What’s new in EBSTime Suite version 7.5?
EBSTime Version 7.5 includes various features and modifications to make time and
labor calculations easier and much faster. This new release possesses the following
enhanced features.
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SaaS (Software as a Service) Monthly Rental Plan
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Web hosted Time Attendance system
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With minimal capital investment you can now take full advantage of EBS Automated
Time & Attendance Software. This is made available through web hosted time attendance
system where all the software and data are transferred securely off-site.
This remotely hosted application will access and manage your data without any expense
of costly licenses, complex hardware/ software infrastructures and lets you concentrate
on your core business.
Benefits of the Web hosted Time Attendance system
- Low budget capital investment
- Less monthly charges
- Web based application could be accessed anywhere with computer and internet
- Unlimited usage of software
- No investment required for software and hardware infrastructure
- Free product support from the EBS Support Team 24/5
- No hidden costs; System upgrade at very low additional charges
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Home Page Enhancements
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Vacation Calendar
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A new option called ‘Vacation Calendar’ has been added in Vacation page.
You can use this option to view employees’ who have taken vacation/time off on a
particular date for a given month.
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Assign Temporary Approver
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A new section called ‘Assign Temporary Approver’ has been added in ‘Preferences’
section.
You can use this option to assign another user (supervisor) to approve your employees’
time sheets for a specific duration.
Note: The other user (supervisor) must belong to the same Approval Level
of yours; otherwise the user cannot approve your employee time sheets.
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Attendance Enhancements
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Balance Transfer
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You can use this feature to transfer Maximum Carryover of Accrued Hours from
one Attendance Plan to another Attendance Plan.
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Import of employee initial attendance balances
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You can use this feature to directly import initial attendance balances of employee/s
from an MS-Excel spreadsheet into the program.
This feature eliminates manual, time- consuming entry of employee attendance data
in the application.
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Enhanced Reports
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Manpower Planning Report
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The Manpower Planning Report displays number of employees who worked under particular
Org level and their Payroll details. The report also displays Org level-wise OT
(Over time) details of all employees.
The report is used for effective planning and distribution of manpower resources
for particular departments, in order to check overtime hours worked by employees.
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Direct Print
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You can print any reports directly, without having to give Print Folder Access Rights
for printing purpose.
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Time Rules/Calculation Engine
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Enhanced Overtime Calculations
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A new feature called Work Week Start Time has been added in Pay Group Rule
Setup. You can use this feature to define the start time for a particular work week.
The feature is mainly used to split hours worked by employees/s for a given work
week.
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Enhanced Shift Premium Calculations
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You can set up Shift premium amounts with specified Amount/Hour, Flat Amount, Amount/Hour
as Flat Amount or a Percentage of the employee pay rate.
Shift Groups club several shifts under one group with similar ‘In’ and ‘Out’ timings,
but different Shift Premiums associated with them.
Depending on the Priority Level (i.e. 0 to 5) set for a Shift Group, all shift codes
in this Group with ‘Percentage’ Calculation Type will get a higher shift differential.
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Enhanced Job Costing Capabilities
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EBSTime supports an unlimited number of Departments and an unlimited number of Jobs.
Employees can be assigned to "Home Department" values and can also enter their "current"
or "active" department right at the Time Clock. Employees can also enter their current
Job code into the Time Clock.
Switching between Departments and Jobs during the workday is a smooth process. Simply
press the "Switch" key and enter the new Department and/or Job code. The application
assigns the new hours to the correct Department and Job.
Unlimited Variable Pay Rates are supported within the application, as well. You
can specify a different Pay Rate for different Departments, Jobs or Department/Job
combinations. Variable Pay Rates can be as unique as desired, down to individual
employees or groups of employees, Individual Departments, Department Groups, Individual
Jobs, Job Groups or combinations of any of the above.
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Enhanced Transfer Rules- Pay Rate Validation
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A new feature called Employee Base Rate Validation has been added in Transfer Rules.
You can use this feature to post employee departmental transfers to time sheets
based on the transfer rate defined in the program or the employee unit pay rate;
whichever has a higher pay rate value is taken into consideration.
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Enhanced Lunch Rules
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A new feature called ‘Set Time At’ has been added in Lunch Rules. You can use this
feature to define fixed time for employee/s to take lunch for a given day.
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Integration with other HR/Payroll Interfaces
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Enhanced HR/Payroll integration
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Integration with EBSTime provides bi-directional real time transfer of information
from various Third-Party HR/Payroll applications.
The application supports virtually all major payroll formats, which includes the
following newly introduced ones :
- Sage Accpac ERP- US Payroll
- Sage Accpac ERP- Canadian Payroll
- HR.net Enterprise
Additionally, EBSTime data can be exported in ASCII or .CSV file formats for complete
portability and accessibility.
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Single Sign-On (SSO) Mechanism
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The Single Sign-On (SSO) mechanism has been implemented between the following
applications:
- EBSHR.Net and EBSTime Suite
- Sage Abra ESS and EBSPunch
This mechanism allows user to access EBSTime/EBSPunch application from HR.Net and
Sage Abra ESS respectively.
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Improved Clock Communications:
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Bell Schedules
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Allows you to program the day, time, and duration of a series of bells. The bells
can be programmed to signal the beginning or end of a shift, lunch, or break.
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Automatic deletion of In Lunch/Out Lunch punches
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You can trigger automatic deletion of employee/s In Lunch/Out Lunch punches entered
through Accu-Time Clock system, if required.
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Maximus
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The AccuTime Maximus non-biometric workforce management tool is easily configurable
with EBSTime application.
Key Features:
- Biometric readers –1:1 and 1:n – finger scan
- Integrated visible or infrared bar code readers
- Biometric option eliminates costly buddy-punching
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Maximus
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The AccuTime Optimus (Online Personal Time and Information Management Utility System) non-biometric workforce management tool is easily configurable with EBSTime application.
Key Features:
- Biometric readers –1:1 and 1:n – finger scan or finger geometry
- Large, easy to read display
- Familiar ATM-style interface -Self Service functionality
- Biometric options for increased personal security
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Prodigy
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Prodigy is for those who demand a rich suite of features at an affordable
price: plug and play, web services, customizable function keys, optional biometrics,
smartcards and more.
Key Features:
- Biometric options for increased personal security
- Ergonomic design with angled card slot
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Hand Punch GT-450
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We are the first certified company to provide fully integrated RSI Hand Punch GT-450,
a next generation information collection terminal.
Hand Punch GT-450 biometric terminal is similar to Hand Punch GT-400 terminal. This
biometric hand geometry technology has an additional feature of a Swipe Reader mechanism
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Other Enhancements
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Increased Approval Levels up to 5
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Two level time sheet approvals is now enhanced to a five level approval. You can
setup five different approval levels, which is an innovative feature designed to
help businesses improve data accuracy. It allows supervisors - payroll managers
to approve an employee's time sheet at their respective levels. This cross-checking
at various levels eliminates chances of errors and assures greater accuracy in payroll
processing.
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Section 508 Compliance
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Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make
available new opportunities for people with disabilities. Follow this link for more
info:
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12#Web
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Enhanced Mass Update Time Group Process
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Mass Update Time Group process allows you to change the Time Group of an employee.
Changing an employee’s Time Group involves a complete change in all Processing Rules
(Lunches, Breaks, Shifts, Holidays, Work Day Rules, etc) included within that Time
Group. Updating Time Groups for individual employees is a tedious and Time consuming
job. The process of ‘Mass Update Time Group’ allows for a quick and smooth transition
of Time Groups. You can narrow down from general to more specific areas for Mass
Update by selecting appropriate Organization levels.
You can now filter employee data for Mass Update Time Group’ process based on Employee
Type or Default Shift options.
In Mass Update Time Group process, you can create time group templates, if required.
This allows you to assign a particular Time Group, to a new employee whose details
are imported into the application.
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