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Collecting hours

1/12/16       
Arvin

Looking to see how other shop collect shop hours for payroll and job costing. I am currently using Enterprise which use to be sold through Planet. This is a very fragile system and has no way to record hours when do installations

1/13/16       #2: Collecting hours ...
Jason Rogers  Member

Website: woodproacademy.com

We started using timedoctor.com for our virtual office time tracking & monitoring.
Works so well we now use it for everything.
Runs as a phone or desktop app.


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https://www.timedoctor.com/

1/13/16       #3: Collecting hours ...
Mike

We use allmoxy for job tracking and time clock, works pretty well. I haven't had to use it on Mobile devices, but I believe you can as you can use it from any where you can Login from.

1/13/16       #4: Collecting hours ...
Pat Gilbert

That is a trip, considering all the machinations I have had to go though to accomplish this in the past.

Are these apps you can put on a cell phone?

1/13/16       #5: Collecting hours ...
Jason Rogers  Member

Website: woodproacademy.com

Oh yeah ... 10 years ago tracking time was a nightmare and I really doubt that it was very accurate.

Timedoctor.com has iphone & android apps ... cost is $10/mo/user.
I track 4 users (myself included) and my monthly bill is $30.
The reports are easy and very detailed.
Several alerts are available to help cut down on employees goofing off.

1/13/16       #6: Collecting hours ...
Nick Cook Member

Website: http://www.cedarrivercabinetry.com

We use Exak time. The employees use their phones or the tablet I have in the shop.
All time goes to the job they choose. For payroll I click click to import to Quick Books and print checks. When the time imports it goes to the appropriate jobs for job costing.

1/13/16       #7: Collecting hours ...
Jason Rogers  Member

Website: woodproacademy.com

Ah-ha Pat .... tell 'em JJ sent ya!

1/13/16       #8: Collecting hours ...
Robin Smith

Website: http://www.blockandchisel.com

We use TSheets, which also syncs with Quickbooks to simplify payroll. It can be set up for tracking by the job, and even by type of task if you want to go that far.

Free app for mobile devices, can log GPS position for site crews when clocking in and out, and has a host of other notifications.

I think it is $20 for the account and $5 per user per month.

4/25/19       #9: Collecting hours ...
Nick Milkovic Member

Hey, my company tried a couple of time tracking software and for now, the easiest and with low cost is WorkPuls. We are still at trial but I think we will buy it.

WorkPuls

5/4/23       #10: Collecting hours ...
Jesse Ellis Member

For timekeeping and task management, we have found allmoxy to be quite effective. I haven't had to, but I assume you can use it on mobile devices from anywhere you can log in.


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