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Improve Efficiency with ATS Award-Winning Time and Attendance Solution

March 1st, 2016 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Cloud Time and Attendance | ERP | Payroll | SaaS Time and Attendance | Time and Attendance Blog, Workforce Management Software - (Comments Off on Improve Efficiency with ATS Award-Winning Time and Attendance Solution)

Operating a business in the 21st century requires efficiency across all business processes – time and attendance and payroll included. When the tracking of employee hours is automated and integrated, there’s no need for HR and payroll practitioners to manually gather, input, and reconcile data located in disparate software. You avoid duplicate data entry and potential errors that are costly to the organization and which could also hinder employee productivity.

ATS Time and Attendance is available as Software-As-A-Solution (SaaS), or on-premise, solution. ATS Time and Attendance can be deployed to meet your organizational business requirements without compromising functionality or data integrity. To serve the needs of companies with multi-sites, ATS Time and Attendance configures data fields to reflect the appropriate format based on employee location, collective bargaining agreements (CBA), multiple work and holiday rules, as well as providing location-specific pay compliance with a set of embedded corporate and global standards.

Improve Efficiency with ATS Award-Winning Time and Attendance Solution

Using an ATS Time and Attendance will improve efficiency in three keys areas:

Employee Self-Service
Employees can request time off, manage their own goals and maintain competency profiles. Employers can track absences and hours worked and modify policies and budget from a single interface. ATS Employee Self-Service routes information based on user-defined business rules. ATS Employee Self-Service streamlines processes, remove bottlenecks, and reduce administrative costs.

Payroll, ERP, HR Data Integration
Who wants to key in employee job codes, hours, pay and pay rates from a spreadsheet to multiple software applications? ATS Workforce Management Data Integrator is a comprehensive data integration platform that covers all data integration requirements: from high-volume, high-performance batch loads, to event-driven, trickle-feed integration processes.

Workforce Analytics
With ATS Workforce Analytics, your company has access to real-time analytics to show productivity and profitability by department and per employee. The solution provides users with on-the-spot information, thus, allowing them to take action in the moment. ATS Workforce Analytics takes the guess-work out of the equation.

To download the white paper that contains a list of ten areas of your business that will see an improvement through the use of an ATS Time and Attendance solution, go to our website. To download a pre-recorded demonstration, and to attend a live webcast, register on ATS corporate website. To reach ATS by phone, call 866.294.2467.

 

Cloud-Based time and attendance, enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and host of other workforce management and human capital management software applications have made significant strides in manufacturing operations over the last several years. And, that’s due in part to many executives in the manufacturing industry embracing the many benefits that a cloud-based application brings with it. It is also worthy to note that the manufacturing sector have also had to adapt to global competition in the economic slowdown of recent years. In short, when your competitor is consistently outpacing you by using new and technology, thus, increasing their profits, wouldn’t you want to find out why and how?

Manufacturing Operations Will Improve Their Bottom-Line By Embracing The Cloud

Global market research and intelligence firm IDC released its 2016 prediction aptly titled “Top 10 Manufacturing Predictions For 2016: The Cloud Enables Greater Customer Centricity”. In no particular order, we have listed the following 3 predictions:

“In 2016, 20% of Manufacturers Will Begin to Break Down Organizational Silos, Reshape IT Portfolios, and Import New IT Talent in the Plant for Digitally Executed Manufacturing. IDC predicts that rigid, centralized factory control systems will start to give way to decentralized intelligence as machine-to-machine communications start to hit the factory floor. To support this transformation, IDC says that a new generation of technology-savvy and technology-empowered workers, with information available at their fingertips, will be needed.

By the End of 2016, 65% of Manufacturers Will Have Metrics in Place to Evaluate and Drive Pervasive Changes in the Workplace with Their New Technology Investments. IDC predicts metrics associated with 3D printing productivity and security will become more pervasive in 2016. In addition to these, advanced analytics that can recommend which customized product configurations, service bundles, and pricing options are optimal for a given sales cycle will emerge, supporting by cloud-based platforms capable of providing analytics reporting on any device, anytime. Tableau will continue to see adoption accelerate in manufacturing as a result of the myriad of new metrics being created today and in 2016.

By the End of 2017, 50% of Manufacturers Will Exploit the Synergy of Cloud, Mobility, and Advanced Analytics to Facilitate Innovative, Integrated Ways of Working on the Shop Floor. IDC believes that companies will realize the short-term opportunity of using the cloud as the fabric to establish a companywide platform to analyzing data coming from the shop floor and converting it into actionable information for enterprise decision makers. Acumatica, Microsoft AX on Azure, NetSuite, and Plex Systems are cloud-based ERP providers who have experience scaling manufacturing operations starting at the shop floor. A few including Plex have analytics that support shop floor to top floor reporting.”

These predictions are clear indications that all things cloud have changed rapidly and are being embraced by small and large organizations alike. ATS TimeWork OnDemand Manufacturing Time and Attendance solution was designed for industry-leading plant floor to top floor functionality. ATS TimeWork OnDemand delivers unprecedented customer success through a relentless pursuit of time tracking, analytics and data extrapolation through continuous innovation.

To learn about ATS cloud-based time and attendance solution, or to view a demonstration go to our website. And, to speak to a sales consultant call us at: (866) 294-2467.

Manufacturing Operations Will Improve Their Bottom-Line By Embracing The Cloud

The Future Of Cloud Computing: Will It Stay Or Will It Go?

November 4th, 2015 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Cloud Time and Attendance | Labour Analytics | Payroll | Time and Attendance Canada | Workforce Management Solutions - (Comments Off on The Future Of Cloud Computing: Will It Stay Or Will It Go?)

Whenever a product or service offers an alternative to the “old way of doing things” there is always going to be resistance. Cloud computing is no stranger to resistance and despite that, it has continued with nonstop momentum. Some of the naysayers to cloud computing are surprised when told that; online banking, accessing Google and Yahoo mail or even sending files to icloud and Dropbox are essentially cloud computing.

An article written by Graham Winfrey complete with infograpics for Inc.com titled “The Future of Cloud Computing–and Why Your Resistance Is Futile” states in part; “By 2017, two-thirds of all business workloads will be processed in cloud data centers, according to data cited by the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The percentage of organizations using the cloud for some form of database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is also expected to double by 2017, from 23 percent to 44 percent.”

The Future Of Cloud Computing: Will It Stay Or Will It Go?

The cloud is quickly transforming the way today’s businesses operate, allowing access to real-time data and increased communications across all the different departments and locations. There is no doubt that the cloud is the platform of the future. And, as businesses grapple with the new economy, the need for a solution that will help reduce costs, improve productivity and provide a healthy return on investment-becomes even more important.

We recognize not all businesses are keen on adopting a cloud solution, in part because for fear of the unknown and/or because some businesses have the personnel and hardware infrastructure to host a database in-house. Whatever the business rationale, next time you are evaluating time and attendance applications, consider the cloud as an alternative to the old-style client-server technology.

To learn more, register for one of our weekly webinars on Friday, November 6th at 1:00pm eastern. You can also download a pre-recorded webinar or contact us at 866.294.2467.

The Future Of Cloud Computing: Will It Stay Or Will It Go?

 

Think you know the many things that are thrown at HR on a daily basis? Chances are, you are not even sure. In this week’s webinar we will feature a couple of HR executives who are ATS customers. These executives who both work for large organizations and have agreed to attend the webinar and answer questions about how their companies migrated from outdated and complicated time and attendance applications to an easy-to-use ATS TimeWork OnDemand.

Webinar The Challenging Role of Today’s Human Resource Executives

ATS TimeWork OnDemand includes a Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), built-in module for both administrative and strategic human capital management and empowers your employees, Human Resources and overall company with complete accessibility, visibility and automation of workplace attendance and events.

In this webinar, we will explore in great detail how ATS Time and Attendance can transformation manual processes to operate faster, and deliver more value, with fewer resources. This session will be led by Software Engineer Geoff Green. He will share the success stories of companies, who transitioned from Excel and manual timesheets to ATS Cloud-Based Time and Attendance Solution. Your HR and payroll managers will walk away with a thorough understanding of the benefits of automation and how it can drive business results.

Date: Friday, October 30th at 1:00pm Eastern/ 10:00am Pacific. To register for this webinar, go to our website.

Webinar: The Challenging Role of Today’s Human Resource Executives

Want A Better Return On Your Labour Investment? Deploy A Cloud-Based Solution

October 22nd, 2015 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Absence Management | Benefit Accruals | Biometric Time Clock | Cloud Time and Attendance | Labour Analytics - (Comments Off on Want A Better Return On Your Labour Investment? Deploy A Cloud-Based Solution)

Controlling labour costs is a major concern for every organization, regardless of industry or size. And, using outdated, time tracking software to control labour cost, can hamper productivity and put your company at risk, for failing to meet proper workplace compliance requirements.

ATS TimeWork OnDemand is a cloud-based workforce management solution that adapts to the ever-changing business landscape. ATS TimeWork OnDemand takes the complexity out of tracking employee attendance. It simplifies every part of your business operation, leaving you lean and ready for whatever comes next, wherever you are in the world.

Want A Better Return On Your Labour Investment? Deploy A Cloud-Based Solution

The unique capability of ATS TimeWork OnDemand includes:

Workforce Planning
ATS Workforce Planning allows employees to submit availability, request time-off and view their working hours from anywhere, on any device that’s connected to the Internet. ATS Workforce Planning uses predictive analytics to generate that forecast-demand scheduling, based on history, availability and seniority. With the click of a mouse, managers can predict the number and type of employee necessary to meet anticipated business demand.

Absence Management
ATS Absence Management helps organizations meet the complex challenges of employee attendance and, adheres to payroll best-practices – thus, increasing payroll cost visibility and control, while improving workforce compliance. With ATS Absence Management you reduce the administrative headaches and compliance risk associated with leave management laws – not to mention sick time, late arrivals, early departures, and extended breaks – all in one place.

Real-Time Analytics
You can empower your operational executives and department managers, with role-based data that is easy to use and understand. Intuitive dashboards makes it simple examine attendance trends and patterns. And with such up-to-the-minute data at your fingertips, it makes you can easily drill down into data to uncover root causes and take appropriate action.

Employee Data Collectors
ATS data collectors enable you to track, manage, and control employee time and attendance. These employee time clocks are blue-tooth enabled and equipped with biometric capability with fast processing power.

Leave Management
ATS leave management is a powerful, cloud-based multi-level approval tool that can be used by all managers and HR personnel. The solution sends out instant email alerts for pending leave applications. The solution is highly configurable and can also be easily integrated with other ATS solutions including, such as payroll and employee recruitment.

Want to learn how other companies use ATS Workforce Management Solution to get a better return on their labor investment? Tune in this Friday, October 23rd at 1:00pm for a live and interface webinar.

To get your personalized demonstration, call us at 866.294.2467 or go to our website.

Want A Better Return On Your Labour Investment? Deploy A Cloud-Based Solution

Webinar: How Cloud-Based Time and Attendance Have Disrupted the Status Quo

October 20th, 2015 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Cloud Time and Attendance | ERP | Overtime | Payroll | Time and Attendance Blog, Workforce Management Software - (Comments Off on Webinar: How Cloud-Based Time and Attendance Have Disrupted the Status Quo)

It was not too long ago that in order to install time and attendance software, mid and large organizations, needed an expensive Server on which, in turn, was managed by the IT department.  In addition, that Server would require updates, patches and licenses every year to remain operational, at proper processing speed and power. Fast-forward to present day and the need to purchase a Server unless, absolutely necessary, on which to host a software application is a thing of yesteryear.

On Friday, October 23rd a couple of our software experts will discuss the transition of an on-premise application to the present-day cloud-based time and attendance. ATS Time and Attendance has helped numerous mid and large organizations (including fortune 500 companies) increase worker productivity, streamline payroll costs, and minimize compliance risks across various industries throughout North America.

In the one hour session, ATS software engineers provide you with answers to:
 The benefits of a unified and integrated; Time and Attendance, Talent management, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and payroll solution in the cloud?
 How ATS Workforce Management Software drives adoption and engagement and our value proposition
 The difference between ATS Time and Attendance and “run of the mill” time tracking systems
 How ATS TimeWork will improve productivity, reduce costs, and minimize compliance risks
 How you can optimize your business with ATS Time and Attendance from punch to paycheque.

Webinar Details:

Date: Friday, October 23, 2015
Time: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00a.m.-11:00 a.m. Pacific)

To register for this webinar go to our website. You can also join the conversation on LinkedIn, Twitter or Pinterest.

Webinar: How Cloud-Based Time and Attendance Have Disrupted the Status Quo

You Should Make The Cloud Your BFF

October 5th, 2015 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Cloud Time and Attendance | Employee Self Service | ERP | Forecasting | Overtime - (Comments Off on You Should Make The Cloud Your BFF)

Just imagine for a moment if you could grant employees the ability to submit time-off requests, bank overtime hours and view their schedules from any tablet or smartphone from anywhere at anytime? Beyond that—what if you could completely transform operations, HR and payroll processes by reducing administrative tasks and costs, or establish flexible modern approach to time and attendance processes that support unexpected change? All of this is possible, with one solution from a single vendor.

Discover ATS Attendance On-Demand the most complete set of cloud-based solutions for Workforce Management. When you choose this easy-to-use, robust and flexible solution you get all the time and attendance optimization capabilities you need, plus the added benefits of superior cloud computing technology. With ATS Attendance On-Demand you get a unique set of tools that allow your organization to apply streamline payroll costs and enhance productivity across all departments and locations — thus, enabling you to make more informed decisions. And when you connect your business and your attendance tracking objectives with sophisticated, yet intuitive technology, you can be ready for what’s happening now and plan for the future, with a set of embedded predictive analytic tools.

Benefits to making ATS Attendance On-Demand your BFF include:

Reduce cost of ownership
This whole notion of installing software on Servers which have to be maintained by IT is quickly becoming a thing of the past. In fact, your company will realize true savings to your business by eliminating on-premise software maintenance, sensitive hardware, disaster recovery nightmares, expensive licenses, and disruptive upgrades. With ATS Attendance On-Demand your company will no longer have to allocate resources to IT and infrastructure and that allows you to free up capital for other important ventures.

Maximize employee productivity
Today’s workforce is connected to the cloud. Employees do not want to call in to find out when they are scheduled to work, how much overtime they have accumulated or request time-off. And why should they? By leveraging the cloud you can provide your employees with access to the right information where and when they need it and it will help to reduce the need to return to the office for administrative tasks – giving them more time to spend with your customers.

You can rely on best-practices
ATS Attendance On-Demand is deployed in one of the most advanced cloud environments. And, here is the best part you get greater agility, up-to-the-minute attendance data, and hassle-free ownership, but also a multi-layered security strategy that follows best-practice protocols. And, that’s a BFF you can be proud of.

If you want to elevate the productivity of your workforce, you need modern technology.
ATS Attendance On-Demand is a cloud-computing time and attendance application that’s superior to any other in the industry.

To learn more download a demonstration or call us at (866) 294.2467. You can also join the conversation on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Pinterest.

 You Should Make The Cloud Your BFF

ATS Workforce Management Software Helps Retailers Maintain A Competitive Edge

September 17th, 2015 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Cloud Time and Attendance | Employee Time Attendance | Overtime | Payroll | Retail | Time and Attendance Blog, Workforce Management Software - (Comments Off on ATS Workforce Management Software Helps Retailers Maintain A Competitive Edge)

Today’s retailers are faced with stiffer competition, price-sensitive consumers and an economy that’s filled with uncertainty. And using old fashioned time clocks or spreadsheets is a sure way of slowing productivity and seeing your competitor, who is using modern technology pass you by as they increase their sales and lower payroll costs.

ATS Workforce Management for Retail provides a set of integrated and best-in-class solution that delivers all the attendance information you need to accurately; schedule employees, create forecasts to meet business demand and gain access to up-to-the minute analytic reporting. ATS Workforce Management for Retail is designed to support your core operations and helps you take advantage of modern-day cloud computing business technology.

ATS Workforce Management Software Helps Retailers Maintain A Competitive Edge

With ATS Workforce Management for Retail you will have:

A Scalable Solution Designed to Meet the Needs of your Business
With ATS Workforce Management, you will have access to; employee self-service, job costing, instant time and attendance analytic tools, payroll, enterprise resource planning (ERP), employee recruitment and HR data integration for in-store supply chain management.

Access to Data at Anytime, Anywhere
ATS Workforce Management forecasting tool enhances predictive capabilities by providing you with real-time data to understand and overcome difficulty in anticipating fluctuations and customer demand. And with the right data at your fingertips, you will gain a competitive advantage and turn siloed information sources into synchronized ones with ATS Workforce Management business intelligence tools and innovative integration capabilities. ATS Industry-specific workforce analytics is robust and includes personalized dashboards, and workflows and alerts that can all be accessed from a smart-phone or any workstation with a Internet connection 24/7, 365 days a year.

Optimized Workforce Planning
ATS Employee Scheduling give employee access to their schedules and the ability to request time-off. ATS Workforce Management for Retail encompasses best-in-class —time and attendance, automated onboarding, and workforce planning tool—that helps to control costs during seasonal demand and reduce turnover and decrease payroll costs.

ATS Workforce Management for Retail gives you all the tools to make on-the-spot decisions including; analytics, mobility, visualization, and collaboration—to make sense of it all, get critical information to the department or personnel, and discuss it in real time.

To learn more, download a demonstration or contact us at (866) 294.2467. You can also register for one of our monthly webinars on our website.

ATS Workforce Management Software Helps Retailers Maintain A Competitive Edge

It has been said, that change either forces us to adapt or we eventually become irrelevant. In the last 10 years, cloud-computing has fundamentally changed the way in which many businesses operate. And, while a small number continue to resist the adoption of the cloud, the majority of industries both small and large have embraced it. The ability or lack-thereof to embrace change is chronicled in five-part series titled “Twilight of the Gods” The history of the recording industry. For music purists this series, this recording couldn’t come at a better time. However, at the core of this story change is over arching theme.

The creator of this five-part series, Robert Harris, also penned an article on the National Post that reads, in part; “I’ve spent the past three years of my life immersed in the past and present of the great record companies of the world, producing a series of radio documentaries currently airing on CBC Radio. The title I chose for the series, Twilight of the Gods, sums up my basic thesis — that the great record companies that “bestrode their world like a Colossus” for a century are fading away, done in by a technological revolution they couldn’t anticipate and by their response to that revolution, which was, at least initially, a defensive reaction that won them more enemies than friends.”

Similar to the change that has permeated the recording industry, the business world has seen a major shift in the way software is obtained and deployed. Gone are the days, when purchasing a time and attendance application for your enterprise meant having to set aside large capital outlay for a Server, licenses and hardware. With ATS Cloud-Based Time and Attendance the implementation is hassle-free, seamless and you can access the solution anytime, anywhere, 24/7, 365 days a year, using any Internet browser.

To learn more, go our website and register for one of our monthly webinars or you can call us at 866.294.2467.

The Powerful Forces Of Change

Reviewing The Annual Employee Performance Review

June 23rd, 2015 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Benefit Accruals | Cloud Time and Attendance | Overtime | Scheduling | Time and Attendance Solution - (Comments Off on Reviewing The Annual Employee Performance Review)

It’s hard to believe that the employee annual performance review still exist in many companies. Since the realities of today’s workforce is so different from say, 1995 it’s hard to imagine why some companies cannot align their performance reviews to the 21st century. And while many employees feel that this is nail-biting event have passed its best before date, there are probably a few supervisors with an axe to grind with their employees who look forward to this antiquated practice with some zeal.

In the meantime, there growing list of studies that support either eliminating the practice or at least changing the way in which is conducted — but the question remains, why are so many companies still holding on to a practice that’s counterproductive?

In an article by Anne Fischer, titled “Are annual performance reviews necessary?” for Forbes magazine. A couple of paragraphs from the article read in part:

“If you’ve ever been frustrated, annoyed, or otherwise perturbed by annual performance reviews — whether giving them, getting them, or both — here’s something that may surprise you: Not even the HR people in charge of overseeing yearly appraisals really think they’re worth doing.

One of the many strange quirks in the current labor market is that, although unemployment is high, people who have jobs are not hesitating to ditch them for a better offer. A new study from PricewaterhouseCoopers says voluntary turnover has increased by 14% since 2010 and is still rising. The No. 1 reason people give for quitting, according to the U.S. Department of Labor: They don’t feel that their efforts are recognized or appreciated by their direct bosses.”

Bottom-line: the hope is that the few remaining companies that still hold on to their annual employee performance review concept, will one day see the light and ditch them. It should be noted that corporate cultures do not change overnight— companies, after all are run by people and its being well documented, human beings adapt to chance slowly.

Reviewing The Annual Employee Performance Review

 

About ATS:
ATS offers a broad portfolio of time and attendance solutions that streamlines the collection, calculation, and reporting of employee hours for workforce management and eliminates the manual tasks of payroll preparation, increasing efficiency and reducing errors in corporate payroll departments.

To see a live demonstration of our cloud-based time and attendance application, go to our website. You can also contact one of account executives by calling; 1.866.294.2467.