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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The Hidden Costs: 5 Consequences of Poor Jobsite Controls
1. Budget Overruns and Financial Strain
This is often the most immediate and painful consequence. Poor controls directly impact your bottom line.
- Uncontrolled Labor Costs: Inaccurate time tracking, buddy punching, or unverified overtime can inflate payroll significantly. If you don’t know exactly who is on-site and what they’re doing, you’re essentially writing blank checks.
- Material Waste & Theft: Without strict inventory management and security protocols, materials can be misplaced, damaged, or even stolen. These losses directly eat into your profit margins and can lead to costly delays for reordering.
- Rework: Poor quality control or inadequate supervision often results in work that doesn’t meet specifications. Rework means double the labor, double the materials, and often, double the headache.
2. Schedule Delays and Missed Deadlines
Time is money, and poor controls are a time thief. When processes aren’t streamlined, projects inevitably slow down.
- Inefficient Resource Allocation: Without clear insight into task progress and worker deployment, crews can be mismanaged, leading to downtime for some and overburdening for others.
- Communication Breakdown: Unclear reporting channels or inconsistent updates mean problems aren’t identified quickly. A small issue that could have been resolved in an hour might fester for days, snowballing into a critical path delay.
- Unforeseen Obstacles: A lack of proactive planning and site monitoring means you’re always reacting. Equipment breakdowns, material shortages, or safety incidents hit harder when there are no contingency plans or early warning systems in place.
3. Compromised Quality and Rework
Quality isn’t just about meeting standards; it’s about building trust and reputation. Poor controls almost guarantee a dip in quality.
- Inconsistent Workmanship: Without clear guidelines, regular inspections, and documented procedures, the quality of work can vary wildly between crews or even individual workers.
- Lack of Accountability: When no one is clearly responsible for quality checks at each stage, errors can go unnoticed until it’s too late and much more expensive to fix.
- Reputation Damage: Projects plagued by quality issues lead to dissatisfied clients, costly warranty claims, and damage to your company’s standing in the industry, making it harder to win future bids.
4. Increased Safety Risks and Incidents
Safety should be paramount on any job site. Poor controls directly translate to a higher risk of accidents.
- Lack of Training & Compliance: Without proper onboarding and consistent enforcement of safety protocols, workers may not be adequately trained or may cut corners.
- Unsafe Conditions: Inconsistent site inspections can allow hazardous conditions to persist. Untidy sites, improperly stored equipment, or unguarded fall hazards are breeding grounds for accidents.
- Higher Insurance Premiums: A poor safety record leads to more incidents, which directly results in higher workers’ compensation claims and increased insurance costs. The human cost, of course, is immeasurable.
5. Legal and Compliance Headaches
The construction industry is heavily regulated. Poor controls can put you squarely in the crosshairs of legal and compliance issues.
- Labor Disputes: Inaccurate timekeeping can lead to wage disputes, lawsuits over unpaid overtime, and union grievances.
- Regulatory Fines: Non-compliance with OSHA, EPA, or local building codes due to lax controls can result in hefty fines and forced work stoppages.
- Contractual Breaches: Missed deadlines, quality issues, or budget overruns can lead to contractual disputes with clients, potentially resulting in litigation or significant penalty clauses.
The Solution: Stronger Controls with mJob
The good news? These consequences are preventable. Implementing robust jobsite controls, especially for critical areas like time and attendance, labor tracking, and daily activity reporting, is your best defense.
With tools like mJob, you can gain real-time visibility, enforce accountability, streamline data collection, and turn potential chaos into predictable progress. Don’t let poor controls dictate your project’s fate. Take control, and build smarter.