OT - Time Tracking Program

Please forgive the novel like message below. I'm sometimes a little wordy.

I am looking for some time tracking program that can be used to track time
on multiple jobs. I have looked high and low, but can't find one that will
work for me. I was hoping that someone here may know of one.

We work "mean and lean" and very fast paced around here. Therefore I am
constantly jumping from one job to another, to another, to yet another, and
back and forth between them till jobs are done and more are added. I may
touch on 10-20 or more totally different quoted jobs in one day. My boss
wants me to track my time on each job for obvious reasons. Currently, I
estimate how much time was spent on each job every day. As fast paced as we
work, this is not even close to accurate. I would like to find a program
that would run separate from SW that could help me out.

The way I foresee that it should work, that would be ideal for me, would be
one that:
1. Takes place of the main time clock I punch when I clock in and out of
work every day. Basically, when I clock in on the software, it is also
starting the tracking process for whatever job I select to start on (see
#2).
2. Have the ability let me enter our job numbers in a list-like format, with
a "in/out" button beside each job. When I come in in the mornings, I simply
click "in" on whatever job I start on. This does 2 things. It clocks me in
for the day and starts tracking time for that job. Having the ability to
link to our main job list in an Excel or Access format would be a bonus, but
not necessary. I don't mind manually entering our job numbers in.
3. These buttons should act kind-of like a chess clock in that when I click
"in" on one job, it automatically clocks me "out" of the previous job I was
working on, while always keeping a running total on each job. That way I
can quickly jump from job to job with little intervention without even a
second being un-accounted for.
4. To clock "out" of work for the day, I would simply click "out" for
whatever job I am working on at the time.
5. Have the ability to edit the times for missed punches.
6. Have the ability to print an itemized daily totals list of any day at any
given time and an itemized weekly total for any given date range. The
weekly total would also show my total work hours for the week from which
payroll would be drawn from.

I don't truly expect to find a program that works exactly like I want it to
unless I contract someone for code. That is not what I am after here. But
I would like to find one that at least resembles this that already exists
and is inexpensive. The ones I have looked at a too complicated and/or time
consuming to setup and use. I am just looking for something simple here.
Heck, shareware would be fine even.

Anyone seen anything like this?

 

couldn't tell you the name, but lawyers use software of this general
description...

 

That's why you can't tell - get sued???

WT

 

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MS Access has a template that you could use to create your own. I've not
tried it, but someone I have done some work for has. Works for him

Richard

 

Seth,

This wouldn't be to hard - what's it worth to you?

Evan

 

Try TimeSlice by Modesitt Software.

http://www.timeslice.us/windows/index.html

 

For the Palm I use SDS 6. Will download to a text file that can be sucked
into a spreadsheet. Simple, but not bi-directional. Palm to PC only. But
the price was right.

 

I work for a tightwad, sort-of. I mean, I might be able to squeeze the cost
of a good existing inexpensive/shareware program out of him for this type of
software ($10-40). But I doubt that this would be the kind of money you are
looking for to write code for it. If so, let's talk.

I personally am not going to fork out any money for this since it would be
for the benefit of the company.

--
Seth Renigar
Emerald Tool and Mold Inc.
(Remove "SpamFree_" from my address)


"Evan T. Basalik" <Evan(do not dare spam me -
remove)> wrote in message

 

Looks like it may have potential. Although it still looks a lot more
complicated and involved than it really needs to be for what I need.

I will check it out later today.

 

Hi Seth,

I have just started to look at Studiometry from Oranged.
http://www.oranged.net/

It seems to fit most of your criteria, it has a client and contact
information, it allows jobs to be quickly set up for time and invoice
tracking. It allows multiple jobs per client, different charge rates per
task and per client, it has a time sheet entry as well as a real time clock
which automatically track time spent on jobs, it has both Mac and windows
compatibility and network support for multiple concurrent users.
I am in the process of evaluating this software and seems to be the right
mix of simplicity and function for our requirements. I am just about to test
the network functionality!
So far one of the best aspects to this software is the support, Tom the main
coder for this programme is very helpful and quick to respond on the forum.

Best Regards Simon

 

Sounds great! Will check it out soon...

Thanks

 

Where did you get SP 6, I cannot find it

ca