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Non-Profit Time Keeping

At first glance, Hour Timesheet’s app looks like a simple and straightforward timekeeping application perfect for the non-profit industry. However, if you take a closer look, you’ll notice this online timekeeper can do considerably more, including improve efficiency, increase employee morale, and save your organization money. The following is a closer look.

  1. Improved Efficiency

Hour Timesheet’s online timekeeper will increase your non-profit’s internal efficiency. Our app offers features timekeeping tools that itemize a task and indicate how long it took an employee to perform a particular task the last time. This can provide you with a much better idea of the time it will require to complete each step, allowing you to produce a more accurate schedule going forward.

It is these same time tracking features that will allow you to evenly distribute tasks for a larger project between staff within your non-profit. This is to ensure that no employee within your organization is overwhelmed by too heavy a workload while others do not have any work.

2. Increased Employee Morale

Online time tracking software can tremendously increase employee participation and morale at work in several different ways. With electronic timekeeping, employees don’t have to concern themselves about whether or not they’re in line with the organization’s goals or stress about which tasks to focus on. The more organized a workplace is, the happier a place it is to work.

With the records of all your employees’ daily tasks through your online timekeeping software, it becomes much easier to recognize and celebrate all of their accomplishments. The more employees feel appreciated, the more likely they are to stay with your organization, thereby boosting your non-profit’s employee retention and saving you both time and money.

Online timekeeping also provides an opportunity for employees to provide feedback from larger projects right down to daily tasks. Some of your team members might feel frustrated if they don’t feel they’ve been given enough time for a specific job. This is their forum to express their frustrations, so make sure to listen.

3. Cost-Effectiveness

Nowhere is the statement ‘time is money’ more evident than when using timekeeping software, such as Hour Timesheet. Yes, you have to make money to spend money, but often to save money, you have to eliminate or reduce spending. That’s where time tracking spending can help by showing you how to reduce overhead costs. Staffing makes up the most substantial portion of most non-profit organizations’ budgets. Online timesheet apps can help save money by reducing the time spent manually entering timesheet information, as well as creating task lists and creating schedules.

Timekeeping apps can also help predict staffing overages or shortages for your organization. If you’re understaffed, your employees will have too much work, and certain responsibilities will fall through the cracks. On the other hand, if you’re overstaffed, employee time is not being used efficiently, and you’re wasting valuable money.

Without accurate timekeeping, there is very little chance of remaining within a budget. They go hand in hand. Timesheets give you an honest reflection of the time required to complete a project. In turn, this gives you an accurate estimate of the total cost of any project, program, or endeavor you take on.

Non-Profit Time Keeping

Similar to all businesses, your non-profit organization will change as it grows through its lifespan. As you manage and adapt to its changing needs, you’ll notice that it will be increasingly hard to handle all of the operations on your own. That’s where Hour Timesheet can help. Together we can provide you with a solid foundation from which you can successfully build your organization.

Incorporating Analytics in Timekeeping Software

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Timekeeping software is an essential part of running an effective and profitable business. The days of employees manually inputting data on time sheets or using paper time cards to log work hours are long gone. Enter digital timekeeping software, which HRMS calls the updated and streamlined version of old-school timekeeping methods. 

What is digital timekeeping software?

With each employee clocking or swiping into the system automatically each day, today’s timekeeping software is able to collect massive amounts of time and attendance-related employee data in real-time. This is where data analytics enters the picture.

Through the combination of digital time tracking software data and analytics software, any company can plan the deployment of its workforce, administer leave and time off, and calculate payroll more accurately. While the data for all of this has always been there, with the help of artificial intelligence, or AI, enabled data analytics tools, companies can work towards these tasks much more efficiently and thus, increase overall profits.

How does data analytics play a part?

Modern employee time keeping devices are powered by two of the fastest-growing technologies: artificial intelligence and data analytics. These two innovations have already made massive changes in the way several industries operate. In an extensive post by Maryville University on the outlook for data analytics graduates, they note that the top industries to take advantage of analytics by 2020 will be banking, manufacturing, federal/central government, and professional services. Not only that, since more than 5% of Americans are already working from home, you can already say AI and data analytics-backed businesses are the future.

What insights can timekeeping software give?

There’s no denying that digital timekeeping is the next logical step when it comes to fostering business growth, no matter the size of the industry. Here at Hour Timesheet we understand how critical it is for employers to gain insights into how much time their employees spend on everyday tasks, including breaking down billable hours and accounting for time by projects and tasks. This data lets them see the typical day of an employee, which can help streamline a company’s workflow and create more achievable goals while immediately adding real-time analysis to assist with the ability to manage projects and estimate projects.

How can time tracking and data analytics benefit employees?

Good timekeeping software with an intuitive interface also allows managers to take care of employees’ interests. Employees can track time daily, weekly or hourly online and in real-time. Popular software platforms like Intuit’s QuickBooks desktop and online solutions like Hour Timesheet combine timekeeping with accounting software and directly integrate with QuickBooks. This means that timesheet data can automatically sync between the two systems. Not only is it a more affordable way to manage a company’s invoicing and payroll, but it’s also a great way to keep track of an employee’s leave balance history

Can time tracking software be used for remote employees too?

We recognize the importance of timekeeping software like Hour Timesheet that can also track leave and work hours online and on a mobile time clock app. This is because it’s more accurate than the typical Excel spreadsheet. A cloud-hosted, time management provider such as Hour Timesheet allows workers to do their jobs remotely. 

With a workforce time clock, employers won’t have to worry about their employees tracking their work time, they can keep tabs on leave and absence time, and make sure their employees are working as efficiently as they would if they were in an office. Any dip in performance can be correlated to the data obtained from the employee timesheets; without this data and subsequent review, analytics in timekeeping software would be useless.

Timekeeping software is a powerful tool that companies must use to improve their overall efficiency. It gives employees more control over the time they spend at work, and allows employers to accurately track how much time is spent on different projects. This allows the company to create a positive culture with an improved work/life balance. 

At Hour Timesheet, we strive to make a product that will offer the best, most accurate time tracking, in the most intuitive platform possible. If you want to learn more about our software, contact us today to receive a free, 30-day trial. 

Article solely for the use of Hour Timesheet.

Written by Alicia Clay.

Making technology work for you

Making Technology Work For You

Today’s technology moves so fast that it’s not easy to keep up with. It seems like new tools are surfacing every day to help business owners and entrepreneurs save time, money and boost productivity. New technology empowers business owners to achieve what they set out to do and allows them to be creative while maintaining a high level of productivity. Businesses that want to stay relevant know that they must incorporate new technologies into their company’s growth strategy.

The trick to making technology work for you and your team will depend on how it’s integrated. You can use these tips to help your employees to successfully embrace technology:

1. Highlight the Benefits

Technology can do so much to make our lives easier, but the process of learning new technology can still be daunting. To ensure team member buy-in, help them understand the decision to implement new technology. Identify the limitations or problems in the current tools or software. Help your users see how technology could solve these problems. Even though fear is normal in the face of change, we can’t let fear stop us from moving forward.

2. Find Your Champions

There are always employees who readily accept new technology. These are your champions! They can help convince reluctant coworkers where no one else can. Have them be available for questions and training to those who are slower to adopt. Some employees may not be convinced of the benefits of technology until they see someone else do it.

3. Provide Training

Training is critical to the successful adoption of new technology. You must ensure that team members of all levels of technological know-how have the access they need to learn at their own speed. Training can be looked at as a two-step process: You need training from external sources (free at Hour Timesheet), and then you need a core group of internal employees who are comfortable in the new system and can help others if needed.

REASONS YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY

By embracing today’s new technology your company will reap the benefits that keep them ahead of their competitors who fail to embrace technology, including:

  1. Staying connected
  2. Encouraging timely and accurate input
  3. Ability to monitor employee productivity
  4. Improving manager productivity
  5. Improving employee accountability
  6. Access to advanced business reporting and analysis
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Daily Timesheet Reminders

Timesheet Reminders for Employees

Since the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) mandates daily timesheet entries for each employee, Hour Timesheet ensures compliance by providing daily timesheet reminders. This feature is particularly useful for employees who may forget to complete their time entries on a daily basis. By adhering to the DCAA requirement, Hour Timesheet streamlines record-keeping and helps businesses maintain compliance effortlessly.

Hour Timesheet’s Daily Timesheet Reminder feature is designed to simplify and streamline the process of tracking employee hours. The software automatically generates Timesheet Reminders for Employees for those users who don't enter time daily.

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Other Hour Timesheet Features

Daily Timesheet Reminders: Never miss a timesheet submission again. Our system sends out Daily Timesheet Reminders, ensuring that they record their hours accurately and on time.

Compliance Features: Our system is built to help you comply with labor laws and regulations, avoiding potential fines and legal issues.

User-Friendly Interface: We've designed our platform to be easy for everyone in your organization to use, regardless of their tech proficiency.

Time-Saving Automation: No more chasing after employees for their timesheets - our system does the work for you.

Customizable Reports: Generate detailed reports tailored to your specific needs, helping you make data-driven decisions.

Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrate Hour Timesheet with your existing HR and payroll systems for a streamlined workflow.

Mobile Access: Employees can submit their timesheets from anywhere using our mobile app.

Customer Support: Our dedicated support team is always ready to assist you with any queries or issues.

Are you ready to experience the benefits of Hour Timesheet's Daily Timesheet Reminder feature? Sign up for a free trial today and see the difference it can make in your business.

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