Schedule Training …. Labor Cost Training …. And …. Free TimeForge Training!

Posted on Apr 20, 2008 by apresley in Documentation and Tutorials

Would you like help getting TimeForge up and running at your business? Does TimeForge seem too intimidating? Would you like to know what new features and improvements the TimeForge team is working on?

Sign up for one of the upcoming TimeForge training sessions and discover how simple employee scheduling can be! These free training sessions demonstrate how easily TimeForge can be to used to schedule employees while keeping employees happy and getting managers back on the floor.

The upcoming May training sessions are:

  • May 14th, 2008 from 1pm to 2pm Central Standard Time
    • 12pm , 1pm MST
    • 11m , 12pm PST
  • May 26th, 2008 from 11am to 12pm Central Standard Time
    • 10am , 11am MST
    • 9am , 10am PST

Check here for April Training Sessions.

These free training sessions will be held over the phone using standard “web training” tools, as well as a traditional conference call. Accessing the “web training” tools is as easy as going to a web site …. anyone with an Internet connection can participate in training!

The sessions emphasize individual customer question-and-answer style help, similar to an in-office training session: 20 minutes will be devoted to demonstrating the software, and the last 40 minutes will be devoted to answering individual / specific questions about the software.

To sign up, please send an email to info@timeforge.com with the date and time that you would like to attend, and please let us know how many users will be attending from your location and/or company.

Also: Coming soon … the TimeForge User Manual and Employee Manual! A comprehensive guide to using TimeForge at your company.

How long does it take to make a labor schedule for your workforce? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that labor costs could be as much as 30% of your expenses? TimeForge can help streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your hotel, restaurant, bank, car wash, or other retail business.

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Our Happy Customers….

Posted on Apr 14, 2008 by apresley in Testimonial

We recently received a customer testimonial from Michael Freeman, a TimeForge user since early February. Michael is the proprietor of Tiara Cafe, located in California. He had these kind words to say about the use of TimeForge as a labor management tool in his restaurant:

“Scheduling for our restaurant with three shifts 7 days a week is a daunting managerial task. The Timeforge scheduling system has not only increased our efficiency tremendously; decreased the errors in what is normally an error prone environment; it has also saved us ten times what it costs us each month. However, the most important aspect of Timeforge is their flexible and accommodating programing staff. Any business that needs to have a flexible scheduling system shouldn’t go another month without Timeforge.”- Michael, Tiara Cafe

Wonderfully kind words from Michael! Thanks so much!

How long does it take to make a labor schedule for your workforce? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that TimeForge can streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your motel, bank, school, restaurant, bar, club, or retail business.

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Free TimeForge Training!

Posted on Apr 13, 2008 by apresley in Documentation and Tutorials

Would you like help getting TimeForge up and running at your business? Does TimeForge seem too intimidating? Would you like to know what new features and improvements the TimeForge team is working on?

Sign up for one of the upcoming TimeForge training sessions and discover how simple employee scheduling can be! These free training sessions demonstrate how easily TimeForge can be to used to schedule employees while keeping employees happy and getting managers back on the floor.

The next two upcoming training sessions are:

  • April 24th, 2008 from 1pm to 2pm Central Standard Time
    • 12pm , 1pm MST
    • 11m , 12pm PST
  • April 30th, 2008 from 11am to 12pm Central Standard Time
    • 10am , 11am MST
    • 9am , 10am PST

These free training sessions will be held over the phone using standard “web training” tools, as well as a traditional conference call. Accessing the “web training” tools is as easy as going to a web site …. anyone with an Internet connection can participate in training!

The sessions emphasize individual customer question-and-answer style help, similar to an in-office training session: 20 minutes will be devoted to demonstrating the software, and the last 40 minutes will be devoted to answering individual / specific questions about the software.

To sign up, please send an email to info@timeforge.com with the date and time that you would like to attend, and please let us know how many users will be attending from your location and/or company.

Also: Coming soon … the TimeForge User Manual and Employee Manual! A comprehensive guide to using TimeForge at your company.

How long does it take to make a labor schedule for your workforce? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that labor costs could be as much as 30% of your expenses? TimeForge can help streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your hotel, restaurant, bank, car wash, or other retail business.

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Employee Pay Rates are Easier to Enter – Improved in TimeForge

Posted on Mar 04, 2008 by apresley in TimeForge Features

TimeForge developers recently improved the way that employee pay rates are entered.

Previously, to enter a pay rate for an employee, you needed to check a box (telling the software that the employee could work as that employee), then choose whether or not the employee used the base pay rate, and then enter the correct pay rate for that employee at that job code / position. Our recently updated TimeForge 1.9.6 removes the need to use the drop-down box, and provides a handy reference for the position’s base pay-rate.

Please let us know what you think about this improved data entry!

How long does it take to make your employee labor schedule? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that TimeForge can streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your retail business, restaurant, bar, club, or hotel?

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Templates and Weekly Templates Sorted – Improved in TimeForge

Posted on Feb 29, 2008 by apresley in TimeForge Features

TimeForge daily and weekly schedule templates are now easy to find!

Previous versions of TimeForge sorted the list of daily and weekly schedule templates in the order that they were created. For example, the first template that is created would be listed first in the list of templates. But now, templates are now easier to locate, because they are now sorted alphabetically.

How long does it take to make your employee labor schedule? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that TimeForge can streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your retail business, restaurant, bar, club, or hotel?

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Improved Time Selector – Upgraded in TimeForge

Posted on Feb 28, 2008 by apresley in TimeForge Features

TimeForge is proud to release our new “time selector” to all TimeForge users.

The new time selector speeds up data entry for start / end times, and reduces the number of mistakes made by users. To use the time selector, pick a start time anywhere you would enter time. The end time will automatically adjust to 30 minute increments starting after your start time, and it will show you the duration of the shift.

For example, if you enter 11:00am to begin a morning shift, the time selector will automatically display 11:30am (30 minutes) as the end time. You can scroll to enter a different time – for example, 2:30pm (3 hours), or you can enter a different time, such as 3:18pm. You will instantly know how long the shift is, or how many hours an employee has taken off from work!

Yet another reason TimeForge makes labor scheduling simple!

How long does it take to make your employee labor schedule? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that TimeForge can streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your retail business, restaurant, bar, club, or hotel?

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Approve or Deny Employee Requests in Bulk – New in TimeForge

Posted on Feb 27, 2008 by apresley in TimeForge Features

Managers and supervisors can approve or deny employee requests for time off, or changes to availability, in bulk from the “Today” screen in TimeForge. To approve or deny these availability requests, users can easily click the “Approve” or “Deny” for each request, and then click on the “Process” button at the bottom of the list of requests.

All employees will receive email notifications of the Approval or Denial, and employees can always check the status of their availability requests by logging into their own account on TimeForge.com

How long does it take to make your employee labor schedule? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that TimeForge can streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your retail business, restaurant, bar, club, or hotel?

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Trade Shows Relevant to TimeForge Users in 2008

Posted on Feb 07, 2008 by apresley in Trade Shows

There are literally hundreds of trade shows every year that are relevant to our users in one way or another: retail products, loss prevention, HACCP safety, forecasting sales and inventory, temperature and humidity monitoring, human resource best practices, and more!

Some of the upcoming trade shows that may be relevant to TimeForge customers include:

What shows will you be attending this year?

How long does it take to make your employee labor schedule? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that TimeForge can streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your retail business, restaurant, bar, club, or hotel?

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Time and Attendance – Improved in TimeForge

Posted on Feb 06, 2008 by apresley in TimeForge Features

TimeForge contains a very powerful and flexible Time and Attendance Module that can be used to track when employees are actually working at your business. The Time and Attendance Module is designed to ease payroll preparation for restaurants, cafes, catering companies, retail businesses … your business!

Using the Time and Attendance Module is extremely simple, requiring that employees simply click “Clock In” and “Clock Out” to clock-in and out of the TimeForge system. Some of the functionalities of the TimeForge Time and Attendance Module include:

  • Restrict employees to specific computers / IP addresses when clocking in (employees must be on site to login!)
  • Require that employees be on the schedule before they can clock-in
  • Compare the theoretical labor schedule to the actual employee clock-in and clock-out
  • Ensure that employees clock-in right on time, no more early clocking in and clocking out
  • Clock employees out when they forget to do so themselves
  • Easily determine which employees are clocked-in, and how much that employee has cost your business
  • Run employee timesheets to prepare for your payroll

Start using the TimeForge Time and Attendance Module today, and stop using punch cards and time clocks!

How long does it take to make your employee labor schedule? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that TimeForge can streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your retail business, restaurant, bar, club, or hotel?

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No shows and call-ins – New in TimeForge

Posted on Feb 06, 2008 by apresley in TimeForge Features

What happens when an employee does not show up for a scheduled shift? Or, perhaps the employee does call in and is sick or otherwise unavailable to work. You need to find a replacement, fast! Introducing the TimeForge Replacement Module!

The TimeForge Replacement Module allows TimeForge users to find a replacement for an employee who is scheduled for Today, but will not (or did not) show up for their shift. From one screen, a TimeForge user can see which employees are available to replace any user who is scheduled.

To use the new TimeForge Replacement Module to replace an employee:

  1. Login to TimeForge.com and go to the “Today” screen. A chart will appear, displaying employees who are scheduled to work today.
  2. Click on the employee who will be replaced, and a pop-up will appear.
  3. Choose the replacement employee from the drop-down of available employees, and then choose a reason for replacement, either “No Show” or “Call In”.
  4. The new employee is immediately replaced on the schedule!

Just another way that Employee Scheduling is NOW Simple!

How long does it take to make your employee labor schedule? It should take less than 5 minutes! Did you know that TimeForge can streamline and minimize labor costs through effective employee scheduling at your retail business, restaurant, bar, club, or hotel?

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