlling excess overtime. The scheduling component has an easy-to-use interface and intuitively connects front-line managers with enterprise decision-makers, allowing for quick and consistent implementation of strategic staffing solutions. The technology scales seamlessly from desktops through all major client-server environments and the public internet, ensuring that the right person will always be on the right job at the right time. Through integration with all major business and production process systems, AutoTimes 6's scheduling component offers significant productivity gains while minimizing total costs. About the Company Kaba Benizing America is a subsidiary of $900 million Kaba Holding AG, Switzerland (SWISS: KABN), a worldwide leader in enterprise workforce management solutions. From time and attendance, workforce scheduling, analytics, employee self-service and data collection solutions for SAP, Oracle/PeopleSoft, SSA Global Technologies, Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions and other leading enterprise business systems, Kaba Benzing offers an array of time and attendance and production data collection solutions. Clients include such industry leaders as Kraft Foods, BMW, General Electric, Goodrich Corporation among others. Kaba Benzing can be contacted in North America at 954.416.1720; website is www.kaba-benzing-usa.com. SSA Global, SSA Global Technologies and SSA GT are trademarks of SSA Global Technologies, Inc. SSA Global(TM) is the corporate brand for product lines and subsidiaries of SSA Global Technologies, Inc. For information about SSA Global visit www.ssaglobal.com. Kaba Benzing America and AutoTime are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kaba Benzing AG. Other names of companies and/or products mentioned may be the trademarks of their respective owners.