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Time recording systems – online, by app and at the terminal

Individual time recording systems for your company – online and terminal. Record your employees' times, in accordance with GDPR and ECJ.

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What is a time recording system?

A time recording system is a combination of software and optional hardware that a company uses to record, document and evaluate its employees' working times. Recording takes place either online on the PC, mobile via app or at the time recording terminal, for example using an RFID or NFC chip card.

A good time recording system for SMEs meets four criteria:

  • Flexible recording: terminal (RFID/NFC/barcode), PWA/app and online recording on the PC in one system
  • Fulfils the time recording obligation in line with the ECJ ruling
  • GDPR-compliant, with development and hosting in Germany
  • Integrated into projects, billing and the ticket system instead of a standalone solution

Our time recording systems for SMEs

Are you looking for a time recording system that allows your employees to record their working hours flexibly? With projectfacts, we provide you with a complete online solution. You can use it to record all your employees' working times. Whether directly online in the software, mobile via web app or with a chip card at the time recording terminal: the time recording system always works quickly, easily and reliably.

Time terminal

When your employees arrive at work in the morning, they can simply check in at the terminal. The attendance time is automatically recorded and transferred to the software.

Home Office

If your employees are working from home, they can log in conveniently via the web interface. You can see at any time whether employees are currently in the office or working from home.

Mobile

Your employees can start time recording anytime and anywhere, even when they are on the move. With the help of the web app, check-in and check-out work wherever there is Internet access.

Flexible and cross-device time recording system

projectfacts makes time recording as easy as possible for you and your employees. The software is tailored to your needs. Whether on the move via web app, online on the PC or at the time terminal when entering the office. Recording working time is quick and easy.

Online check-in via PC or smartphone

As a Progressive Web App, the projectfacts time recording system runs on almost any smart end device. This includes laptops, PCs, tablets and smartphones.

Your employees can check in for time recording at any time via the cloud. Employees who are on the road for external appointments can record their times on the move, e.g. on their smartphone. You can also set and manage break times via the system.

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Time recording terminal – login with chip or card

The projectfacts time recording system can be linked to a stationary terminal in your company. You can then log in at the touch of a button, using a chip or a barcode card. Any barcode, RFID or NFC reader is sufficient for check-in and check-out. The terminal records the arrival and break times as well as the time of check-out.

On request, we can set up an industrial terminal for time recording. Employees are recognised via an ID or personnel number. The projectfacts time recording system thus provides you with complete documentation of attendance times. The necessary software is included in the standard licence for projectfacts. Any computer with an appropriate barcode, RFID or NFC reader can be used as hardware.

When your employees enter or leave the building, they log in with a small chip. For example, in the form of a key fob or a barcode card. Simply place it on the terminal reader and remove it again. Registration is confirmed by an acoustic signal, but can also be displayed on a tablet. If required, the tablet always shows which employees are currently checked in. You can use the time recording terminal to sign in and out for breaks.

This turns the time recording terminal into a digital time clock: it replaces the classic punch clock with modern hardware time recording, in which every time recording device transfers the bookings directly to the software.

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The flexible solution for documenting your employee hours. Whether online via PC or via an industrial terminal. With the projectfacts software, you have a system for every situation.

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Comply with legal requirements for time recording

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that an objective and reliable time recording system is mandatory. With the projectfacts system, you meet all the requirements of the ECJ and the GDPR.

Document working times completely and with a technically reliable system. This ensures that break regulations and maximum daily and weekly working hours are not exceeded. If you wish, you can specify that times can only be recorded within your office hours, e.g. between 6 am and 6 pm. Bookings at weekends or during vacation or illness can also be deactivated if desired.

Integration with other divisions

Unlike many other time recording systems, projectfacts offers you an all-in-one solution that can be optimally linked with other areas of the company. Benefit from the advantages that an integrated system offers you.

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Manage vacation and illness

projectfacts is more than just a time recording system. You can also manage your employees' vacations and illnesses with the software.

Vacations can be applied for and approved directly in the software. Sick notes can also be submitted directly online and documents such as the "yellow slip" can be uploaded.

Thanks to the integrated calendar, all absences are clearly displayed. This means your team always knows which colleagues are available and which are not.

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"We run our entire time recording and project planning with projectfacts." – Sandra Schantl, Runningball
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Time recording systems for projects

With projectfacts, you don't just record attendance times. If desired, these can also be booked to internal and external projects. Time booking helps you to keep track of the progress of your projects. You can use target/actual comparisons to determine whether a project requires more or less work than planned.

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Time recording systems for your billing

By accurately documenting working times, you can easily bill hours to customers. Our time recording system creates invoices and timesheets at the touch of a button. These contain exactly the items that were previously booked to the corresponding work package. You always have an overview of your billing based on the booked times.

Thanks to the link with HR data, projectfacts always calculates the correct hourly rates and surcharges. Even complex billing rules are no problem.

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Time recording systems for your service or support

Our software solution offers an intelligent link between time booking and the ticket system. Employees assign their working time to the exact ticket they have worked on. The invoice is then just a click away. Comprehensive analyses of the time spent on each ticket are also possible because all data is systematically recorded anyway.

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Benefit from the advantages of a time recording system

Document all attendance times with an all-in-one system. Your employees check in using a chip or card, the software registers all processes automatically and you keep track of everything.

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Further features of the projectfacts time recording system

The time recording system is geared towards your requirements. It makes time recording as easy as possible for your employees.

Working time models

Our time recording system can be used to map all common working time models: full-time, part-time, flexitime, trust-based working time and many more. Manage everything in one system.

Comfort functions

Your employees book times exactly where they occur. Whether for a contact or in a ticket. Templates and favourites prevent long searches and ensure order.

Absences

Vacations and absences are automatically recorded and entered in the calendar. Individual break rules ensure that your employees comply with the statutory minimum breaks.

Time recording systems at a glance

With every device

One time recording system for all employees – online, mobile or at the terminal

In the office or externally

Record times exactly where they occur – office, home office or mobile

Assign project

Post and bill recorded working times to projects

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Frequently asked questions

What types of time recording systems are there?
A basic distinction is made between pure hardware systems (punch clock and terminal), pure software solutions and combined systems. projectfacts combines both: online recording on the PC, mobile recording via app and terminal time recording using an RFID or NFC chip card in one system.
Do you need a terminal for time recording?
No, a terminal is optional. Your employees can also record times without any hardware, directly online on the PC or mobile via app. If you want a stationary digital time clock at the entrance, you can additionally couple a time recording terminal with an RFID, NFC or barcode reader.
What time recording options does projectfacts offer?
With projectfacts, your employees can record times online in the software, mobile via web app or with a chip card at the time recording terminal. More on this under Time recording systems.
How does the time recording terminal work?
The terminal is coupled stationary with projectfacts. Log-in is done at the touch of a button, with a chip or a barcode card via a barcode, RFID or NFC reader. It records arrival, break and check-out times.
On which devices does the projectfacts time recording system run?
As a Progressive Web App, the system runs on almost any smart end device, including laptops, PCs, tablets and smartphones. This allows your employees to check in via the cloud at any time.
Can I book recorded times to projects?
Yes. Attendance times can be booked to internal and external projects if desired. You can use target/actual comparisons to determine whether a project requires more or less work than planned. More on this under Project time recording.
Which working time models can be mapped?
The time recording system can be used to map all common working time models: full-time, part-time, flexitime, trust-based working time and many more – all in one system.
Can vacation and illness also be managed?
Yes. Vacations can be applied for and approved directly in the software, sick notes can be submitted online. Thanks to the integrated calendar, all absences are clearly displayed. More on this under Absence management.
Can I bill working times directly?
Yes. The time recording system creates invoices and timesheets at the touch of a button with the items previously booked. Thanks to the link with HR data, correct hourly rates and surcharges are calculated. More on this under Billing.