Barcode /Magnetic Stripe Labor Reporting Job Costing Software

Barcode Labor Collection & Reporting

Instant Data Labor Reporting was designed to interface with our generic data collection software. Our base software product provides the ability to collect, edit, store and file transfer update any and all data requirements. This software communicates with bar-code, magnetic, and optical scanning devices and provides standard collected data inquiries and printed reports along with SQL data reporting capability .

The Labor Reporting Module is a powerful and flexible software product that allows one to quickly match existing company labor reporting procedures. A 100 employee facility would typically require about 1 day to setup, assign and define required data.

The employees would be given a identifying badge and would scan this badge and other order information through a barcode reader at either the start of a job, end of the job or at start and end of a job, Lunch time can be automatically deducted from job hours without employee reporting lunch activity. This scanned data is made immediately available for labor reporting.

Labor hours are rounded to company policy. On a daily or weekly bases a supervisor would reviews and approves employee records through a on-line maintenance screen or through available reports. The supervisor can maintained hours of work and can report unreported hours. . (Vacation, medical, holidays, jury duty etc.) Once approved, hours are ready for interface with job costing application or for reporting labor hours & dollars cost by part number or order number. The scanning of the employee badge can also be used to allows facility access.

All software products have been designed for quick and simple implementation through step by step menu selections, access to all collected data though standard inquiries reports and SQL structure. and the exporting of collected data to other application or services

The installation process is quick and easy.
1) Import or create badge/employee records. Need number, name and shift assignment minimum.
2) Create payroll shift parameters. (Many shifts can be tailored to match existing payroll policy)
3) Define data fields and transaction codes. Data = Badge, Order #, Operation #, etc.
Transactions are defined as attendance in, attendance out, job on , job off, indirect on ,etc.
and are assigned associated fields. A attendance in transaction would require a minimum .
field badge. Indirect on might required reason code, account # and/or dept. # and a badge.
4) Connect to database server or start polling process. Start scanning transactions
5) Collected data can be reviewed and approved.
6) Collected data can be exported to comma delimited, or SQL file or written directly to host.
7) Review or print out reports

Menu below provides maintenance and report screens and printouts. Prompting script
makes system easy to use and provides accurate records.

Automatic attendance time is calculated based on shift parameter tables established to meet
exact company pay policy.

System is ready to start collecting data . Using one of the below methods, the system prompts
operator to scan transaction id. The system then prompts the operator field by field for required data,
verifies scanned or keyboard entered data and writes record to file

As employees report and leave work, report option display active employees
(below)