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Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE) in Munich uses the ZEUS® software for Time & Attendance as „Software as a Service“. The company is Europe‘s market leader in locomotive leasing with a fleet of over 330 locomotives. If a rail transporter needs a locomotive at short notice to transport goods from Rotterdam to Genoa, the parent company MRCE in Amsterdam is the right company to contact. Long-term leasing over several years is not un- usual. MRCE offers a full-service package, which - with the exception of the train crew - includes everything that ensures smooth locomotive operation. „Fairer“ Time Recording More than 100 employees at the subsidiary in Munich take care of technology, logistics, procurement and service. Here, Sofia Offergeld and Nirakar Makwana from the HR department also have their offices. Since Novem- ber 2015, the electronic time recording system ZEUS® from ISGUS has simplified their workload. „Both emplo- yees and management agreed that software objectifies the time tracking and creates more equity and fairness,“ says Sofia Offergeld. Since then, colleagues book when they come and go using tokens or fingerprints at one of the three terminals at the entrances. Everyone has access to their personal account via the network. Complex working time models are not available at MRCE. The fixed salary includes Sunday and holiday supplements, overtime hours are paid or compensated by free time. What makes the solution so special: Both software and database are not operated on the compu- ters on premise, but in the „ISGUS cloud“, externally via the Internet. And: the server is not „anywhere“, but in the ISGUS data centre in Villingen-Schwenningen. Which clarifies the question of current case-law. „Soft- ware as a Service“ (SaaS) is the name of this service, which ISGUS offers in Germany as provider of electronic time recording in its own data center. „Our IT depart- ment chose ZEUS® from the very beginning, because the solution was the most modern and user-friendly of all competitors,“ recalls Sofia Offergeld. „And the support from Landsberg is great.“ Not for model railway enthusiast in the cellar or the attic but „for real“ on tracks throughout Europe? This is quite com- mon with large railway companies. With the lease option, as a company they become more flexible. A leased locomotive will tie up less capital than an outright purchased rolling stock. There are no worries or concerns about maintenance, repair or logistical services. In this respect, the services of MRCE and ISGUS are quite similar. HAVE YOU EVER LEASED A LOCOMOTIVE? 4