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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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Is the Construction Industry Ready To Deal With Climate Change?

The basic concept of climate change is the idea that people are having a negative impact on the Earth’s environment. NASA states that the current warming trend is 95% likely to be caused by the decisions of humans and that the rate at which it’s occurring is unprecedented. The planet is warming 10 times faster than any other discernable time in history. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is designed to catch heat and a variety of other gases and trap it all inside the ozone layer. There is zero debate that glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising. and snow coverage is shrinking. The number of record high temperatures has been rising while record lows have been falling. In addition, there are more adverse weather events (e.g., hurricanes, intense storms, etc.) The Other Side Climate change is such a huge concept that it’s difficult for even scientists to understand, and not all of them agree on the severity of its effects. Former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer published a graph showing that over 95% of scientists over-predicted the warming trends, causing them to look far more dangerous than their reality. He’s not saying that humans have had no effect on the environment, but he is saying that the negativity has been overstated. Scientists have a very difficult time predicting the future, and even a seemingly tiny mistake can have drastic implications for government policy. In addition to potentially overblown facts about the Earth’s atmosphere, there are tangible benefits to increased CO2 in the air. Plants actually grow better with more carbon dioxide, and the amount of greenery has gone up in recent years, creating more oxygen and food for the planet. Climate Change and the Construction Industry There are several fairly obvious things to consider when it comes to possible effects on the construction industry. The increase of storms and fluctuations in weather can delay progress on a project, which can ultimately spell financial trouble for both property owner and construction company. Insurance will become more and more important as construction companies are forced to mitigate their losses caused by weather. The more damage is done by weather, the higher insurance premiums will go, which will push the project cost higher for owners. Government regulations may become tighter and tighter as policymakers try to lessen the industry’s impact on the Earth. One potential advantage of global warming is that the construction season has increased in many areas. With shorter winters and longer summers, workers now have a few extra weeks to get more done. Insurance will also likely become more specific as everyone adjusts to new weather patterns, allowing companies to better customize their policies against different events. This may make remodeling and repair work easier to budget for in the future. How Can Business Owners Prepare? Paying attention to what’s happening with climate change, will be a tremendous help. For example, if your area is more prone to harsher weather, then it may be time to make specific contingency plans for how you’ll deal with everything from increased wind speeds to perpetual rain. Contracts should be altered and communication should be increased, so property owners have a clear idea of what will happen should their project be affected by turbulent weather. Construction delay is the most common reason for a lawsuit in construction law, so this step is paramount to keeping your business alive. You may also want to think about changing your equipment out for products that are more environmentally friendly (e.g., zero-emission vehicles, etc.) Be Cognizant Climate change is an undoubtedly complicated subject. Regardless of your own personal feelings about it, it’s clear that no one can predict the exact scope of how it will change the Earth as we know it. The best thing you can do as a construction owner is to pay attention and try to use the changes to your advantage whenever possible. If you are needing to upgrade your labor tracking system in the field, please check us out. We specialize in mobile time tracking for the construction industry, but we have customers in many other industries. Our professional sales staff will discuss your situation and help you find the right solution. Please call us at 800-387-1109, email us at info@mjobtime.com, or request a demo at mjobtime.com/request-a-demo.