HR software for the manufacturing industry should include workforce management, attendance tracking, scheduling, performance management, training and development opportunities, safety management and the ability to integrate with payroll systems.
HR software for manufacturing that gives you back control
One connected suite. This is HR amplified
Multiple sites. Shift patterns. Agency workers alongside permanent staff. A payroll run that can't be late and can't be wrong. Most HR software for the manufacturing industry wasn't built with that reality in mind, so manufacturers end up running it alongside spreadsheets anyway.
Ciphr connects HR, payroll, recruitment, learning and benefits in one suite, built for organisations where shift complexity is the norm, not the exception. One record for every employee, whichever site they clock in at.
One system across every site and shift
Different shift patterns at each site. Overtime and shift differentials that have to land correctly in payroll every time. Right-to-work checks that can't slip through the gaps when hiring moves fast.
When Ciphr HR systems for manufacturers are integrated with your chosen third-party rota or time-and-attendance software, a change logged on the shop floor updates payroll automatically. No re-keyed hours. No separate spreadsheet reconciled at month end. One version of the truth, shared by HR, payroll and site managers.
"[It] has an effective module for everything we need in one package, which works much better than having six different systems, as we did previously. The new core UI makes it easy to see everything in one place, and employees rarely need help finding what they need. The payroll integration works really well and saves us keeping two different sets of employment data."
Nick
Head of people, UK
Built in the UK, for UK manufacturers
Ciphr is a UK company, built for UK employment law, UK payroll cycles and UK statutory reporting, not a global platform adapted for this market after the fact. Your data sits under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act, managed by UK-based teams who understand what a change to HMRC deadlines or the Acas Code of Practice means for a manufacturing workforce.
Ciphr also holds ISO 27001 certification, so the data behind your workforce, from DBS checks to right-to-work documents, is handled to a recognised UK security standard.
Right to work and background checks, built in
Hiring in the manufacturing industry often moves fast, and the checks can't be the thing that slows it down or gets missed. Ciphr's background checking capability, delivered through our partners Experian and TrustID, lets you run DBS checks, right to work checks, reference checks and passport checks from within the same system you already use for onboarding, with expiry dates and validity tracked against each record rather than chased manually.
The connected suite is what makes the AI useful
Ciphr's AI works because it sits on top of one connected data set. It’s not a chatbot bolted onto old systems. Some AI capability is live today, answering questions from real, current HR data. Other capability is on the roadmap, and we'll say so plainly rather than describe it as though it's already shipped.
Live now:
- AI assistant
- AI form summarisation
- AI-powered coaching (through MyTeamBuilder)
Reporting you can stand behind
When the CFO asks for headcount, absence or turnover by site, the answer shouldn't involve three system owners and an afternoon spent reconciling data. With Ciphr, the report you pull matches payroll, because it's the same data underneath.
“Ciphr HR has taken away some of my admin tasks, and freed up my time to focus on proactive, not just reactive, tasks. I’d definitely recommend it.”
Built for UK mid-market manufacturers
Ciphr is designed for organisations with real HR and payroll complexity (multiple sites, shift patterns, statutory reporting) but without the budget or appetite for a multi-year enterprise rollout. It's HR software for manufacturers that you can implement without turning it into a transformation project.
For those who need a system that holds up under scrutiny and numbers the CFO doesn't have to double-check, Ciphr’s HR software gives manufacturers more control over complexity, not more of it.
Implementation built around your production calendar
You aren’t handed a login and left to work it out. Ciphr's implementation is a structured, supported process: your data migrated properly, your shift patterns and approval workflows configured to match how your sites run, and a named team who guides you through to go-live and beyond, not a help centre link.
A phased rollout means central HR goes live first, so your busiest sites keep running while payroll and recruitment are added in a planned sequence rather than all at once.