Almost everything we use in this day and age is “smart” – smart devices, smart homes, smart cars, smart TVs. Technology is constantly getting smarter about what we’re doing, what we’ve done in the past, and what we need now as a result – whether it’s Google suggesting a restaurant we might like near our location, or Facebook knowing what kinds of ads to serve you at a certain time of day. There are myriad “personal assistant” devices that you can simply call on to help you find anything you need. Read More

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is replacing existing EU data privacy regulations. Organizations that are impacted by the regulation must achieve GDPR compliance by May 25, 2018. Among the many business processes it impacts, GDPR may significantly change your company’s selection of business software vendors. Read More

A recent Forbes article, Should Big Data Be Used To Measure Employee Productivity?, includes some interesting insights on a study done by Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The study specifically looks at how employees respond to big data/machine learning when applied to employee productivity. Read More

As organizations look for more, and better ways to achieve profitability and operational goals, the search for the right technology is always a very important piece of the equation. Often the options to consider are using an “all-in-one” ERP or workforce management solution, or focusing on “best of breed” solutions to help run the business efficiently. Read More

The history of time tracking is actually a long and storied one, stretching back over 200 years when Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase “Time is money” to emphasize efficiency in how people work. The time clock was invented as the Industrial Revolution brought about the need to track employee time as accurately and efficiently as possible – a need many companies still have today. Workforce models have also shifted dramatically over the centuries, and especially in the last twenty years – necessitating better means of tracking employee time for a variety of purposes, such as projects, payroll, and billing. I talked to Curt Finch, our CEO, who founded Journyx 21 years ago and introduced web-based project time tracking to the world. As someone who has seen the technology of time tracking grow and change incredibly over 3 decades, he has a unique perspective on its journey and future. Kari: Before you started Journyx, the concept of tracking time to projects was very dif Read More

There are many reasons why time tracking within the organization has become increasingly important, but when people normally hear time tracking, they mostly think of tracking time to pay their employees (generally referred to as time and attendance). While accurately paying your employees is obviously very important, it has become a necessity to improve the way the organization tracks time on projects. Time and Attendance vs Project Time Tracking: A Brief Comparison To put it briefly, time and attendance systems are specifically designed to track employee time for payroll purposes. Time and attendance software can be web-based, or even be a punchclock system. In addition, they can be used to manage paid time off (PTO), employee schedules, and overtime. Project time tracking systems are specialized for project accounting purposes, and therefore has much different functionality for a much different role. Project time tracking software can, however, have some of the time and attendance fe Read More

It’s important to keep track of where your employees are spending their time, particularly if you work with clients and provide services that are charged at an hourly rate. Time tracking is needed not only to bill clients accurately but also to be more aware of how much time is being spent on administration and other non-billable activities, as well as time spent working directly for a client. Read More

Have you ever been to a session at a conference where the speaker was showing off some nifty new software, features, or new ways of doing certain tasks, and you thought to yourself, “Wow, that’s really cool.” GPUG Summit attendees have a very Music City-appropriate way of expressing that, now. Those attending the opening session of GPUG Summit in Nashville this morning were all given cowbells, for the purpose of sounding off their approval of features GP 2018 will offer (or anything else they like, for that matter). And they were used to their full extent as GP rockstars like Bob McAdam, Steve Burney, Pam Misialek, Martin Olsen, and more took to the stage. State of GPUG GPUG Advisory Board Chairman gave a brief, but impactful, 10,000-foot view of the GPUG community, showing its community footprint in terms of education, community discussions, conference attendance, and chapters – showing how active the tightly-knit GPUG community is. Making the Most of GP Pam Mi Read More

This is a guest post by Margaret Alston, Director of Consulting, TrustArc With the compliance deadline looming for the European Union’s new all-encompassing privacy legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (affectionately known as the GDPR), organizations around the world are considering whether they need to comply and if so, how. In some cases, the decision will affect whether the organization will continue to accept customers or establish employees in the EU (and may even affect revenue tied to current customers in the EU). In other cases, the question is focused on how the organization can comply in ways that both regulators and customers expect. Regardless of the business pressures, it is a complex set of considerations. However, setting up a framework for thinking about the GDPR can help an organization navigate these choices. Then, creating an actionable roadmap can help move the organization towards compliance, step by step. First, it may be useful to understand Read More

Who doesn’t love Dilbert? I find that a Dilbert comic strip, while completely farcical with its absurd characters and situations, will actually contain some grain of relatable truth. Heck, there are probably times when I can say, “Yep, I’ve dealt with that.” Which is why this Dilbert cartoon is particularly funny to me: This is one of those “It’s funny because it’s true” moments. Here at Journyx, we hear, on a near-daily basis, from the people on the front lines of time sheet collection who ask “How do I get our employees to turn in their time sheets?” Journyx conducted two surveys over the last year and half, which asked about the biggest challenge with tracking time at the organization – the hands-down top challenge, as indicated in both surveys, was getting employees to submit their time sheets on time. NEWSFLASH: Your Employees HATE Tracking Their Time And that’s why this Dilbert comic strip rings so true – not just Read More