TimeForge is a powerful labor management tool and includes a number of features not found in other comparable software programs. For example, TimeForge allows staff members to clock in before their scheduled start time, but can require that employees show up for work within a certain grace period of the scheduled start time.

When an employee is too early to clock in, or too late to clock out, TimeForge will require that a manager become involved to allow the employee to clock in or out. More specifically, in these cases, the staff member must get permission from a manager before clocking in or out. Please note: Most of the clock in and clock out configuration settings can be enabled or disabled with a few clicks within TimeForge.

In some businesses, managers do not want to be interrupted with employees who are showing up early or late, and rely on a buddy system to allow employees to keep track of each other. To keep management from being frustrated by early and late staff members, TimeForge allows employees to work as a witness for each others early clock in and late clock out times.

There are many benefits to Software As A Service (SaaS software), which is why TimeForge was built from the ground up as a web-based software solution. More specifically, Managers do not have any software to install, nothing to upgrade, and there are no worries about backups or restoring of data. However, one common concern with web based software and time card tracking is ensuring that staff members are physically at work before they are allowed to clock in.

TimeForge is able to accomplish this by limiting time punches (clocking in and out) to a specific IP address. IP addresses are unique identifiers for computers on the Internet, and are normally provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). In many cases, multiple computers in a single office will share a single IP address through the use of a router or firewall device (such as those provided by Cisco, Linksys, D-Link, or Netgear). Similar to a phone number, only physical location at a time can have an IP address. For example, if your IP address is 208.45.167.3, no other computer system in the world will have that IP address.

TimeForge can require that staff members must be at the physical location that corresponds to your IP address before allowing them to clock in or out. This TimeForge lesson covers the specifics of configuring your IP address inside of TimeForge.

In some cases, your ISP will provide a dynamic IP address, which changes every few weeks. Most ISP’s will allow you to get a static, or sticky-static IP address for a nominal monthly fee.

Please note: Additionally, TimeForge can require that employees must clock in and clock out using a fingerprint scanner, which will restrict clocking in and out to a single physical computer at your location.

TimeForge Attendance makes time & attendance tracking easy for your business. Employees clock-in or clock-out for work similar to what is done with a traditional time clock. However, with TimeForge Attendance, reports are automated, employees can see what’s going on, and payroll is one click away.

In addition to clocking in and out, TimeClock includes Time Clock Mode. With Time Clock Mode, staff members can point and click on their name, allowing them to quickly clock in and out of the TimeForge system.

Using TimeForge Attendance will make time and attendance management easy at your business. Employees can clock-in or clock-out, in a manner similar to a time clock. In addition to standard clocking in and out, TimeClock includes a Time Clock Mode, a proprietary TimeForge Attendance feature.

With Time Clock Mode, employees can point and click on their name, allowing them to quickly clock in and out of the TimeForge system.

TimeForge Attendance allows employees to clock in and out using a fingerprint scanner, which is faster and more secure than a username and password combination.

Before an employee can log in to TimeForge using their fingerprint, a manager must first register their fingerprints inside of TimeForge.

Using TimeForge Attendance will make time & attendance tracking easy for your business. Using TimeForge Attendance, employees clock-in or clock-out for work very similar to what is done with a traditional time clock. However, with TimeForge Attendance, reports are automated, employees can see what’s going on, and payroll is one click away.

In addition to clocking in and out, TimeClock includes Time Clock Mode, a proprietary TimeForge Attendance feature.

With Time Clock Mode, employees can point and click on their name, allowing them to quickly clock in and out of the TimeForge system.

In TimeClock Mode, passwords can be required to ensure that staff members are not buddy punching - clocking each other in without actually being at work.

TimeForge Attendance allows employees to log into TimeForge using a biometric fingerprint scanner. These scanners are both faster and more secure than the standard username and password combination, and using the fingerprint scanner can eliminate buddy punching entirely.

Occasionally, an employee will need to change the fingerprint data that is on record - perhaps due to an accident, skin irritation, or some other reason. Follow these steps to easily change the employee’s fingerprint scan.

Using TimeForge Attendance, employees can clock in and out of the software using their username (most commonly an email address) and password.

TimeForge also offers fingerprint scanning as a more secure and faster method for employees to clock in and out.

TimeForge has partnered with M2SYS to provide fingerprint scanning - delivering fast employee identification and eliminating buddy punching while reducing payroll costs.

Setting up the TimeForge Fingerprint Scanner is simple, easy, and pain-free!