Better Daily Log Software

Simple and easy communication between the management team and the staff members is a requirement for every business, in any industry.

It is important to keep track of daily notes, task lists, todo items, and sticky notes in every business – big or small, independent or chain. The task of managing all of these items is quickly cumbersome for all but the most disciplined staff members.

Scheduling human resource tasks, upcoming maintenance events, human resource tasks, management meetings, and other necessary items across multiple shifts (where the manager or staff member that created the event may not be the person responsible for the event) quickly becomes a management nightmare.

And, as your business grows, keeping up with the pile of paperwork and small notes can quickly become a nightmare.

Many businesses tackle the tornado of paper and notes by raiding the local office supply store – lab notebooks, 3-ring binders, and other similar products. While these paper products are very cheap, the disadvantages are obvious:

  • Paper products will tear and can be destroyed with any mild abuse.
  • Writing with pens or pencils can be smudged or unreadable by spilling a drink, or with wet hands
  • Searching through dozens of paper notebooks for historical data is impossible..
  • Staff who use ink pens will scratch out notes from other employees, making notes unreadable.
  • Notebooks are easily be lost in a back office under piles of other notes.
  • Handwriting that is made in a hurry can be unreadable minutes, or months, after the note is made.
  • Organizing notebook or 3-ring binder notes into categories on a day-by-day basis is cumbersome at best.
  • Multiple location / multi-store operators have no insight into the day-to-day operations of individual locations without faxing and scanning pages back and forth.

In most cases, the paper log book is simply insufficient for modern businesses. Many niche businesses provide organized paper notebook equivalents of the 3-ring binder or lab notebook, like Red Book Solutions and CommLog. While these product are somewhat better than the paper notebooks available at your local office supply store – all of the disadvantages of the paper process remain. In addition to the paper problem, these pre-printed log books are organized in a format that may, or may not, work for your business.

The TimeForge Daily Log is a superior solution to organize the notes and todo tasks at your business.

Use the TimeForge Daily Log for easy notes and communications

Use the TimeForge Daily Log for easy notes and communications

Use the Daily Log as your manager log and staff log – and for much more.   Read more about the TimeForge Daily Log!

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Labor and Industries Audits Made Easy

In many states, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) performs routine audits of retail, grocery, contracting, and food-service businesses to determine if the establishment is following all federal, state, and local laws governing overtime, underage workers, and workers compensation. Like any audit, failing an L&I audit may result in heavy fines and significantly reduce profits. L&I audits may also be performed by your insurance company rather than a state agency.

Labor & Industries auditors will review your payroll, accounting, and schedules for compliance – a daunting task if your employee schedule records are kept in request books, various availability sheets, sticky-notes, scraps of paper, and Excel spreadsheets. However, with TimeForge.com, an L&I audit is simple. Historical records are always available and can be recalled by simply logging into TimeForge and running the appropriate report on any past, present or future schedule. Schedules are archived forever. Requests are stored forever. Audits are now simple!

How long does it take to make an employee schedule? 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 labor scheduling at your restaurant, bar, or club.

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