Custom Time Clock Software: Mobile Solutions for the Construction Industry
Gain Added Efficiency By Customizing Your Mobile Time Clock Software
Tailoring mJobTime’s Custom Time Clock Software To Meet The Special Needs of Your Business
At mJobTime, we have focused on giving our customers a large number of configuration options to make our application as flexible as possible. However, software programs are designed to accommodate the maximum number of companies possible. We realize that there are going to be situations where mJobTime may not address certain facets of your business processes, but we ultimately strive to provide employee time clock solutions that will be unique to every business.
We look upon these situations as opportunities. This is because we love to get input from our customers about our time clocks for construction as well as our other software. Many times, this input can lead to a new feature or functionality that becomes a standard part of the program. Oftentimes, when the amount of work and time involved is not significant, we will do the work at no charge. Even in those situations where there is a substantial amount of resources required to do the work, if we feel it will improve the product, we often will share the cost of the modification with the customer. In those situations where the customization is very unique to a customer, we will provide a quote for the work and allow the customer to make their own decision.
Whatever the case, our development team has earned quite a reputation for doing outstanding work in a reasonable time period. They will work with you to get a detailed understanding of your needs, propose a solution, develop and test the solution, and follow-up to insure that our employee time clock solutions are working as intended once released. Our customers constantly rave about the amount of time we have saved them with our modifications. Usually, the ROI on our customizations is very short.
Whether it’s a special report or a very specific way to calculate travel or per diem pay, our crackerjack development staff is always ready to meet your custom modification challenges. They thrive on being able to make mJobTime (and our time clocks for construction) meet even your most stringent and unique requirements.
mJobTime Mobile Time Clock Software Customization Examples
- Allow customer to clock in crews with equipment attached, but only post the equipment to one employee’s time card (not the entire crew).
- Allow Supervisor user to transfer individual existing time records to a different company, verifying that all (pronoun) time record fields are valid in the “transfer-to” company, and disabling transfers for “Approved” and
“Exported” records. - Add a new labor report for commercial drivers with the following columns:
- Last Name
- First Name
- Position
- Last Day Off
- Next Mandated Day Off
- Total Hours since Last Day Off
- Hours Remaining (in the cycle)
- Create a delimited file of time and material for our customer to send to their customer, and as a second customization, generate an invoice in their customer’s format.
- Modify our Weekly Time Entry screen to allow for daily distribution of time by sub-job.
- Create new functions to facilitate entry, tracking, and calculation of per diem and travel pay for employees on jobs:
- Allow users to enter per diem and travel rates per job
- Allow users to enter per diem and travel transactions
- Allow administrative users to export per diem and travel transactions to “Bank File” and “Timberline Export”.
- Customize the mJobTime Crew feature to track:
- Day or night shift per crew
- Craft code per employee
- Alternate employee ID per employee
- Per diem code per employee
- Travel code per employee
- Modify the export to accounting to create a text file export and add special calculations described below:
- Specifications
- A maximum of 40 hours per week will be exported for salaried employees
- Salaried employees will be identified by a field in the employee table.
- Time records beyond the 40 hour limit will remain in mJobTime and will be flagged as “exported”.
- For time records that include task codes beginning with “41” populate the “GL Exp Acct” field as follows:
- The second segment of the task code
- Followed by the employee’s department number (two-digit-zero-filled)
- The employee’s dept number will be pulled from a field in the employee table Examples: “500503”, “500603”
- Develop a custom version of the “Daily Time Sheet Entry by Employee” screen:
- To include a five-row header,
- Make the Job Number column header span all columns for the same job.
- As new columns are added, insert them into the grid sorted in ascending order by Job Number, then by the last five digits of the Cost Code, then by Extra.
- Remove color shading of alternate rows in grid and add a solid line between rows
- Shade “REG”, “OVT”, and “DBL” columns in White/Lt Blue/Dark Blue
- Increase allowable distribution columns to 30
- Divide the “Total” column into “REG”, “OVT”, and “DBL” sub-columns and display the appropriate totals for each row broken down into the three Pay IDs.
- Replace the “Save” button acknowledgement dialog with the following custom dialog:
- “Entries will be recorded with the following Date: ##/##/####”
- Allow user to click “OK” or “Cancel”
- Allow users to save selected distribution columns for multiple jobs and have them default whenever a job is selected for time entry.
- Add Edit, Review, and Approve functions to the Daily Time Entry screen.
Let us provide you with a personalized demo today. As you can see, a custom time clock from mJobTime can supply your business with many helpful resources.
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A Close Call and the True Cost of Complacency: Why Safety is Always Personal
The memory still makes my stomach clench. It was a Tuesday, just like any other, sun already beating down on the concrete skeleton of what would eventually be a new office building. Mike, a seasoned carpenter with more years in the trade than I’d been alive, was up on some scaffolding, precisely fitting a piece of framing. He was good, real good – meticulous, efficient.
Then it happened. Not a spectacular fall, not a catastrophic collapse, but a subtle, almost silent shift. A single, unsecured plank, overlooked in the rush to get the last beam in place, tilted. Mike, reacting with the instinct of years, managed to grab a beam, his tools scattering with a clang that echoed through the otherwise busy site. For what felt like an eternity, he dangled, just out of reach, before another crew member, quick as a flash, scrambled over and helped him back to safety.
He was shaken, pale, but thankfully unhurt. We all were. But that incident, that quiet, almost mundane lapse, could have been so much worse. It wasn’t about Mike being careless; it was about a system failing, a shortcut taken, a moment of complacency. Someone, in the rush, hadn’t properly secured that plank. Someone hadn’t double-checked. And for a few terrifying seconds, Mike’s life, his family’s future, hung in the balance.
This isn’t just a story about Mike; it’s a story that plays out in different forms on construction sites every single day. We talk about safety regulations, OSHA compliance, hard hats, and safety vests. All crucial, absolutely. But at its core, safety isn’t about ticking boxes on a checklist. It’s about people.
Every single person on a construction site is someone’s son or daughter, husband or wife, father or mother. They have lives outside of work, dreams, responsibilities, people who depend on them. When an accident happens, it’s not just a statistic; it’s a ripple effect of pain, stress, and hardship that extends far beyond the immediate injury.
Think about it:
- The Physical Toll: Obvious, of course. Injuries can range from minor cuts to life-altering disabilities, or worse. The recovery process is often long, painful, and frustrating.
- The Emotional Toll: Beyond the physical pain, there’s the fear, the anxiety, the trauma for the injured worker and their colleagues who witnessed it. Families bear a significant emotional burden too.
- The Financial Toll: Lost wages, medical bills, long-term care – the financial strain on individuals and families can be devastating, even with insurance. For companies, accidents mean lost productivity, increased insurance premiums, potential legal battles, and damage to reputation.
- Constant Vigilance: No task is so urgent that it can’t be done safely. Taking an extra minute to double-check, to secure, to assess, is always worth it.
- Empowerment: Every worker should feel empowered to speak up if they see something unsafe, without fear of reprisal. A “see something, say something” mentality saves lives.
- Training and Retraining: Safety isn’t a “one and done” topic. Regular, engaging training keeps best practices fresh in everyone’s minds.
- Accountability: Everyone, from the newest hire to the project manager, has a role to play in maintaining a safe environment.
At mJob, we understand that human lives are at stake. That’s why we’ve built tools to help construction companies prioritize and manage safety effectively. Beyond just tracking time and labor, mJob provides features that are critical for creating a safer jobsite. Our platform allows for logging of incidents and accidents with detailed reporting capabilities, providing a clear record of what happened, when, and where. This real-time data allows for immediate insights into potential hazards and areas needing improvement. Furthermore, our system facilitates real-time updates on safety protocols and training completion, ensuring everyone is informed and up-to-date. This focus on accountability from the ground up helps to ensure that safety isn’t just a buzzword, but a measurable and actively managed part of every project. Because when it comes to safety, every second counts, and every life matters.