Time and Attendance Blog, Workforce Management Software

Annual Performance Reviews Are Outdated, But Are Old-Fashioned Companies Listening?

Paying attention to change is a mindset. Some companies adapt, while others simply can’t let go of the past, even if their inaction to change is causing disruption in their organization. We have written about the annual performance review, in the past, and its relevance or lack thereof, in today’s rapidly change workforce that encompasses; cloud computing, AI, Robotics, and a Millennial and GenZ workforce. In particular, this cohort of Millennial and GenZ employees, simply have no patience, for year-end reviews with their managers, and would instead, prefer daily or weekly feedback.

In an article, written by Valerie-Bolden Barrett for HR Dive, titled Workers overwhelmingly prefer regular check-ins to yearlies, based on a study, it revealed the following:

“An overwhelming number of employees (84%) said regular check-ins with their managers are important to them, according to a poll of 1,000 workers from Appraisd, a U.K.-based performance management software company. The percentage of employees favoring check-ins was even greater among younger age groups; 90% of Gen Zers said regular face-to-face meetings with their manager are important and 40% described them as very important.

Workers reported different check-in frequencies with their managers. One-third of respondents meet with their manager once a month; 12% meet every two weeks; another 12% never meet with their managers at all; and 8% meet fewer than every six months. Large organizations were more likely to have regular check-ins than midsize or small companies, and the number of employees that never had check-ins increased to 17% in small companies, Appraisd said.

According to Appraisd, the annual review is still used in 36% of the respondents’ workplaces. Four percent reported that reviews are conducted less than once a year and 8% said that they’ve never had a review with their current employer”.

Bottomline: The annual performance review is on life support and will eventually become a thing of the past. Millennials and GenZ, will slowly seal its fate.

To learn about ATS and its suite of workforce management solutions, go to our website. You can download a demo or register for one of our bi-weekly webinars. To reach an account executive by phone call, 866.294.2467.

AI, Cloud Computing, GenZ, Millennials, Robotics

ATS TimeWork Is Not Your Typical Run Of The Mill Solution

Managing payroll costs is no easy feat in today’s competitive business. From supply chain, to healthcare, retail and manufacturing, most organizations want to maintain a healthy balance between controlling costs, returning a profit and, thus have happy stakeholders. The landscape of your entire business, can be matched by ATS robust workforce management solution. The solution was built for businesses looking for greater efficiency, flexibility, and insight.

ATS TimeWorkOnDemand helps businesses compete and grow, by delivering an intuitive and easy-to-scale, workforce management solution, at a fraction of the cost and complexity of typical time and attendance system.

With ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, you are choosing a best-in-class workforce management solution for your enterprise to grow faster and run with agility. Here are 3 compelling reasons to choose ATS TimeWorkOnDemand:

Simple and Robust Application: With ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, you can regain control and agility, with a faster, simpler and flexible workforce management solution

Integration with Ease: ATS TimeWorkOnDemand accelerates your entire business–from data gathering to production, HR, and financial management and seamless product interfaces– and delivers faster insight into costs and performance at every step, on a global scale.

Flexible: ATS TimeWorkOnDemand offers flexible data configuration options and applications to support your industry-specific processes, and can be operated in the Cloud –managed by ATS –, or in your company data center, giving you total control over your IT strategy.

Want to know more? Take an interactive product tour or reach us by phone at 866.294.2467.

ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, Payroll

Cloud Deployment:Perception Vs Reality

The shift to the cloud is here and there’s not stopping it. In fact, the perception of cloud computing applications has changed dramatically over the last several years. In short order, most of our software applications in the foreseeable future, will accessed only through the cloud.

However, solely relying on the technology to facilitate better day to day operations for your business might not yield the results you are expecting. There are, however, several factors involved in the deployment of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications—that are sometimes overlooked, yet they play a vital role in the overall success within an organization.

There are numerous ways to improve the effectiveness of your cloud deployment. Here are three tips that will help you match your company’s reality vs perception.

Plan Accordingly-The amount of time it takes your workforce to adapt to the new solution might be longer than you think, so provide them with ample notice and do not expect a quick user adoption. Human beings, by nature, do not like change. Changing the habits of people, is no small undertaking. A well thought-out and executed project plan will minimize the change management hiccups, and help you maximize end-user adoption.

Let the Experts Guide You-Successful time and attendance cloud deployment and training covers not only system-related topics, but also best-practices and business processes. It takes into consideration each function’s unique organization structure processes and training needs. ATS deep industry expertise guides employees and users alike — at all levels of the organization — through new functions and processes.

Software Deployment is a Journey -ATS TimeWorkOnDemand is a journey, not a destination. Your organization will evolve as you begin to understand the product, and your processes should evolve along with it. On-going and post-live support is critical to your company’s enduring success, and accordingly, you should plan on spending several months fine-tuning your application with incremental changes. Having the resources to make small changes quickly helps drive faster end user adoption and will help to accelerate your return-on-investment (ROI).

ATS TimeWorkOnDemand is the leading cloud-based time and attendance application that’s used by mid and large enterprises across Canada, the US and other parts of central and south America. ATS TimeWorkOnDemand helps businesses streamline payroll and increase workforce productivity.

ATS provides organizations a complete Workforce Management, HCM Cloud Computing Solution —that drives digital transformation and, improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements.

To learn more about ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, go to our website. You can also register for one of our bi-weekly webinars or download a demonstration. And to reach an account executive, call: 866.294.2467.

Canada, Cloud Computing, HCM, Payroll, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Time and Attendance, U.S., Workforce Management Software

ATS TimeWorkOnDemand Is Flexibility, And Helps Keep Pace With Innovation

With the ubiquitous of connected devices in many of today’s businesses and a workforce, that has increasingly become used to cloud applications, deploying your time and attendance solution in the cloud, has many advantages in an Internet of Things (IoT) era.

When compared to aging traditional on-premise implementations, a robust multi-tenant cloud application, like ATS TimeWorkOnDemand provide greater agility. An ATS time and attendance solution deliver best-practice services including encryption, and redundancy—valuable for the array of connected devices.

If your business has multiple locations, each currently running different systems, then moving to a single, cloud-based time and attendance like, ATS TimeWorkOnDemand software solution allows you to reduce payroll errors and increase workforce productivity. Using a cloud-based solution means that your IT team are not bogged down with running updates and server patches; instead, they can focus on productive activities.

Scalability is key advantage when deploying ATS TimeWorkOnDemand. Throughout deployment ATS will work with you and your team to help eradicate manual processes and increase efficiencies. Leading industries will continue to embrace the advanced analytics to propel their future growth. Whether you move to the cloud or not, it is important that you are aware of the immense value it can bring to your business.

Interested in the cloud but still wondering if it’s the right solution for your organization? Go to our website and download a demonstration and you will see why many of today’s leading organizations prefer the cloud over traditional software deployment. You can also register for one of our bi-monthly webinars, and to speak to representative in your region, call 866.294.2467.

Analytics, ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), Payroll

ATS HCM Implementation Process. What Is It Exactly?

ATS HCM Solution Implementation is a multi-step process. Many of the steps may vary depending on the size of the organization, type of business, hosted versus on-premise to name a few. It does, in general, involves installing the software, moving your existing data such as employee names, departments and/or some HR related information, over to the new system, to ensure the software fits your unique business needs, and then training managers and supervisors alike on the ATS HCM application.

When organizations attempt an HCM implementation on their own, and even with the best of intentions, the project can be rife with problems. It’s important that organizations maintain clear communication and follow best-practices throughout the implementation, while at the same time, still find time to perform their daily task. They must also satisfy both functional and technical requirements. In short, this is a tall order that many companies struggle to meet, resulting in budget overrun and delays and overworked resources. ATS Implementation Analysts helps mitigate the risk throughout the deployment process and help you reap a rapid return on your investment.

Curious? Here is how we do it:

Project Methodology: ATS Solution Process is our proven methodology for HCM Workforce Management projects. This methodology is designed to adhere to best-practices and uphold communication throughout every step of your implementation.
Business Process Modeling: We take aligning ATSTimeWorkOnDemand with your business requirements very seriously. Thus, we go through a rigorous scoping and process modeling, with the intent of uncovering any current obstacles and determining how to use the applications to increase workforce productivity and streamline business operations.
Training: Based on our experience some managers might not be so open to change, especially when we are installing our cloud computing application ATSTimeWorkOnDemand. And, so that’s why we provide comprehensive across the board, to help you achieve widespread user adoption.
Ongoing Support: Even after the go-live date, our Implementation Analyst will continue to follow-up thus, protecting your investment. We aim to work with you and, any third-party application providers of; Talent Management, Payroll, HRIS and CRM as needed, for software integration and provide support to help your business thrive.

Bottom-line

There is a clear and concise method to implementing ATS HCM application and its complementary cloud computing solutions. To take a test drive go to our website. You can also register one of our bi-weekly webinars or call an account executive at 866.294.2467.

Cloud Computing, HCM, HRIS, Payroll, Talent Management

Sustain a Thriving Business with ATS Cloud Computing Analytics

In today’s dynamic business environments, you need robust time and attendance solution that can help you improve business performance and drive operational excellence across the organization. The right time and attendance solution, will eradicate manual tasks so you can focus on the strategic initiatives that will move your business forward. And, at the same time, allow you to leverage real-time data for predictive insights to improve your decision-making and performance management.

So, what time of time and attendance solution can help your company achieve those objectives and, at the same time, improve workforce productivity? Hint, ATS TimeWorkOnDemand. This award-winning solution is used by fortune500 companies across North, South, central America and Europe.

Features and Benefits include:

Gain 360-Degree Business Insights

Analyze finance, HR, and payroll information. With ATS TimeWorkOnDemand you drive operational efficiencies and power intelligent business processes through industry proven human capital management (HCM) best practices, intuitive dashboards, reports, and metrics.

Automate and Optimize

Automate and process data at unparallel speed. Optimize on the modern best practices built into ATS cloud computing, making your business leaner, more efficient, and more cost-effective than your competitors.

Future-Ready HCM Workforce Management Solution

ATS TimeWorkOnDemand revolutionizes payroll processes, utilizing new technologies and powerful predictive analytics to control costs and risks, manage increasingly complex transactions, and make better business decisions.

Innovate Today, Predict Tomorrow

With ATS innovative time and attendance, built from-the-ground up cloud solution your company has now found the perfect solution, for its growing needs. You can harness game-changing technologies to standardize processes, automate the mundane, and elevate the quality of key decisions to move past every growth plateau.

Invest in Operational Agility

Planning to enter new markets, including; acquiring or merging companies across Canada, the US or Europe? ATS Cloud Computing TimeWorkOnDemand is the robust and sought-after product on the market. Whether you need to streamline payroll and finance processes, or undertake a company-wide transformation, the complete capabilities of ATS Cloud Computing TimeWorkOnDemand are there when you need them. You subscribe to the cloud services that are vital to your business today and tomorrow. In short, you invest in scalable and operational agility.

Today’s successful business executives know their growth strategies must consider environmental impact, and cloud-based software deployment is no exception.

Because of the scale involved, cloud computing is now considered one of the most environmentally responsible IT decisions. And, since ATS supports customer across several geographical areas with multiple users on shared infrastructure, we can match server capacity to ongoing demand and utilize servers more efficiently—thus saving energy.

Of course, taking full advantage of that connectivity means retiring ad-hoc workflows that impede growth. Move beyond email and spreadsheets with a cloud strategy. Leverage more powerful analytics, handheld technologies, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and much more with ATS Cloud Computing TimeWorkOnDemand system.

Whether you are cloud now, cloud next, or cloud future, you can view a demo of our innovation solution on our website. Your business is free to embrace innovation at your pace by registering for one of our bi-monthly webinars. And, to chat with an account representative, call us at 866.294.2467.

ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, Cloud Computing, Human Capital Management (HCM), Internet of Things (IoT)

Going To Install Biometric Time Clocks At Your Company? Don’t Forget To Inform Employees

The use of biometrics at theme parks, airports and in the workplace, has become ubiquitous. However, facial recognition for the purpose of recording an employee time in/out at work, is different than what it is being used at an airport. For example, a biometric time clock, in a workplace will record (for the purpose of payroll) the time an employee clocked in for a day or week-whereas, the purpose of biometrics at an airport will be for security and a range of other purposes.

Installing biometrics in the workplace can help with HR related issues like time theft, buddy punching and payroll errors. However, it is important to let your employees know if you decide to install biometrics for the purpose of tracking time and attendance, especially if your company, have been using paper time sheets to track hours before that.

In a recent article titled, Workers push back as companies gather fingerprints, retina scans by Te-Ping Chen for The Wall Street Journal amoung other publications, an excerpt of the article reads in part;

“As more companies track their workers with fingerprint and facial scans, employees are increasingly challenging firms in court over how that biometric data gets used and stored.

Scores of lawsuits have been filed following a recent state Supreme Court ruling in Illinois, which has the most stringent privacy law protecting such information in the U.S. The suits assert that employees weren’t told what would happen to their biometric data and that it is being put at risk.

Some workers said they don’t see the need for biometrics in the workplace.

“It’s not a secretive place that we work in,” said one worker at a country club outside Detroit, whose employer uses fingerprints to take attendance. She said she was uncomfortable with the practice, adding that she hadn’t been told how her information would be used or stored.

From warehouses to restaurants, the use of biometric data is moving from a niche practice to become a more mainstream way to verify employee hours and check workers in and out of facilities for security reasons. Among companies in the U.S., Europe and Canada surveyed in 2018 by Gartner, 6 percent said they track employees by using biometric data. Europe and Canada surveyed in 2018 by Gartner, 6 percent said they track employees by using biometric data.”

Bottom line: If you decide to explore the many options that a biometric time clock system offers, let your employees know of your intention. Chances are they will be more accepting if they know in advance and you will avoid issues of them not being receptive to it. Afterall, employees are familiar with biometric technology and have likely used them at airports or with their current smartphone.

To learn about ATS Biometric Time Clocks, go to our website. You can also download a demo, or you can attend one of our bi-weekly webinars. And, to reach an account executive, call 866.294.2467.

Biometrics, Gartner, HR, Payroll, Time and Attendance

5 Tips for a Successful Cloud Time and Attendance Application

You chose to adopt a cloud time and attendance application for few reasons – perhaps, the easiest is because you are using paper-based time sheets and, it’s because they are getting more expensive to maintain hardware and systems software platform. But remember, this is only the first start. In order, to fully realize the value of your purchase here are few steps to guide on your journey.

1.Assemble your Team

Make sure everyone who will be affected by the new system (and that includes; operational managers) are aware and ask them to start going through training material right away. If these individuals have employees that report to them, gauge their input and figure out how much training should be given to them.

2. Avoid Implementation Wrinkles

Make sure your managers are fully engaged during the implementation process. If, for example, the person assigned, as the company’s project lead is still focused on their full-time job, is not able to devote sufficient time to the project, this can lead to trouble down the road when they are not sure how to use the solution.

3. Make use of ATS Expertise

When you purchase ATS time and attendance solution to run your business more efficiently, you will be investing in more than just software—you have, in addition, purchased, the expertise of our seasoned software support and service professionals.

Our software engineers and implementation consultants not only bring deep knowledge and service expertise of our solutions, but also the industry insight needed to keep you on the path to greater productivity and optimization for your unique business needs.

4. Implementation Times Vary and can Depend on Several Factors

Have a plan. Set out a reasonable implementation timeline and scope. Is your team dedicated to this project? If so, implementation will be shorter. If the project is another task on the ‘to do’ list, competing with other priorities, expect that your implementation may take more time. Do not underestimate the time and resources it will take to complete the project successfully.

5. Calculate your Return on Investment (ROI)

When you implement ATS TimeWorkOnDemand solution built from-the-ground-up you’ve made an excellent investment—for the short and long term. ATS cloud computing software solutions are focused on minimizing the cost and complexity of implementation, integration, and support—by allowing your employees to focus on business processes and best practices rather than technology. In short, this allows for increased productivity and a rapid return on investment, especially if your implementation does not have to deal with unnecessary delays.

One of the biggest reasons for moving to cloud is to enable your business to take advantage of the functionality and take advantage of the new technology. At ATS, we have developed, award winning, state-of-the-art after-sales and support tools systems that will help you achieve rapid ROI and—ultimately—profitable growth. ATS Software Support stands behind our software solutions, so that you can concentrate on running your business.

To learn more, go to our website. you can also download brochures or a demonstration or register online for one of our bi-monthly webinars.

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ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, Cloud Computing, Google

Buying The Application Is A Good Start- Commit To Using It Is Even Better

Many of today’s mid and small size businesses understand the benefits of using modern-day business applications to drive productivity. And, while some of these businesses see a return on investment, because they start using the systems right away, others either delay their implementations, due in part, to unforeseen circumstances or simply because they do not have the sufficient personnel on staff to take steer the project. In reality, these delays in using the applications are no fault of these companies.

A recent article by Sarah Fister Gale for workforce.com Why SMBs Are Buying — But Not Using — HR Tech provides some insight into the reasons why this tends to happen.

“Small and midsized businesses may be investing in more HR technology, but they aren’t making good use of it, and that’s a shame. A new survey from HRIS provider BerniePortal found that while 64 percent of small and midsized businesses use HR software, few are using technology to manage the full scope of HR”.

Here are some immediate benefits that can be derived by using the business productivity solution that your company recently purchased:

Gain a single view of your workforce by: Leveraging data and HR analytics with greater speed and ease when making business decisions. ATS TimeWorkOnDemand HR analytics solutions for small and mid-size businesses, provide data-driven insight across the entire company—and simplifies workforce planning to help eliminate errors that impede business success.

Reduce business complexity with: 21^st century data collectors that captures and reports information in real-time through payroll, thus providing user-friendly tools that help your employees work more efficiently and support your business as it grows.

Eradicate stress by maximizing workforce visibility: with ATS HCM cloud-based workforce management software. Consolidate all employee information into a single system, automate employee intuitive dashboards and manager workflows, facilitate, and develop, data-driven HR strategies.

The article goes on to say; “For very small companies just beginning the HR software journey, LaRocque encouraged them to start with core HR solutions. “You want to get payroll, benefits, time and attendance, and paid time off in order, and there are a lot of platforms designed to help small companies do all that,” he said. “Then you can start looking at purpose-built solutions to meet your specific workforce needs.”

The HR problems a company faces will determine the kinds of tools they should deploy — but they shouldn’t delay. “If you think you don’t have time for technology you’ve got your head in the sand,” he said. The time savings that HR leaders achieve by automating laborious HR tasks make these tools immediately worth the investment, especially for small companies with under-staffed HR teams”.

Bottomline-if you have taken the time to invest in the technology, your company will realize a return on investment (ROI) if you are engaged from inception to completion.

To learn more about ATS HCM Workforce Management Solution, go to our website. You can also download a demo, or you can attend one of our bi-weekly webinars. And, to reach an account executive, call 866.294.2467.

HCM Workforce Management Solution, HR Analytics

ATS HCM Time And Attendance And HR Can Scale With Your Business

For many Canadian business leaders and decision-makers who want to improve their business performance and employee experience, ATS HCM Workforce Management Suite was designed to handle that task and power full-service HR offered by our Workforce Optimization workflow solution. ATS HCM Workforce Management cloud computing application helps companies to reap the full benefits of these tools and —supports people-driven business objectives. So, whether your business has 50 or 3000 employees, here is what you can expect of ATS HCM Workforce Management Suite:

Employee Onboarding and Administration-An integrated and robust cloud application built from the ground-up that enables workflow into a single source, solution that will increase efficiency and productivity.

Online HR Tools- With HR tools like benefits administration and employee self-service, employee no longer have to hand in manual time-off requests, instead they can go online and submit their vacation, requests, view their working hours and overtime.

Management Dashboard-The management dashboard provides unparallel visibility into critical workforce management intelligence, allowing you to stay on top of workforce trends and make informed decisions. You are too busy to waste time with manual processes — now you can instantly view your data without the need to build reports or export data.

Time and Attendance- Just about had enough of these spreadsheets? We get it. With ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, you get employee data in real-time, using anyone of our data collectors that include: Face Recognition, Biometric Time Clock, Web Punch or through any mobile device 24/7 365 days a year.

ATS HCM Workforce Management Suite has bevy of new and enhanced features, functionality, and user experience that’s based on today’s most innovative technology.

Want to know more? You can download a demo and see it in action for yourself, or you can attend one of our bi-weekly webinars. And, to reach an account executive, call 866.294.2467.

ATS HCM Workforce Management Suite, Biometric Time Clock, Cloud Computing, Employee Self Service, Face Recognition, HR, Time and Attendance

ATS TimeWork Is Not Your Typical Run Of The Mill Solution

Simple and Robust Application: With ATS TimeWorkOnDemand, you can regain control and agility, with a faster, simpler and flexible workforce management solution

Integration with Ease: ATS TimeWorkOnDemand accelerates your entire business–from data gathering to production, HR, and financial management and seamless product interfaces– and delivers faster insight into costs and performance at every step, on a global scale.

Flexible: ATS TimeWorkOnDemand offers flexible data configuration options and applications to support your industry-specific processes, and can be operated in the Cloud –managed by ATS –, or in your company data center, giving you total control over your IT strategy.

Going To Install Biometric Time Clocks At Your Company? Don’t Forget To Inform Employees

In a recent article titled, Workers push back as companies gather fingerprints, retina scans by Te-Ping Chen for The Wall Street Journal amoung other publications, an excerpt of the article reads in part;

Buying The Application Is A Good Start- Commit To Using It Is Even Better

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