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Timesheet Tracking Software: A More Efficient Way to Report Time Spent

Managing employee time and attendance in a complex working environment is a challenge that all businesses face on a daily basis. The larger the company’s staff and resources, the harder it can be to manage everyone’s accountability efficiently. Without good timesheet tracking software, you'll have to piece together information that may not lead to valuable results. Download Standard Time here.

Over the years, various methods of reporting employees’ work time have evolved. In the past, time tracking frequently involved informal meetings, telephone calls and printed Excel spreadsheets. Then, the advent of digital technology, more specifically, the Internet, introduced email into the setting; which changed the nature of internal organizational communications significantly. Gone were the days of the time consuming manual collection of employees’ reports of what projects they worked on and how much time was spent. Now, anyone could send off an email or an instant message at a moment’s notice without putting any real time or thought into it. The end result of this firestorm of electronic messaging was managers who were completely overwhelmed with organizing, analyzing and managing everyone’s reported and unreported time. And to further add to the chaos—tracking employees’ time accurately has become increasingly critical to a company’s survival due to the current intensely competitive marketplace.

But the consequences of not reporting accurate employee time is serious. After all, in the service industry, time is money—literally. But it’s more than just time tracking, it’s also about ensuring ongoing communication between employees and managers; managers and executives; and executives and clients. If communications are not tight in an organization, then the probability of mistakes increases, and those mistakes translate directly into lost revenue. So, what is the solution?

In today’s market, smart organizations use computerized time tracking software to track time and attendance. “Tracking time and attendance plays a crucial role in the overall financial health of your company. It’s just that simple. If mistakes are made, you are putting the future of your company at risk,” states Ray White, President of Scoutwest Inc., a leading project and time management solutions company.

Attention Managers…

Does it sometimes feel like you’re paying more in wages than the time your employees have actually worked?
Are your employee overtime costs getting out of hand?
Are you having a difficult time reconciling time and attendance?
What is it costing you by not having an integrated automated time and attendance management program in place?

“One of the best things about time tracking software is its simplicity,” says Ray White. “It’s incredibly easy to implement and use. There really is no reason not to incorporate it as a business process. In Standard Time Timesheet Software, for example, we have designed a time tracking system that removes the pain of submitting time spent,” says Ray White. “With Standard Time, you get a variety of benefits. It is these benefits alongside powerful features such as Microsoft Project integration, snapshot of overall project health, and customized reporting, that will improve communications of time spent inside and out of your organization.”

Top 6 Benefits of Time Tracking and Attendance Software

Time tracking made easy: The only way to ensure accurate time submission is to make the process as easy as possible for the user.
Do more than just look at employee time sheets. Modify, delete or lock in numbers.
Ensure billable time is available, has been logged accurately, and that employees are working on the projects they are supposed to be working on.
Lock time sheets. Locking numbers in is important, because once you throw the numbers over the fence to the billing department; you can't go back and change your mind. The ability to lock in numbers ensures proper billing.
Automated reminders: If employees do not fill in their time, they will receive an email reminding them to submit their time.
Safeguards: If employees report hours too low or too high, they will be alerted via built-in safeguards.

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