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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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Beyond the Timesheet: The Essential Role of Analytics in Precise Job Costing

The construction, field service, and maintenance industries thrive on efficiency and accuracy, yet many companies leave money on the table due to poor visibility into their most significant variable cost: labor. Simply tracking time isn’t enough; you need to analyze it. This is where powerful analytics come into play, transforming raw time data into strategic business intelligence. 

For any business using mJobTime (our company, also known as mJob) to track labor, material, and equipment costs, leveraging its analytics capabilities is the key to unlocking true profitability. 

Why Raw Data Isn’t Enough

Imagine having a detailed timesheet for every employee. That’s data. Now, imagine a dashboard that instantly highlights which jobs are consistently over budget on labor, which employees are the most productive on specific task types, and the precise moment a project’s labor spending crosses a critical threshold. That’s analytics. 

Analytics provides the “why” behind the “what.” It moves you from reacting to problems to proactively preventing them. 

🔑 Four Ways Analytics Transform Job Costing and Labor Management

1. Accurate Bidding and Estimating 💰  

The foundation of a profitable business is accurate bidding. If you consistently under-estimate labor hours, every new contract erodes your margin. 

  • The Analytical Advantage: Analytics allows you to look back at completed jobs similar to the one you are bidding on. You can pinpoint the average time it took specific crews or employees to complete tasks like “pouring a 100 sq ft foundation” or “installing 50 ft of piping.” This real-world, granular data replaces guesswork, leading to tighter, more competitive, and more profitable bids. 

2. Real-Time Project Health Monitoring 🚦 

In the past, you might not know a job was over budget until the end-of-month financial report—too late to fix it. 

  • The Analytical Advantage: Modern labor time solutions like mJobTime provide real-time visibility. Analytics convert current labor hours and costs into Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), allowing project managers to see the current percentage complete versus the percentage of budget consumed. This lets you spot scope creep or labor inefficiencies immediately and take corrective action, like adjusting schedules or reallocating resources, before the damage is done. 

3. Optimizing Employee Productivity 🛠️ 

Labor cost isn’t just about the dollar amount; it’s about the efficiency of the hours worked. 

  • The Analytical Advantage: By analyzing labor data by employee, crew, task code, and location, you can identify high and low performers, understand which crews excel at certain tasks, and discover process bottlenecks. This information supports targeted training for employees who are struggling and allows you to optimize crew formation by placing the right people on the right tasks. 

4. Identifying and Eliminating Profit Leaks 💧 

Hidden inefficiencies—often called “profit leaks”—can sink a company slowly. These include excessive travel time, unauthorized breaks, or time spent on non-billable administrative tasks. 

  • The Analytical Advantage: Analytics can flag outlier time entries, such as unusual travel patterns, excessive idle time between job stops, or spikes in non-productive labor codes. By continuously analyzing these trends, you can implement policy changes, improve logistical planning, and reclaim lost billable hours. 

✅ Taking the Next Step

Using a dedicated time and job costing solution like mJobTime is the first step. The next, and arguably most important, step, is committing to using the analytical tools it provides. 

Don’t just collect data—analyze it to make smarter bids, manage projects actively, and ensure every hour of labor contributes directly to your bottom line. The difference between companies that succeed and those that merely survive is often found in the rigor of their labor analytics.