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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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Why Your Mobile Time Tracking System
Needs To Work Offline

Mobile technology has changed our world and revolutionized the way we do business.  It provides us with instant communication with friends, family, and others, it allows us to learn faster, to better track our health, to be more productive at work, and so much more. In fact, most of us are still trying to figure out just how to best use mobile technology.

This is especially true in the construction world where companies are exploring new ways to increase efficiency, productivity and profits. One of those avenues is the use of mobile time tracking applications.

Mobile time tracking software has enabled construction and other field service businesses to easily and accurately collect labor time and other records in the field and instantly sync those records to the office. With one caveat – mobile applications require an internet connection.

Mobile software developers have to make a decision before they even get started, as to which mobile platform they will use – native apps or HTML5 apps.   A native application is one that is actually downloaded to the mobile device. Native apps generally run faster than HTML5 apps because the program and the data actually reside on the device and are written for the device’s native platform. One of the biggest disadvantages to native apps is that the initial program and each subsequent upgrade must be downloaded to each device. This can lead to situations where different devices are running different version of the software. In addition, a separate version of the software has to be written and supported for each platform, i.e. iOS, Android, Windows Phone, etc. Obviously, for a developer with customers employing BYOD (bring your own device) policies, maintaining the same version of the software for the different mobile operating systems requires a lot of resources and can become quite complicated. As I mentioned earlier, native applications reside on the device, so even if there is no internet connection, the program continues to work. However, without connectivity, there is no way to sync the data from the field to the office. In addition, there is no way to get new information – employees, jobs, cost codes, etc. – from the office to the field.

HTML5 applications, or web apps, are meant to run on most of the latest smartphones and tablets. The same application can generally run on the different mobile operating systems and do not require any kind of download. However, web apps require a constant internet connection.

When connectivity becomes spotty or non-existent, the program ceases to work. That is, unless an offline version has been added to the code. Offline applications utilize application caching and offline storage (client-side storage) to save the program’s user interface and data respectively when the connection is lost.  When the connection is regained, the server is updated from offline storage, and the online application regains control.

Why is this important?

Obviously, construction contractors can face many situations where they don’t have Wi-Fi or they are out of cell range:

  • Remote areas
  • Oil rigs
  • Basements
  • Refineries or other mobile regulated areas
  • Construction sites

It may be for just one job, one crew, or even one employee, but without the ability to work offline, the affected party is down and unable to capture time data with regards to employees, jobs, phases, cost codes, etc. This could result in slower billing, the inability to document or even fix a problem, and even time theft where employees do not work all the hours that are eventually posted. In situations where some or all of your employees are approaching overtime conditions, it could cost you money by not being able to shift work loads.

Any mobile time tracking system you are considering should definitely contain an offline component to its software. Despite the advances made in mobile technology, there are still plenty of scenarios where an internet connection can be disrupted or is unavailable. When this happens, you need to know that your software will still allow you to collect accurate time and other data. At mJob, we have developed an online mobile time tracking solution that seamlessly transitions to offline mode when necessary. We know that we are not always the best fit for everyone, but we will be happy to review your situation and assist you in finding the right solution. Our sales professionals are experienced, highly trained, and are interested in helping you succeed. If you succeed, we succeed. Give them a call at 866-922-TIME (8463), email them at info@mjobtime.com

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