Time to modernise?
February 1st 2008

Recording time can be a hit and miss affair. But SCM Microsystems says its CHIPDRIVE Time Recording system brings clocking in and out up-to-date.

All cleaning contractors need to record employee time and activity to ensure that they are paid correctly and in order to bill their clients.

But recording time can be a hit and miss affair, particularly in a sector which relies on flexible working and part –time employees.SCM Microsystems says its solution brings clocking in and out up-to-date.

SCM's 'CHIPDRIVE'Time Recording system comprises multiple smart cards which are used as forgery-proof employee time cards; a mobile or network based terminal serves as a time clock; and management software.

Once data has been captured it is then readily available for all the back office administrative tasks, such as keeping track of employee attendance, hours logged, holiday entitlements, absences and overtime.

Designed for mobile and stationary operation, the system provides exact data recording and simple generation of time evaluation reports.These can be tailored to meet specific contract requirements – such as time booked against a particular assignment.As a business benefit, the cleaning contractor can present accurate and professional looking documentation.

Accountability is important to all service based businesses.Contractors who can providing accurate and sufficiently detailed reports, will also benefit by reducing the scope for queries and ensure that invoices are settled quickly, improving cash flow.

The CHIPDRIVE system also reduces administrative workload by allowing shift periods to be defined. Employees can be classified and allowed different access levels, for example viewing and editing of bookings.

The company claims ease of use has been increased by the possibility to import user data from existing excel sheets. Features like coloured printable holiday schedule as well as printable company names on the report completes the new software version. A detailed list of the capability characteristics can be found at www.chipdrive.net. Alternatively, call the number (right) for details.