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An Application That’s Easy To Use, Will Increase User Adoption

Ease-of-use, intuitive and simple are the buzzwords applied to many of today’s applications by vendors in the; time and attendance, to enterprise resource planning (ERP), human resources information systems (HRIS), payroll and/or human capital management applications (HCM) space. However, with the pace of technology and all that it encompasses including; machine learning, artificial intelligence and cloud analytics–some of today’s software solutions are far from simple.

An Application That’s Easy To Use, Will Increase User Adoption

Is it possible to have a solution that has the best of what’s today’s advanced technology offers, and at the same time, is easy to use? Well, if you are using an ATS time and attendance solution, the simple answer is yes, you can get both. Whether you are an advanced user or a novice, ATS time and attendance solutions gives you the best of both worlds.

Benefits Include:

Features: Are very important in order to make a solution easy to use without heavy customizations that create unwanted barriers to further innovation. ATS time and attendance is powerful, yet user-friendly, with real-time automated tasks, and gives you access to your workforce – wherever you are in the world.
Cloud Computing: Built on a solid cloud platform, ATS time and attendance enables HR and payroll practitioners to streamline labour costs and enhance visibility, accuracy, and control over workforce costs. ATS time and attendance cloud updates, and intuitive compliance dashboards, makes it easy to comply with federal, provincial and state work-rules. And, the added flexibility, of the ATS cloud computing platform enables enterprises of all size to handle the most rigorous requirements around collective bargaining agreements.
Analytics and Business Intelligence: ATS time and attendance supports the full HR and time tracking journey, from on boarding, to data migration, and

on-boarding, to analytics that will turn the tide of your business and will boost growth and productivity– all derived, from a modern user interface.

Want to know more? Go to our website and to get access to bi-monthly webinars, download a demonstration or contact us at 866.294.2467.

Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Human Capital Management (HCM), Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Payroll

In The Market For A New Time And Attendance System? Focus On The Fundamentals

You have been charged with the responsibility of purchasing a new time and attendance system for your organization. Naturally, you are immensely excited and you can’t wait to call every vendor in for demonstrations and go through every conceivable feature of the software. But wait a minute? Why do you need to go through a myriad of features that you might never use? This is a common occurrence with many companies especially ones who are in the market for a time and attendance for the first time.

Below is a list of three straightforward strategies and tips that will help you find the right solution for your business:

Make a list of your requirements: Making a list will help you define the scope of your project. Also be very specific about your company’s business requirements. The more specific you can be upfront, the more detailed your vendors can be in their demonstrations and proposals. Chances are, you will likely be awed by the latest technology advancements, during product demonstrations but it is important to keep in mind your corporate culture and how easy the solution is going to be for your users. Very often an IT person is invited, but the very people who are going to be using the system are nowhere to be found.

Think Cloud: Even if your company has no desire to deploy a cloud solution, be open minded and discuss it with your colleagues and senior management. Every company is using a cloud solution today in some way or another. Whether you are using Face Book, Drop Box, or Google these solutions are all in the cloud. And, if your company has mobile workers, a time and attendance that’s based in the cloud, with self-service portals, should be given stronger consideration. Also do not forget about data integration- any time and attendance solution that does not have the ability to integrate with your payroll, HRIS, or ERP is not a solution but another expensive piece of unusable software. In short, move on and do not waste your time with a solution that’s does not fit your business requirements.

Obtain References: This might seem all too obvious, but don’t forget to ask your potential vendor for references. If your potential vendor cannot provide at least three happy customers, they may not have the experience you need. Go to the next vendor on the list.

Too often, people select a time and attendance solution based on price, fancy features, and the latest technology. A solution that’s comprehensive, scalable, and easy-to-use should top your list. In the end, what you need is to find the company that understands your company’s requirements, and whose solution can be designed to fit your specific needs. And, once you find right solution, you will be well on achieving the ROI and long term benefits.

To download a white paper on ‘how to select a time and attendance solution’, go to our website. You can also download a demonstration or register for one our bi-weekly webcasts.

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Got Your Head In The Cloud? That’s A Good Start

If you have not felt the impact of the Cloud within your business industry, then it’s only a matter of time. The adoption of cloud has moved from a nice to have to, we absolutely need this application to keep improve operations and stay ahead of our competitors. Cloud applications used to be available to only large organizations but now, many small and mid-size businesses are deploying it, to take advantage of its many benefits.

If you are customer of ATS you have been experiencing easy access to workforce analytics, lower operational costs, reduction in IT complexity and real-time business intelligence. And if you are business who has been contemplating moving to the cloud, then you are in for a treat. Here is some of what you can expect:

Got Your Head In The Cloud? That’s A Good Start

Ease-Of-Use
ATS TimeWork OnDemand offers best-in-class software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform with enhanced business intelligence that enables businesses, to access information from any smartphone or tablet. That’s right! You can now access reports like never before on an intuitive dashboard designed, with the today’s workforce in mind.

Happy Users
Once your administrative users are familiar with the product, training other users is easy. In fact, they can show your plant managers, finance and other supervisors how to access their own reports, view key performance indicators (KPI’s), forecasting and dashboard tools. Essentially this means, operational users no longer have to rely on IT to create reports. And yes, you can also say good-bye to those Excel spreadsheets that you created to track; sick days, overtime and other personal time off requests. In the end, you are replacing confusion and head scratching with a robust and well designed user dashboards.

Now You Can Have Your Kumbaya Moment
Finding reliable, easy to use, and built-to-last workforce management software has its own challenges. ATS TimeWork OnDemand modern technology transforms your data in a format that makes sense to your business, regardless of industry and allows seamlessly integration to: Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Talent Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Payroll applications. With ATS TimeWork OnDemand, you are always up-to-date with the latest cloud innovations-and, that makes for a happy business with lots of kumbaya moments.

ATS breadth of industry expertise and innovation is second to none. As a leading workforce management solution provider, ATS TimeWork OnDemand allows organizations to gain operational excellence—that aligns, HR and payroll business processes while supporting local—and multi-jurisdictional compliance across various countries.

Got Your Head In The Cloud? That’s A Good Start

Is your business is ready to join the cloud movement? You can download the app from our website or join our bi-weekly webcasts to learn from ATS workforce management industry experts and customers, in an informal setting to learn about the benefits of a cloud computing technology like ATS TimeWork OnDemand.

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Are HR Leaders Readily Embracing The Cloud?

That is an excellent question, when you consider that traditional software used by HR, some of which includes; Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Payroll and Time and Attendance have all gone the way of the cloud. HR leaders no longer have to be burden (unless, they want to) with swaths of paper or excel spreadsheets to track employee time and/or track time-off requests.

In a recent article by Curtis Franklin Jr. of Information Week, titled “Why Cloud Computing Is Crucial For HR” he interviewed Erica Volini of Deloitte Consulting. An excerpt of this article reads in part;

“The cloud is the ultimate long-range destination for everyone,” the HR transformation practice leader and principal at Deloitte told InformationWeek in a phone interview. In this case, IT is going to help HR get to the cloud, because doing so will help HR fulfill the new mission business has for a department that has been the poster child of “support” as long as it has existed.

Are HR Leaders Readily Embracing The Cloud?

The possibilities of the cloud for modern HR managers are endless. Gone (although they likely existing with some companies) are the days, when an attendance report would take several hours or a day to obtain. Cloud computing has made it a reality for you to get reports in real-time thus propelling business growth, that’s based on informed decision-making.

And on how HR leaders can leverage the cloud through mobile “One of the things that technology does is improve access to data, but you need HR professionals who have the skill set and be able to use the technology,” Volini said. Part of that ability, she said, is having the time to analyze data and turn the analysis into action.

“You need to free up capacity so the HR business partner has the time and isn’t always in fire-fighting mode. The cloud can help with this through the self-service capability,” she said. “The way that the self-service capabilities are being presented to the business is through mobile technology.”

If your HR leader is still using spreadsheets, there is a better way and it’s faster, flexible, and easy-to- use. Welcome to the world of cloud computing.

To learn about cloud computing time and attendance solutions go to our website. You can also download demonstration, or call; (866) 294-2467.

Cloud Computing, HR, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Information Week, Payroll, Spreadsheets, Time and Attendance, Workforce Management

Why Do Small And Midsize Businesses Need A Modern-Day Cloud Solution?

July 30th, 2015 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Time and Attendance Blog, Workforce Management Software - (Comments Off)

There are several reasons why many of today’s small and midsize organizations need to modernize their time and attendance data gathering processes—chief among them; improve decision-making, reduce the cost of labor and grow their business.

ATS recently conducted a straw poll with several of its customers across North America to measure the success rate and user adoption of their time and attendance solution six months after it was initially deployed. The poll revealed, on average, a staggering 97% of these companies are now completing their payroll process 30 minutes as oppose to the two and sometimes three days it took them to complete the same tasks, prior to using ATS Time and Attendance Solution. Why? Because these companies were using, various complex and old-fashioned time and attendance systems that were not meeting their needs, and, which resulted in Payroll and HR practitioners spending an excessive amount of time trying to reconcile employee data.

Here some 5 modern business practices that our customers have taken advantage of while using the ATS Time and Attendance Solution:

Why Do Small And Midsize Businesses Need A Modern-Day Cloud Solution?

Elimination of Productivity Issues
Antiquated and complex time and attendance systems that are not designed for the Canadian market-place contains erroneous pay policies and time tracking rules that cannot accurately calculate employees pay. A modern time and attendance solution should have a built-in forecasting, job costing, business analytics, geo-fencing and scheduling tools that can manage unique complexities, including collective bargaining agreements and, with the ability to streamline payroll costs and increase workforce productivity.

Information in Real-Time
No more guessing. ATS Time and Attendance provides you with up-to-the-minute view on overtime or productivity issues before they occur. Being able to view critical productivity data instantaneously allows for informed real-time adjustments that can make a sizeable impact on cost control.

Streamline Work and Pay Policies
Pay policies can be challenging to apply accurately and consistently across an entire organization, especially ones across multiple provinces and/or states. ATS Cloud-Based Time and Attendance robust technology knows no boundaries and is adept at streamlining the most complicated rules, ensuring equitable and accurate results.

Give Employees Access to Their Own Data
Employees feel empowered when they have the ability to; track hours worked, request and view vacation and sick days and make scheduling requests. With ATS unified Workforce Management self-service portal, this solution eliminates redundancies and reduces errors while making employee and manager self-service a reality. Above all, it delivers a user modern-day dashboard user-interface and experience that is friendly, intuitive and consistent.

Workforce Compliance and Data Integration
ATS Time and Attendance fully integrates to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Payroll and Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) systems for a fully compliant and more accurate reporting process. The data gathering and analytic dashboards provides functionality to departmental managers with a complete view of time and accurate pay data. Thus, if your payroll and HR managers are spending less time on data entry, this means, you will have greater efficiency throughout your enterprise.

In conclusion, our study revealed that today’s businesses want to modernize but don’t know how. And, without an effective workforce management solution strategy, the productivity, flexibility, and agility that these companies seek, remains frustratingly out of reach. With ATS Time and Attendance, today’s organizations will find new ways of executing tasks with an easy-to-use, cloud-based solution that supports innovation and business growth.

Want to get started? You can download a demo or call us at 866.294.2467.

Why Do Small And Midsize Businesses Need A Modern-Day Cloud Solution?

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