Job and Timesheeting

Whilst, the job costing module in ABM includes timesheet entry, the Time Management System (TMS) offers a much higher level of management, control and fast data entry of timesheets against jobs using flexible and efficient entry methods. No matter what type of consultancy or service a company offers, the TMS can help increase productivity and ease the billing process. It is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of businesses in all industries requiring the use of job and time sheets for their services.

Time management isn’t a new concept, but good time management is about developing techniques for handling the tasks that need to be done. The TMS simplifies this process in a scalable, easy to deploy, and highly intuitive software solution.

Main Features

Timesheet Management

A timesheet records actual labour time against a job. In the Time Management System, it includes specifying of stage, phase, and rate of the task being performed, allowing a more comprehensive approach to the use of timesheets.

The timesheet viewer allows staff members to view, select, add, edit and delete timesheets with speed and ease on a day-to-day basis. It has been designed to allow rapid entry of timesheets, and provides information about jobs that are relevant to the staff member using it. With TMS, you have the ability to create team timesheet management. Jobs can be linked to job managers, who can then view job details and the timesheets of staff that are linked to the manager. Staff can then derive their job access rights from their manager.

Financial system integration

The TMS seamlessly integrates with ABM’s accounting system to control all aspects of the financial and time management process. Reports can be based on accurate data, and clients can be billed on actual time. This integration with the financial system means there is no double-entry of time information, as it allows timesheet and job cost transaction information to be posted to the job costing and general ledgers.

Holidays and leave

A system manager can specify the dates of statutory/public and non-statutory holidays within a given year. Timesheets for these dates are automatically filled in by the system according to a “normal working day” as set in the system options and those days will be automatically “locked”. The time can be automatically posted to a job. Similarly, a user can specify the dates they have had approved for annual leave, and the time can be automatically posted to a job.