International Leader in Enterprise Timesheet Systems releases timesheet designed for industrial use
Montreal January 15, 2007. HMS Software, an internationally recognized leader in enterprise project management and enterprise timesheet systems has announced today the release of TimeControl Industrial (TCi). Building upon its already established TimeControl product line, TCi is targeted at industries where many of the staff do not have access to computers in order to complete their timesheet.
"TimeControl has a long history of being productive for the back office staff," says Chris Vandersluis, President of HMS Software. "We've been working for over three years on TimeControl Industrial so that a single product can support both the back office staff and the field personnel."
TimeControl Industrial includes functionality which makes it ideal for use in heavy industry, in construction, in mining or in shutdown and asset maintenance environments including:
Crew Entry
Aside from the weekly timesheet that is designed for backoffice workers, TimeControl Industrial's Crew Entry interface allows crews to be assembled and then their time entered for the entire crew at once. Blank timesheets can be carried by the foreman or supervisor and then the timesheet for the entire crew is entered at one time. The Crew Entry timesheet can be done each day, each shift or for an entire week at a time.
Material Management
TimeControl Industrial supports Material usage entry. Aside from labor entries which list the hours and costs associated to personnel working on a project, there are often non-labor resources that are used. The Material Management system in TimeControlIndustrial allows entries of other resources such as materials, equipment, rentals, even costs to be tracked. The TimeControl rates system has been extended from the in TimeControlIndustrial to allow rates to be defined for any type of resource, not just hours.
Complex Rates
TimeControl Industrial includes a completely new approach to rate management. Aside from the existing Rate system which was already revolutional in the classic versions of TimeControl, this new system allows for the complex rates that are often found in industrial situations. This includes escalated rates, rates which must support premiums for certain kinds of work and more. Literally millions of possible rate combinations can be supported.
"We've been working closely with two major launch clients for almost three years," said Stephen Eyton-Jones, HMS Software's Director of Technical Services. "We know from this work in the field that we have a strong product for the industrial marketplace."
The TimeControl Industrial product carries the same robust functionality included in the other editions of TimeControl including links to Project Management products like Microsoft Project and Project Server and the Primavera line of Project Management products. TimeControl can serve as the time and attendance, time and billing and project status timesheet simultaneously.
TimeControl Industrial pricing varies by volume and starts at $15,000 for a 100-employee system.
TimeControl Industrial is available for immediate shipping.
About TimeControl
TimeControl was originally released in 1994. It was immediately successful in the project management sector and today is recognized not only as a project management solution, but also as an enterprise timesheet solution in use by companies worldwide. TimeControl is designed to serve the needs of both Finance and Project Management simultaneously. It includes features such as flexible user structures to allow for multiple levels of timesheet authorization and an open data architecture, which makes the product ideally suited for integration with existing data systems in any organization. TimeControl's flexibility allows it to be deployed for use as a time and attendance, time and billing, project time and flex-time system. TimeControl complies with a number of governance compliance standards including Sarbanes-Oxley, DCAA, FMLA and the European Work Rules compliance.
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About HMS Software
Based in Montreal, Canada with offices in Toronto, HMS Software has been a leading provider of project management and enterprise timesheet systems and services since 1984. HMS Software's first customized timesheet application was written in 1984. With the launch of TimeControl as a commercial application in 1994, HMS Software began servicing clients worldwide. HMS Software's client list reads like a who's who of business. It includes Alcan, the Atlanta Airport, Akzo Nobel, The Canadian Business Development Bank, Dofasco Steel, EDS, Ericsson, General Motors, the Government of Saskatchewan, John Deere, Kelly Services, Lockerbie and Hole, Motorola, Organon, Standard Life, Stolt Offshore, Toronto Transit Commission, UPS, Volvo Novabus, Weyerhaeuser and hundreds of others.
HMS has representatives or distributors in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, the UK, and the U.S.
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