In a field services organization, such as companies in the utilities industry, telecoms, or even healthcare, employees are dispatched into the field on “jobs” to deliver services to clients (which generally include repairs, installations, or in case of healthcare, in-home care). Read More

In my previous post, I wrote about the benefits of integrating time tracking with your accounting system. To give you a quick recap, here are those three main benefits: Expedited system stand-up Easier time tracking Better, more accurate data Ultimately, the adoption of any integrated systems project is going to profit the organization in the same way by enhancing speed, accuracy and efficiency of processing data by serving as a one-stop shop for all your information. FASTER & BETTER are buzzwords I think we’re all familiar with! But how would an integration of your time tracking system with your financial systems provide you with better reporting capabilities? Faster WHAT? Better HOW? Read More

The world’s gone to cloud, and that includes all your data. You have unprecedented access to so much information from almost everywhere you go, all because it’s all living somewhere in the technological “cloud.” Think about it: Every time you post something on social media, it’s posting to the cloud. Every time you access your financial accounts online, you’re accessing it in the cloud. Every time you use a piece of web-based software during your day (whether for business or personal use), your using it in the cloud. These are just a few pieces of your personal data that are floating around in this mass of 1’s and 0’s, ready to be found and used. It’s kind of scary to think about the kind of data that’s out there – whether we willingly put it there or not. That’s why the companies that keep this data – software that we use every day – must take incredible and measures that change almost constantly to ensure that it’s kep Read More

For most software and business consulting organizations, having an effective and efficient Professional Services team is a critical component to driving the profitability and success of the company.  Most Professional Services departments assign resources to complete projects or tasks to deliver value to their customers. An important part of measuring that value is measuring the amount of time and effort resources spend completing those projects and tasks.  Time and effort data feeds into several critical KPIs that Professional Services companies and teams need to be measuring against, such as Billable Utilization and Estimate to Actuals Ratio. If you aren’t measuring time and effort in an effective and accurate way, you simply won’t be able to how profitable your projects are. A common list of questions that your leaders within your Professional Services team will ask when considering the time and effort spent on projects are: What are our projects costing, and are they on budget? Wha Read More

One of the first things that comes to mind when I hear the phrase “Artificial Intelligence” are movies like I, Robot and Chappie. Films like these have given the idea that AI can, and usually will, go horribly wrong. Not all AI is going to turn on us and try to enslave the human race. Most of us use AI on a daily basis and don’t even realize it. Read More

Frequently, when I work with accounting teams, they all have one glaring objective: get users’ time records into the accounting software quickly so that they can process payroll and billing. Often, I hear the same cringe-worthy story: companies have been collecting timesheets either from Excel or paper sheets and manually reentering that data into their accounting platform. Read More

Coordinating time tracking efforts across an organization so that everyone can get the information they need, while also tracking data in a consistent manner, is always tricky. Even the groups focused specifically on project time tracking have some conflicting needs that can be difficult to reconcile. On one hand, you have financial professionals who need to run project accounting analyses on high level costs and profitability. On the other, you have project management professionals who have to plan and track the work at a detailed level. Read More

In pharmaceutical, software development, or engineering organizations, having an effective and efficient R&D department is a critical component to driving the profitability and success of the company. Most R&D departments assign resources to complete projects or tasks to determine what value the organization can deliver to their customers. An important part of measuring that value is measuring the amount of time and effort resources spend completing those activities. Read More

Reviewers have spoken, and TrustRadius has awarded Journyx as a 2018 Top Rated Time Tracking Software! Read More

I would not rate filling out my timesheet as one of the tasks I look forward to with breathless anticipation every day. Even as an employee at a time tracking software company, it’s another task I have to add to my to-do list and carve out time in my already hectic week to do. I’ve talked about in a previous blog post how employees hate tracking their time, and unless you’ve devised a super-creative, fun, and incentivized way for them to fill out and submit their timesheets, it’s probably not something they’re ever going to love doing, either. There are several reasons for this I’ll reiterate here: Read More