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Time and Attendance Tracking Overview

apresley — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:04:30 +0000

TimeForge is an easy to use workforce management solution for your business, and includes many powerful features designed to improve your business. These include:

Go home early and stop fussing with payroll and time card mistakes with easy time tracking (electronic time sheets and time cards) and staff monitoring.
No more worrying about break laws and meal management with easy one-click break sheets and meal management.
Get done with payroll with a single click with our one-click payroll exports to popular provides like SurePayroll, CompuPay, QuickBooks, and more.
Rest easy with automatic reminders when staff are late, show up early, late, or start approaching overtime.
And much more…

Here is a brief overview of some of the features of TimeForge Attendance …

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TimeForge Attendance is a powerful replacement for your traditional time clock, or the limited punch in / out included with many Point of Sale systems. Use TimeForge Attendance by itself, or combine with TimeForge Scheduling for a powerful workforce management solution.

TimeForge can also integrate with many Point of Sale systems, stopping employees from clocking in early, or leaving too late.

Use TimeForge Attendance to make your life easy! TimeForge easily manages time cards, staff attendance, and payroll exporting.

Dinerware and TimeForge Labor Management Improvements

apresley — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:46:24 +0000

Some of TimeForge’s November and December updates included improvements to scheduling and enhanced multi-unit capabilities, as well as new training videos (available on the TimeForge Manual).

In addition, we have improved our Point of Sale connectivity and integration, with our POS vendors, including Dinerware, Aloha POS (from Radiant Systems), and Micros.

Some of the Dinerware improvements with TimeForge include:

Use a fingerprint scanner with your Dinerware system to stop buddy punching and keep employees from riding the clock. To use a fingerprint scanner, you’ll need to clock all staff members in to Dinerware one time. You need to do this step, because Dinerware requires that employees be logged in for a variety of reasons, including meal coursing and printing. After this initial clock in, all additional clock in and clock outs can be done on TimeForge, using a separate time punch terminal with a fingerprint scanner attached.

Use a Fingerprint Reader with Dinerware

Forecast sales and inventory using Menu Item Groupings inside of Dinerware. While building a labor schedule, you may want to track gross sales, individual item sales, covers, labor hours, or other metrics. Additionally, you can now build schedules and forecast sales by grouping menu items together. For example, you may want to schedule staff members based on the hourly sales of porterhouse steaks, crab cakes, and apple turnovers. Using TimeForge and Dinerware, you now can.

Forecast and Record Menu Items and Menu Item Groups

You can view Dinerware sales information on your cell phone and view real-time sales and labor information at the same time. Any Menu Item or Menu Item Group that is being forecast or collected by TimeForge can be viewed on your cell phone using the secure TimeForge RSS feed. Receive real-time labor and sales information on any compatible smartphone or PDA. You can read more about this in the TimeForge Manual.

In addition, TimeForge is now compatible with Dinerware version 2.9.1 – the latest offering from Dinerware. This latest version of the Dinerware POS offers a number of improvements for Dinerware and TimeForge customers. Talk to your Dinerware representative about upgrading today!

You should be using a labor management system with your Dinerware POS system to make your life easy! TimeForge can quickly and easily build your employee work schedules, manage attendance while enforcing the schedule (and stopping employees from clocking in early), reduce labor costs, and streamline staff management. Sign up for a trial today to use TimeForge with your Dinerware POS system.

Downloads

apresley — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:07:45 +0000

TimeForge is a web-based labor management service, and does not require any software to be downloaded or installed on your computer to work properly. You can manage labor, run payroll, or build staff schedules from the comfort of your home, office, or pool side on your favorite cruise ship.

However, to make your life even more simple, TimeForge does integrate with popular Point of Sale, Property Management, and Accounting systems. What kind of advantages does this provide? With an integrated TimeForge system, you have:

No More Double Entry! Add an employee, job code or position, time card, or sales information into your Point of Sale system, and the data automatically appears inside of TimeForge.

Inventory and Sales Forecasting! Use TimeForge Sales Types and menu item forecasting to forecast sales, build work schedules, or identify upcoming inventory needs with sales data from your Point of Sale system. Use inventory and sales forecasting to accurately predict labor and staffing requirements.

Remotely Run Payroll! TimeForge can pull employee timecards from your POS system, and pull the data into our powerful labor management system. You can then approve and export payroll to a variety of payroll providers, including QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, CompuPay, SurePayroll, and many others.

Manage Multiple Locations with Ease! In many cases, TimeForge’s labor management system can extend your POS system, pulling data from different stores into TimeForge. Easily manage employees who work at multiple stores, check sales data remotely, and enforce reporting requirements across multiple locations.

Integration with your POS, PMS, or accounting system is easy! TimeForge currently interfaces with these systems, and we are always adding more:

Aloha Point of Sale

TimeForge enables Aloha POS users to manage labor remotely, forecast sales and labor requirements, and much more! Download the latest version of the TimeForge-Aloha Bridge software, and review the TimeForge manual for installation information.

Dinerware Point of Sale

TimeForge provides extensive labor management capabilities for Dinerware users, such as employee schedule enforcement, sales forecasting, inventory monitoring, and real time sales and labor tools. Download the latest version of the TimeForge-Dinerware Bridge software, and review the TimeForge manual for installation information.

Micros Point of Sale

TimeForge provides extensive labor management capabilities for Micros RES users, such as employee schedule enforcement, sales forecasting, inventory monitoring, and real time sales and labor tools. Download the latest version of the TimeForge-Micros Bridge software, and review the TimeForge manual for installation information.

QuickBooks Small Business Accounting Software

TimeForge provides payroll import capabilities for QuickBooks users. Collect time sheet entries with TimeForge Attendance, and then at the end of the payroll period, you can approve the time and import it directly into QuickBooks as individual employee time sheets. Download the latest version of the TimeForge-Accounting Bridge software, and review the TimeForge manual for installation information.

Support for Salaried Employees from within Dinerware

apresley — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:15:32 +0000

Do you want to be able to track salaried staff members from within Dinerware Point of Sale? TimeForge now supports employees who are salaried / full-time from within Dinerware – so you can track full-time employees, as well as hourly / part-time staff.

To enable support for salaried staff members, first make sure you are running the latest TimeForge-Dinerware Bridge software. Then, while inside of Dinerware, open the employee, and edit their positions / job codes. Set the hourly payrate and the overtime payrate to be $0 / hour, and then save the information. Run “Synchronize Now” in the TimeForge Translator, as well as the TimeForge Connector (or, just wait for the two systems to automatically synchronize themselves).

Now, you can log in to TimeForge, and go to the employee list. Find the staff member you modified, and edit their account. Scroll down to the list of employee positions, and you will see that you can change the payrate / payscale for this employee – it is no longer controlled by Dinerware. You can now set TimeForge to export a fixed rate, or fixed hourly amount, when the payroll export is run – regardless of any timepunches within the Point of Sale system.

These employees will still need to clock in / out inside of Dinerware, but these time punches will be ignored for the purposes of running payroll reports on TimeForge.

TimeForge reduces turnover and improves retention while freeing up management time and increasing store profitability at your business! TimeForge employee scheduling and labor management software is used by owners and operators of hospitality, food-service, retail, and other service-oriented businesses around the world.

Bars and Clubs

apresley — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:52:05 +0000

Managing labor expenses is a process that quickly becomes a nightmare for both employees and managers at a bar and club business. Staff member expectations and needs will collide with business requirements leading to a reduction in “the bottom line”, low employee retention, and high employee turnover. Not anymore…

TimeForge is a best-of-breed labor management and employee scheduling system designed for bars, clubs, and other food-service and hospitality industries. Managers using TimeForge stay on the floor, servicing customers and employees, not stuck in a back office working to control and monitor labor expenses. TimeForge produces schedules quickly, manages and monitors time and attendance, and communicates schedule changes with staff members immediately – improving retention and reducing turnover. Your business will profit with TimeForge!

Some of TimeForge’s Benefits Include…

Build employee work schedules immediately with the TimeForge AutoScheduler,
Enforce the schedule and stop employees from clocking in before the shift starts or after the shift ends,
Approve or reject changes to staff member availability, and employee time off requests,
Monitor and control labor expenses at one or many stores,
Instant schedule communications between staff members and managers,
Export payroll to many popular payroll provides with a single click,
And much more…

Improve Store Profits – Enforce labor schedules and stop early clock ins and late clock outs to provide immediate labor cost controls, and improve store profitability by more than 3% – 5%. Use TimeForge to notify staff members about upcoming schedules and keep employees “in the know” about work requirements. Happy staff members stay employed and don’t leave for greener pastures, reducing turnover, training, and onboarding costs.

Immediate Staff Schedules – Build staff schedules that balance the requirements of the business, and staff member needs while keeping labor costs within budget. TimeForge automatically forecasts labor needs, and warns of staff member shortages and other potential employee problems, while providing an easy-to-use scheduling system that builds employee schedules in seconds.

Easily Control Time and Attendance – Remotely check on employees that are clocked in at the store. Managers can provide a grace period around the scheduled work shifts, and are able to enforce the employee schedule – employees are prohibited from clocking in early, or clocking out late. Employees can be automatically clocked out at a certain time during the day, and popular payroll providers are only one click away!

Employee Schedule Reminders, Portal Access for Staff Members – The TimeForge employee portal provides remote accessibility for staff members to review work schedules, view time cards, request time off, change their upcoming availability, swap shifts with other employees, and set up daily schedule alerts via text messaging or email.

Integrate with Your Point of Sale – TimeForge can integrate with your Point of Sale system, synchronizing time and attendance entries between TimeForge and your POS system seamlessly, recording mileage and tips in both systems, and controlling labor expenses without any additional software. TimeForge integrates with several Point of Sale systems, including Dinerware. Contact us, or your Dinerware dealer, for more information.

TimeForge is a complete labor management and employee scheduling solution for the bar, club, and food-service industries, providing one-click seamless access to time and attendance, employee scheduling, and payroll reports. Use the whole TimeForge product suite, or only the parts that your business requires.

Restaurants

apresley — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:00:09 +0000

Managing employees and labor costs in the restaurant industry is a process that quickly becomes a nightmare for both managers and employees. Staff expectations and requirements will collide with business requirements leading to higher employee turnover, lower employee retention, and a reduction in “the bottom line”. Not anymore…

TimeForge is a best-of-breed employee scheduling and online labor management system designed for the restaurant, hospitality, and food-service industries. Managers using TimeForge stay on the floor, not stuck in a back office working on the employee schedule. TimeForge produces schedules quickly, monitors and manages time and attendance, and communicates schedule changes directly with staff members – reducing turnover and improving retention. Your business will profit with TimeForge!

Some of TimeForge’s Benefits Include…

Build employee schedules in seconds using the TimeForge AutoScheduler,
Enforce the employee schedule and stop employees from riding the clock,
Record employee time off requests , staff member availability, and other key information,
Provide rapid communications between managers and staff members,
Monitor daily labor costs at one or more stores,
Export payroll and review payroll reports,
And much more…

Increase Store Profits – Enforcing labor schedules (stopping early clock in’s and late clock out’s) immediately controls labor costs, often improving store profitability by more than 3% – 5%. Staff members will know what is expected of them, and are constantly “in the know” about the upcoming schedules. Happy employees stay employed and don’t leave for greener pastures, reducing turnover, onboarding, and training costs.

Fast Employee Scheduling – Build schedules that balance employee needs and business requirements while keeping labor costs within budget. The proprietary TimeForge AutoScheduler forecasts labor needs, and warns of labor shortages, while providing an easy-to-use scheduling system that builds accurate employee schedules in seconds.

Schedule Enforcement – Enforce the labor schedule and stop employees from riding the clock. Staff member clock in’s and clock out’s can require manager approval before clocking in early, or clocking out late. Schedules can be built around sales forecasts or expected hourly (or daily) covers to further control labor expectations.

Staff Scheduling Reminders, Remote Access – The TimeForge employee portal provides remote access for staff members to view employee work schedules, review time cards, make time off requests, change availability, swap shifts with other employees, and receive daily schedule alerts via text messages or email.

Remotely Monitor Time and Attendance – Remotely check on staff members that are clocked in at the store. Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly labor costs and attendance trends through the TimeForge website, mobile smartphones, and Facebook.

Integrate with Your Point of Sale – TimeForge can integrate with your Point of Sale system, synchronizing attendance entries between TimeForge and your POS system in a seamless fashion, recording tips and mileage in both systems, and enforcing the labor schedule without any additional software. TimeForge integrates with several Point of Sale systems, including Dinerware. Contact us, or your Dinerware dealer, for more information.

TimeForge is a complete labor management solution for the restaurant and hospitality industry, providing one-click seamless access to employee scheduling, time and attendance, and payroll reports. Use the whole TimeForge product suite, or only the parts that your business requires.

National Restaurant Association 2009

apresley — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:43:43 +0000

Whew! We are done with our whirlwind through the NRA 2009 tradeshow in Chicago, IL – what a great two days.

We are a technology company with a focus on operations and human resources for restaurants, retailers, and other businesses that hire part-time employees – we spent a lot of time examining the tradeshow and looking for improvements in technology for operations or human resources.

Some of the very neat technology at the show included:

Dinerware POS is a phenomenal Point of Sale system, and one of our valued partners. Several sales staff and other partners were on site to show off their latest version.
Silverware POS recently debuted and released a best-of-breed restaurant POS product, Avrio, which was onsite at the show. What a wonderful group of individuals, and a great product!
MonkeyMedia Software displayed their rocking catering software outside of the Technology Pavilion. They caused a bit of a comotion by handing out bananas!
QuandraNet is similiar to OpenTable, but with a very, very smart table management software program that increases table turns in addition to handling reservations.
Corvirtus was showing off their products that take the guesswork out of hiring. Very neat algorithms, and years of research create a great hiring tool. Wonderful stuff.

Overall, the show attendance seemed to be down compared to last year, which seems to be the general consensus.

TimeForge employee scheduling and workforce management software is used by managers, owners, and operators of retail stores, restaurants, bars, grills, clubs, and other service-oriented businesses to increase profits, reduce turnover, and improve retention.

TimeForge Provides Labor Management and Online Employee Scheduling to Dinerware Customers

apresley — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:46:44 +0000

LUBBOCK, Texas – May 12, 2009 – TimeForge, a best-of-breed online labor management solution for the whospitality and retail industries announced its certification with Dinerware, a leading developer of restaurant Point Of Sale (POS) systems.

This move continues a key Dinerware objective, allowing customers to choose from many excellent products that interoperate with the Dinerware POS platform. “The Virtual Client in Dinerware version 2.8.2 enables third-party product integrations that allow restaurateurs to select specific functionalities for their business models and plans for growth,” said Jeff Riley, Dinerware CEO. “We are excited about our certification of TimeForge which enables restaurateurs to easily manage labor and scheduling.”

TimeForge’s online system is designed from the ground up to reduce labor costs by 3% – 5% and to keep staff members happy. Managers build labor schedules quickly with the TimeForge AutoScheduler™ – an automatic and learning tool that builds schedules in seconds. Schedules are compared to actual costs and forecasts, providing a single solution to manage labor costs.

“Dinerware’s intense focus on the core POS system makes it one of the best systems available for the hospitality industry,” said Anthony Presley, co-founder of TimeForge. “We are excited about this partnership and look forward to providing customers with the best solutions available in the industry.”

Employees receive text and email messages about upcoming shifts, and access the TimeForge employee portal to swap shifts, change availability, or view timecards. Information can also be accessed using Facebook, or a smartphone (such as an iPhone or Blackberry).

“I can make sure my labor is at 25-28% on a daily basis with the use of TimeForge. That makes a huge difference in this economy,” said Dinerware customer, Paul Friedman. “At Peli Peli, we are using a variety of integrated tools with our Dinerware POS system, and TimeForge makes communication and scheduling easy on management and the staff.”

The certification provides Dinerware customers with a complete labor management solution, including employee schedules, schedule enforcement, labor cost reductions, and real-time notifications for staff and management. Dinerware continues to expand its best-in-class POS platform to provide restauranteurs a host of offerings via Dinerware version 2.8.2.

About Dinerware
Dinerware provides restaurant POS systems to fine dining, nightclubs, fast casual, bars, counter service, QSR (quick serve), hotels, casinos, cafes, golf courses and wineries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington and sold worldwide, Dinerware provides intuitive systems for the hospitality industry. For a list of Dinerware certified solutions, or for a free trial download, visit http://www.dinerware.com or call (866) 346-3792.

About TimeForge
TimeForge helps businesses in the hospitality, restaurant, and retail industries manage labor and build employee schedules while reducing turnover and improving profits. Used by businesses throughout the world, TimeForge is designed from the ground-up to simplify the complicated process of employee scheduling and labor management. For more information, visit http://www.timeforge.com or contact us at (866) 684-7191.

Powerful Online Labor Management and Employee Scheduling Available to Restaurateurs Worldwide

apresley — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:34:16 +0000

SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire – May 11, 2009) – Dinerware, Inc., a leading developer of restaurant POS (point of sale) software, today announced its certification of TimeForge, an online labor management and employee scheduling system.

The certification allows Dinerware to expand its best-in-class POS platform and provide restaurateurs a host of offerings from TimeForge via Dinerware version 2.8.2, using the SOAP, XML-based Application Programming Interface (API), or Virtual Client.

TimeForge provides Dinerware customers with a complete labor management solution. Restaurateurs and other hospitality owners can quickly manage employee schedules, schedule enforcement, labor cost reductions, and real-time notifications for staff and management.

“Dinerware’s intense focus on the core POS system makes it one of the best systems available for the hospitality industry. We are excited about this partnership and look forward to providing customers with the best solutions available in the industry,” said Anthony Presley, co-founder of TimeForge.

TimeForge’s online labor management system is designed to keep staff happy and reduce labor costs by 3% – 5%. Employee schedules are built in seconds with the help of the TimeForge AutoScheduler™ — a learning and automatic scheduling tool, and more than 40 labor reports are available. Employees stay “in the loop” and receive email and text messages, swap shifts, request time off, or view their timecard through the TimeForge website, a smartphone (such as a BlackBerry or iPhone), or Facebook.

This move continues to support a key Dinerware objective which is to allow customers to choose from many products that interoperate with the core Dinerware point-of-sale platform. “The Virtual Client in Dinerware version 2.8.2 enables third-party product integrations that allow restaurateurs to select specific functionalities for their business models and plans for growth,” said Jeff Riley, Dinerware CEO. “We are excited about our certification of TimeForge which enables restaurateurs to easily manage labor and scheduling.”

About Dinerware
Dinerware provides restaurant (point of sale) systems to fine dining, cafes, nightclubs, bars, fast casual, counter service, QSR (quick serve), hotels, casinos, golf courses and wineries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington and sold worldwide, Dinerware provides intuitive systems for the hospitality industry. For a list of Dinerware certified solutions, or for a free trial download, visit http://www.dinerware.com or call (866) 346-3792.

About TimeForge
TimeForge helps businesses in the hospitality, restaurant, and retail industries manage labor and build employee schedules while reducing turnover, increasing retention, and improving profits. Used by businesses throughout the world, TimeForge is designed from the ground-up to simplify the complicated process of employee scheduling and labor management. For more information, visit http://www.timeforge.com or contact us at (866) 684-7191.

Partners

apresley — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:56:16 +0000

We are proud to be partnered with the following premier firms around the world that have an interest in providing the highest quality labor management, employee scheduling, and time/attendance tracking to their clients.

Point of Sale Partners

Dinerware – Hospitality POS Solutions

Dinerware is a leading provider of POS solutions for hospitality businesses around the world. Read more about the TimeForge-Dinerware integration.

Technology Partners

dinePoint – Enterprise Reporting

dinePoint is a web-based enterprise reporting service that eliminates the manual processes associated with managing and reporting POS (point of sale) data from multiple locations.

Best of Breed – The Best of Restaurant Technology

Best of Breed Solutions provides integrated restaurant technology solutions that create additional profits for multi-unit restaurant operators.

MonkeyMedia – Serious Food Software

A single software system for running your food business – an integrated solution for sales, production, distribution, inventory, supply chain management, accounting and more.

M2SYS – Biometric Scanners

M2SYS is a fingerprint software research and development company that offers a wide variety of fingerprint software solutions and complementary fingerprint scanners.

TimeForge Providers

Factor One Technology – Retail and Restaurant POS Solutions

Factor One Technology is a Microsoft partner and award winning technology provider of Point Of Sale solutions. Factor One services Calgary, Alberta and surrounding areas with Dinerware and Microsoft RMS solutions.

Group Buying Edge – Food-Service Group Buying Association

Group Buying Edge provides restaurants, bars, clubs, and other food-service businesses with enormous benefits and significant cost savings by purchasing items in quantities that individual businesses cannot do alone..

High Plains Cash Register – Point of Sale Solutions

High Plains Cash Register serves customers in West Texas, and around the United States, from their base in Lubbock, TX. HPCR provides customers with technology solutions such as point of sale systems, web-based employee scheduling, and remote DVR services.

Mercer Sales and Service – Point of Sale and Time Management Solutions

Mercer Sales and Service serves customers in New York and Pennsylvania, providing time clocks, employee scheduling, and point of sale services for since 1950. Contact Mercer for any of your TimeForge needs in northern PA, or New York.

Payroll Providers

SurePayroll – Online Payroll and HR Solutions

SurePayroll is the nation’s leading online payroll service, offered at a price that small business owners can afford.

CompuPay – Payroll and HR Solutions

CompuPay provides online, phone/fax, and PC based payroll solutions for many industries, including retail and hospitality industries.

Heartland Payment Systems – Payroll Services

Heartland’s Payroll Services handles details such as reporting, compliance, POS integration and Workers’ Compensation.

Industry Partners

Restaurant Report – Restaurant Owners, Managers, Chefs, and Staff

Restaurant Report is a food-service and restaurant portal of valuable and relevant information for hospitality professionals. Articles on the site cover a variety of relevant topics.

Running Restaurants – Management Resources for Restaurants

Running Restaurants is a valuable resource run by Restaurant Report and Sante magazine. The goal of the site is to help restaurants win customers and make more money.

Workforce Management Magazine – Workforce Management

Workforce Management Magazine is a helpful resource for human resource related information, including employment law, HR management, employee scheduling, and others.

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