Why Manual Time Tracking No Longer Works

As a former HR professional, I find it perplexing how some businesses have embraced automated technology in nearly every aspect of their enterprise; yet, they often ignore technology when it comes to modernizing their time clock systems. What they are failing to recognize is that manual time tracking processes just don’t cut it anymore.

Time and attendance technology has evolved rapidly, especially in the past decade. The following analogy is simple, but helps illustrates what I am trying to say. Take mobile technology for example. Look at your cell phone and think about all the things you are able to do with it today. Now, think back 10 years ago (or even just five or six years ago) and recall not just how your cell phone looked, but think about the limited number of things it could do. I mean, there was a time when all you could do was make and receive actual phone calls! Today’s cell phones are a different ball game and allow users to do a ton of useful and important things from convenient locations.

So goes the same for time and attendance systems. If you are using a legacy time keeping system from 10 years ago (or again even just five or six years ago), you are missing out on a whole new world of important features, opportunity and convenience. Just like an old cell phone has its limitations, so does an old timekeeping system. This is especially true of manual timekeeping systems like a mechanical punch clock or paper timesheets. Think about it – can a manual timekeeping system really do anything more than record employee time and attendance? If your employees are simply writing in their work hours each day, the answer is no. And if they are using a time clock to physically punch a timecard, someone else has to tally and crunch the data, which is time consuming and prone to human error. These are all unnecessary limitations of legacy time tracking systems and can easily be addressed with technology like automated web time clocks.

The Power of Automated Web Time Clocks

Today’s automated workforce management systems allow you to do more in less time, and with fewer errors. Small and medium-sized businesses that function with automated timekeeping solutions enjoy a world of useful features that enable them to accurately track employee work hours, as well as save, retrieve and export this data when needed. Today’s systems are web-based and use cloud connectivity allowing for real-time monitoring and management. This has a large impact on the overall profitability and sustainable growth of a business.

The power of automated technology is applicable to a broad range of business processes from payroll and scheduling to email and purchase orders. The key is to not forget about the role technology plays in workforce management. It’s time for today’s businesses to embrace time and attendance technology with advanced time clocks systems and software.

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