The Construction Clock
August 04, 2008
Contractors have been embracing technology for collecting time and attendance in the field. But are contractors taking full advantage of all the features these software solutions have to offer?
The process involved with using any time and attendance software is simple. Once a worker gets to a job, they open their mobile device and launch the time and attendance tracking software. It is generally as straightforward as clicking ‘clock me in’ or ‘clock me out’ and the time and attendance of the employee is tracked through the software.
But where are your employees when they clock in and out? Are you hesitant to adopt this technology because of language barriers? And how quick does that information really move from the field to the office?
Time and attendance software offers many extended features that contractors may want to embrace. This includes GPS (global positioning system), a multilingual interface, and the Web.
One common concern among construction companies when it comes to time and attendance tracking is the accuracy of the employee’s location when they clock in and out. mJobTime, www.mjobtime.com, Beaumont, Texas, recently integrated GPS technology to offer this accuracy. This technology allows contractors to pinpoint the exact location of employees when they clocked in or out.
Another widespread barrier when it comes to time and attendance tracking is the variety of languages among field employees. mJobTime also recently developed a new Spanish interface, which now applies to all menu items, labels, and messages.
A final concern may be the speed information travels between the field and the office. Exaktime, www.exaktime.com, Calabasas, Calif., recently announced the release of a Web-based service that enables users to transfer time and attendance records from the field to management software in the office.
This means users can track records on Exaktime’s JobClock and PocketClock in the field and can send this information via JobClock.NET to TimeSummit, Exaktime’s time and attendance management software for the office. This Web-based service speeds up the time information moves between the field and the office.