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How To Use Employee Contactless Time Clocks In Your Organization?

Whether your company is in food production, healthcare or manufacturingCOVID-19 has forced us all to rethink how we live our everyday lives while keeping ourselves and others safe. Face masks have emerged as a simple and effective strategy for reducing the virus’s threat. And, for employers, having the right tools to detect whether an employee has a fever and/or is wearing a mask, before the start of a shift, is now the new norm.

We recently introduced the ATS Fever and Mask Detection Time Clock. If your employees have returned to the office and you want to make sure everyone is safe, here are three benefits to using ATS contactless time clocks:

Contactless Punching In/Out
Provides an innovative method of punching in at the clock by allowing employees to identify themselves through facial verification, helping to eliminate buddy punching.

Touch-Free
ATS Face Recognition provides temperature readings without needing additional human interaction and support various read technologies including–barcode, RFID, magstripe, and proximity – and can be connected via Wi-Fi or Power Over Ethernet (POE).

Social Distancing and Contact Tracing
Social distancing and contact tracing are part of the new normal. With ATS Face Mask Detection Time Clock you can give your employees a more modern and visual experience with this innovative device – an alternative to traditional paper-time punch clocks.

With up-to-the-minute results, CFOs, HR and Payroll leaders can create a policy for failed temperature checks through ATSTimeWorkOnDemand. ATS Face Mask and Temperature Detection Time Clock send results to a cloud management portal software so your organization can see on-screen results from any location.

Other features include:

High definition camera for contactless facial recognition
Infrared sensor for real-time temperature detection
Facial detection with or without face masks and alerts if a mask is being worn incorrectly
Anonymous thermal scanning and temperature detection for visitors
Recognition speed of less than 0.1 seconds per face
Ability to manage up to 30,000 facial templates-optional
Touch-free clock functionality with voice commands

To explore our range of workforce management HCM solutions go to our website and download a demo. And to reach one of our account executives, call: 866.294.2467.

CFO, Face Mask Detection Time Clock, FaceScan Biometric COVID-19 Time Clock, Facial Recognition Fever Detection Time Clock, HCM, HR, Payroll, Power Over Ethernet (POE), Thermal Temperature Checker, Time and Attendance, Touchless and Body Temperature Time Clock, Workforce Management Solutions

How To Quantify The Benefits Of A Workforce Management Solution

Companies using an outdated workforce management solution not only fail to take advantage of the latest technology advancements and functionality, but they also run the risk of relying on an unsupported and an increasingly unreliable system-thus, making their entire business vulnerable.

Using a reliable and modern workforce management solution has many benefits. However, in order to quantify the benefits of such a system, you first have to know what to look for. ATS workforce management solution can help you in different areas.

Here are three benefits of an ATS Workforce Management Solution that will deliver immediate results to your business:

Paper Reduction
ATS Workforce Management Solution will reduce the cost associated with creating and distributing paper timesheets. Cost savings result from:

Direct savings from reduced paper, printing, and distribution costs
Indirect savings from time spent handling paper timesheets

Paperwork Transfer
A big expense with a manual time tracking systems is that of transferring timesheets from one person to another. For example, the employee needs to get blank timesheets from the HR or payroll department. They fill out the timesheet and walk it over to their manager. The manager signs the timesheets and walks them to the payroll department. A very conservative estimate of the direct time spent on simply transferring the paper timesheet around would be 2-3 minutes per employee each pay period.

Improved Data Quality
Manual timesheets must be keyed into a computer in order to be processed for payroll. Whenever data is keyed into a computer from a hand-written document, errors will be made. These errors can cost you in many direct and indirect ways:

Incorrect pay. How many employees complain if they get overpaid? If even a small number of employees keep their overpayments, it is costing plenty. And when employees get underpaid and complain, issuing a new paycheque or adjustment is costly.

Without accurate information, you lose the ability to perform useful decision support. Payroll is the biggest controllable expense in most organizations. You should have accurate information about hours worked, and departments worked in, to support your decision.

To read the complete white paper on the benefits of an ATS Workforce Management Solution, go to our website. And, to download a demonstration or to register for one of our weekly webinars, go to www.atimesolutions.com

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Human Resources, Payroll, Workforce Management Solutions

Want To Increase Workforce Productivity? Offer Employees Mobile Device Options

A recent article by The New York Times titled ‘The Long, Final Goodbye of the VCR’ encapsulates how technology continues to evolve. And, in a world where cloud computing technology has helped made previously mundane tasks easier to complete, many companies are embracing the use of cloud-based solutions, to help them save costs and remain competitive.

In today’s digital era for example, implementing a cloud-based workforce management solution is easier to deploy and provides a rapid return on investment (ROI). And with the added benefits of an on-the-go application that allows employees to punch in/out from their mobile device, they can; request time off, provide their availability, view shift schedules, overtime, hours worked and perform a host of other tasks that previously required a visit to the HR office. This on-the-go application provides managers with real-time reporting capabilities, an intuitive dashboard with workflows and, a messaging centre to review employee requests and respond in accordance.

Want To Increase Workforce Productivity? Offer Employees Mobile Device Options

So, if your company is looking to increase productivity, be sure to deploy a workforce management that can do more than having remote workers tied to a desktop on which to log in their hours of work. Thus, when workers are productive and happy, companies can expect a better return on their people investment and a better customer experience.

To learn about ATS Workforce Management mobile app, go to our website. And, to attend one our weekly webinars register online. To speak to one of our account executives call; 866.294.2467.

Cloud Computing, HR, New York Times, Workforce Management Solutions

What’s Fuelling The Growth In Today’s Manufacturing?

Ask this question to executives in the manufacturing sector and you are bound to get several different answers, albeit there will be similarities in those answers. It’s no secret that the manufacturing industry has had to adapt and evolve to the rapid changes around them in order, to survive-while dealing with some naysayers who had left them for dead after one of this century’s worst financial crisis.

But who would know the inner workers of the manufacturing industry and its resilience and ability to adapt than anyone else? How about the President and Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation who penned a poignant article titled “Three Megatrends Transforming Manufacturing”. We tool the liberty of extrapolating some of paragraphs (in no particular order) which reads in part;

“We’re entering a new industrial age driven by digitalization, customization, and miniaturization that is transforming the nature of work in manufacturing. Since the turn of the millennium, the sector has evolved faster and more thoroughly than at any other time in history.”

The rise of the digital era has impacted all industries especially manufacturing. The article states that “The ability to collect and analyze large volumes of data in economic transactions has revolutionized customer care in the retail and finance sectors. In manufacturing, Big Data will accelerate the integration of IT, manufacturing and operational systems on the shop floor and lead to better forecasting and understanding of plant performance. Caterpillar is taking this a step farther, tracking the performance of its products in the field after purchase and offering maintenance and repair services based on real-time assessments.”

If you are still wondering whether the industry can adapt here is a final paragraph from the article; “Of course, manufacturers’ labor needs are changing as well: companies now rely on more automation and require fewer employees, and those they hire must demonstrate higher science, technological and math skills. Fortunately, the millennial generation—as large as the baby boomer generation—is more technologically sophisticated. And, as the manufacturing workforce has diversified over time, manufacturers are working to continually foster more inclusive environments.”

The title of this blog asked? “What’s Fuelling The Growth In Today’s Manufacturing”? The answer is simple-it’s the ability of the industry to adapt and evolve with the times. Many of today’s manufacturers face constant pressure to produce a top quality product on time, every time. And, the economic fluctuations, shortage of skilled labor and market governance, and adherence to workforce compliance mandates adds to the complexities that manufacturers face every day. To meet these challenges many of these manufacturing companies have adopted Workforce Management Solutions to help them keep pace with the digital era, streamline costs and improve productivity at all levels of their operations.

To download a free demonstration of ATS Workforce Management for Manufacturing, go to our website. And, to attend one of our monthly webinars, you can register online.

Big Data, Labor, Manufacturing, Shop Floor, Workforce Management Solutions

Manufacturing Companies are Embracing AI, Robotics and Other Advanced Technologies

May 31st, 2016 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Business Intelligence | Software-as-a-Service (saas) Workforce Management Software | Time and Attendance Blog, Workforce Management Software | Time and Attendance Software | Workforce Management Solutions - (Comments Off)

A recent survey of global manufacturing companies found that 25 % of them say they have invested in artificial intelligence and cognitive computing technologies as well as in 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies.

This survey, conducted by auditing firm KPMG, reported that another 39% of manufacturing executives polled, said that over the next two years, they plan to devote a significant amount of R&D resources towards robotic technologies. Considering the competitive landscape that today’s manufacturing companies are faced with, it’s no surprise that many of them are migrating to cloud-computing technologies, as they grapple with tight profits margins and the confluence of emerging new technologies.

Manufacturing Companies are Embracing AI, Robotics and Other Advanced Technologies

And, according to Doug Gates, KPMG’s Global Chair of Industrial Manufacturing; “Manufacturers recognize a failure to evolve will leave their organization in a non-competitive position.” When you consider the upheaval that many of these companies went through after the 2008 recession, it’s no wonder many of them are adopting advanced technology.

Another part of KPMG’s Doug Gates, analysis states, in part, “The need to become more digital has never been greater and investments in new technologies are a way to enhance agility, flexibility and speed to market when launching new products and services-critical elements for manufacturing companies to win in the marketplace.”

If your manufacturing company is still deciding whether to deploy a cloud-based workforce management solution and/or other advanced technology, it’s never too late. To reach an ATS account executive by phone call, 866.294.2467 and to download a demonstration of our manufacturing workforce management solution, go to our website.

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Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Manufacturing, KPMG, Robotics, Workforce Management Solutions

Can A Happy Workforce And Healthy Balance Sheet Co-Exist?

June 9th, 2015 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Biometric Time Clock | Cloud Based Time Management Solution | Time and Attendance Blog, Workforce Management Software - (Comments Off)

In an era of increased work stress some have argued that for some companies, their balance sheet is more important than the well being of the people who help them achieve their profits. But, is it really possible to have a happy workforce and at the same time, have a healthy balance sheet? There are numerous companies who have attained both goals and for them it’s a no-brainer. One such company is called G Adventures and reading this story about them is like being on one of the rides at Disneyland.

The question remains why do some companies insist on making their workforce miserable while others understand the value in a happy workforce? In an article titled “Being Happy at Work Matters” written by Annie McKee, for Harvard Business Review, we extrapolated two paragraphs that lends powerful credence to importance of a happy workforce. It reads in part;

“Disengaged, unhappy people aren’t any fun to work with, don’t add much value, and impact our organizations (and our economy) in profoundly negative ways. It’s even worse when leaders are disengaged because they infect others with their attitude. Their emotions and mindset impact others’ moods and performance tremendously. After all, how we feel is linked to what and how we think. In other words, thought influences emotion, and emotion influences thinking.

It’s time to finally blow up the myth that feelings don’t matter at work. Science is on our side: there are clear neurological links between feelings, thoughts, and actions. When we are in the grip of strong negative emotions, it’s like having blinders on. We focus mostly — sometimes only — on the source of the pain. We don’t process information as well, think creatively, or make good decisions. Frustration, anger, and stress cause an important part of us to shut down —the thinking, engaged part. Disengagement is a natural neurological and psychological response to pervasive negative emotions.”

So with such solid science behind the importance of a happy workforce, are you one of the lucky employees who got hired by a great company? After all, not all companies espouse the virtues of having a wonderful workforce. And, the same can be said that not all employees are the best to work with either.

To learn more about ATS Workforce Management Solutions, go to our website and download a demonstration. You can also sign up for one of our monthly webinars and to reach an account executive, call: 1.866.294.2467.

Economy, Harvard Business Review, Workforce Management Solutions

Benefits Of Cloud-Computing In The World Of Business

Cloud-based apps are popular because they offer a superior advantage over computer-based software. Some of the benefits of cloud-based apps include; the accessing of information anywhere using any device with an Internet connection. And for many consumers who are proponents of everything cloud, the ability to store music, games, documents, photos and other files through the cloud is a dream come true. By contrast, the business world, cautious by nature was a little apprehensive about cloud computing. And some, rightfully so, questioned if the pros outweighed the cons in a cloud-based time and attendance. To answer the question about the pros and cons of cloud-computing, you don’t have to look took far to see that many of today’s businesses, are embracing cloud-based time and attendance like never before.

Benefits Of Cloud-Computing In The World Of Business

One of ATS largest customers, in manufacturing healthcare, with 7 locations across Canada and the United States said it best;

“I wish our company had a more open mind to using a web-based time tracking system before. It’s only after implementing the ATS TimeWork that we began to see the benefits. Our employees no longer bombard their supervisors and our HR department with questions about time-off requests, scheduling and confirmation of hours worked prior to be paid, because, they can now do it online. Our financial controller is happy, because she can access the reports she wants at anytime and the best part of this system, is that our payroll department is no longer taking 2 and a half days to complete payroll. With 1500 employees our payroll and benefits personnel was spending too much time with our old-fashioned time and attendance system that could not keep up with the times and to top it off, the support was dismal.” Leggatt, VP of Operations-Owens Health Manufacturing

Benefits and cost savings of ATS Cloud-Based Time and Attendance include:

Up-To-The-Minute Information
ATS TimeWork provides information for proactive decision-making in real-time. And, with real-time information at your fingertips, workforce decisions shift from reactive to proactive. If overtime is straining the budget, managers can now use up-to-the-second data to access and quickly identify the problem and take immediate steps to fix the situation.

Ease-Of-Use and Flexible
ATS Cloud-Based Time and Attendance is infinitely scalable — and highly configurable framework to easily manage and monitor workforce productivity and absenteeism. ATS Time and Attendance can be accessed via mobile, PC tablets and has an intuitive and user-friendly platform that encourages accountability and compliance.

Award-Winning
ATS Cloud-Based Time and Attendance system is built from the ground up and takes advantage of modern cloud computing technology. With our award-winning multi-tenant model, you can run your business operations on a 21^st century, scalable and affordable platform that delivers continuous innovation.

Service
ATS delivers 99.9% uptime — in effect exceeding the service levels of our nearest competitor. Our 99.9% up and renewal rate demonstrates that we deliver both the reliability and availability that our customers demand.

Implementation
ATS Cloud-Based Time and Attendance reduces the cost of installing, maintaining, supporting a Server onsite. Our cloud-based solution will get you and running in a matter of weeks not months, thus, allowing you to focus on business decisions rather than technology. And, as an organization, your total cost of ownership is lower throughout the lifetime your use of ATS TimeWork Cloud-Based Time and Attendance.

So, isn’t it time you said good-bye to your antiquated system and lackluster provider and move to the cloud? With ATS Workforce Management Solution, you get a single, comprehensive platform for business operations. Whether you are in Toronto, Calgary, New York, Kamloops, Philadephelia or in south and central America, you have access to a powerful cloud computing application that: lower costs, gives you infinite scalability and reliability you can trust.

To download a brochure, see a demonstration, or to request additional information about our cloud-based time and attendance, go to our website.

Benefits Of Cloud-Computing In The World Of Business

Cloud Computing, Employee Self Service, Manufacturing, Time and Attendance, Workforce Management Solutions

Evolving businesses are driving workforce management solutions

February 4th, 2014 | Posted by Apex Time Solutions in Payroll | Time and Attendance Blog | Time and Attendance Solution | Workforce Management Software - (Comments Off)

Due to the growth of the cloud, business executives will be seeking out new workforce management solutions with a high degree of flexibility. Many executives understand the benefits of a cloud-based time and attendance and are encouraging their managers, to explore these options.

Cloud-based workforce management software positively affects the entire organization. It creates efficiencies throughout the entire supply chain and provides businesses with access to the most up-to-date status on attendance and real-time reporting capabilities. Production managers are notified through e-mail alerts, when an employee request time-off and HR and payroll managers have instant access to attendance trends on any smartphone or tablet device from anywhere.

However, companies that are using manual timesheets struggle because they do not have access to recent and reliable information and, this can create problems in today’s fast-paced world. Companies, who leverage the benefits of an effective workforce management solution, report a decrease in the amount of time it took to predict payroll costs and other important business variables.

ATS delivers a best-of-breed portfolio of time and attendance solutions, giving companies the flexibility, choice, and control needed to drive innovation and agility into their businesses. ATS software-As-A-Service (Saas) time and attendance solution is built from the ground up and leverages ATS’s industry expertise, to enable you to execute your business strategies at scale and adapt your processes quickly and easily.

So, how does your competitor leverage a cloud-based workforce management to their advantage? They recognize that to remain competitive and increase profits, doing the same thing from 10 years ago will not work. So, they choose to utilize tools that will help their business grow, streamline costs and above all, increase productivity. An ATS time and attendance system does that and a great deal more.

To learn more, you can join our group discussion on LinkedIn, follow us on Twitter or simply view a demonstration on our website.

Payroll, Time and Attendance, Workforce Management Solutions

Have Economic Conditions Improved for the Manufacturing Sector Since 2008?

Impatient shareholders, increased economic uncertainty and rapid globalization are creating continuous pressure for today’s manufacturers. To compete effectively and win, manufacturers must reduce costs and increase service levels with fewer resources.

ATS workforce management solution for manufacturing provides strategic tools that manufacturers need to transform their operations to become industry leaders. ATS TimeWork helps manufacturers streamline payroll costs more efficiently and optimize their supply chains in critical operational areas. The application helps manufacturers with; employee data capture, budgeting and forecasting, job costing, labour allocation, overtime equalization, employee self-service, business analytics, CRM, ERP and payroll integration.

ATS TimeWork workforce management software is designed to meet the needs of progressive manufacturing companies. The application is delivered ‘out-of-the-box’ with a built-in business workflow processes that enable manufacturers to manage the order cycle of their time and attendance operations. ATS TimeWork time and attendance solution can help manufacturers improve their operations while reducing costs, improving visibility and enhancing business operations.

ATS TimeWork workforce management solution helps manufacturers improve response times and increase customer satisfaction by maintaining detailed analytics in real-time for the purpose of tracking labour dollars. And through better time management and labour controls, you will prevent and reduce failure and thus, increase your company’s profit margins

Business Analytics, Employee Self Service, Overtime Equalization, Payroll, Workforce Management Solutions

Simplicity Works Best

In some of our previous blogs we discussed how something as simple as a time management system is made complicated by industry jargon that confuses the customer. Quite frankly it doesn’t have to be that way. The tracking of employee time through our time and attendance software is a very simple process. However, some people make it seem complicated. Of course, we are not suggesting that you purchase for its simplicity and while ignoring its ability to adapt to your company’s work policies. ATS time and attendance software was designed to meet the most complex needs of an organization and at the same time, can be scaled down. The product is intuitive, user-friendly and has a modern look and feel that utilizes today’s web-based technology concepts.

The advent of automated time management was borne out of changing times. In years past, it was customary for a company with many employees to use paper time sheets or punch clocks to register attendance. Despite advances in technology, some companies still use antiquated methods to track employee time in the 21^st century.

Industry giants like the Canadian Payroll Association, American Payroll Association and the Aberdeen Group have been commissioned on numerous occasions to conduct surveys. The conclusion of these surveys has revealed that it costs businesses using paper based time sheets 1.5% to 10% of gross payroll.

Leading organizations of all sizes are implementing ATS automated workforce management system and as a result, are seeing a significant reduction in payroll and labour costs.

To learn more about our solutions go to our website.

Employee Time Management Software, Time and Attendance On-Demand, Workforce Management Solutions

How To Use Employee Contactless Time Clocks In Your Organization?

How To Quantify The Benefits Of A Workforce Management Solution

What’s Fuelling The Growth In Today’s Manufacturing?

Manufacturing Companies are Embracing AI, Robotics and Other Advanced Technologies

Can A Happy Workforce And Healthy Balance Sheet Co-Exist?

Evolving businesses are driving workforce management solutions

Have Economic Conditions Improved for the Manufacturing Sector Since 2008?

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