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TimePort - Key Features

100% Web-based time entry and administration console

Timeport has been designed to be accessible over the Intranet(In-house Solution) and Internet(hosted solution) making user access easy and hassle-free from anywhere –anytime

Quick, responsive, lightweight design

Timeport has been developed by our consulting team having a total 50+ years of experience specializing in both Client/Server technologies. The application design is quick and proven for stability and Scalability.

Vendor and Business Partner Effort & Time Management

Timeport allows setting-up multiple vendors & Business Partners Organizations as subset’s to the parent Organization for effort and time reporting.

This feature is particularly favored by Multi-business Unit Organizations spread across geographical boundaries. This feature is further enhanced by suitable access control & security for isolated Partner access.

Rapid time entry and validation

The key-criteria to enter Time & Effort can be one-time user-defined for multiple keying thus avoiding the further need to enter same information multiple times thus reducing effort and Time for timesheet entry.

The Time-entry screen has “SMART” data-validation to ensure that time records entered are always accurate and accountable.

Rich Project and Task Level Categorization

Various Projects and project-based tasks can be defined for time-entry of effort. This project task level categorization assist project-based organization for accurate and accountable time-entry and effective resource utilization.

Rate Charts, Project Budgets and Actual Cost Tracking

Timeport allows you to break-down hours worked by staff on projects for a selected time-period. This includes total hours worked and project cost.

Project budgets can be entered and tracked with quick reports available for managers who need to have a finger on the pulse at all time.

Project Stakeholders/Management can define budgets, rate charts for effective tracking of effort, cost and time. This feature further assists in deriving important reports and business information on Project Spend analysis.

Batch Timesheets and Invoice Generation and Processing

Imagine it’s the end of billing cycle and one needs to generate timesheets for staff working on various in-house/outsourced projects. The bulk-timesheet generator facility on Timeport gives the power in your hand to export/print timesheets in excel format.

Invoices for projects against timesheets can be generated using the e-Docs feature plug-in of the Timeport Solution

TimeSight – Business Intelligence & Analytical Reports

Timeport offers standard reports for business reporting that provide common statistics and business information most commonly used by organization

Complex & custom reporting and Analytics can be further offered by an additional plug-in tool –TimeSight.

Non-compliance Notifications & Automated Reminders

Through the resource view, Timeport facilitates the administrator/resource manager to view all staff time records for a defined period. Further the Non-compliance view on Timeport allows the Line Manager/Staff manager to view employees who have late or incomplete timesheets. These are automatically “flagged” and highlighted on the screen.

The system itself is capable to send non-compliance notification emails or reminders about incomplete time-entry on Timeport to both the defaulted staff and Line Manager as well

Resource Allocation and De-allocation Management

Timeport facilitates users to prepare/upload resource Allocation sheets for projects with multi-year allocation views. Resources can be allocated/de-allocated real-time on projects based on costing and budgeting calculations. Resource allocation chart and views are available to the line manager or system administrator with advanced version control and archive facility.

The resource management module in Timeport also has Multi Organization and Multi Country Holiday Calendars and leave Approvals & Tracking features.

Export facility for third party systems integration

It’s one thing to have the staff enter their time records into Timeport. It’s also important to be able to extract those records for integration into 3rd Party systems. Timeport data export facility(edocs) makes it easier to filter and export records from timesheets into formats such as Comma Separated format(CSV) a, Tab Delimited and HTML.

Configuration and customization options available

Timeport is built on fully customizable platform and technology to customize and configure according to client requirements for regional settings, skins and themes, custom reports, customized workflow.

Built on Microsoft™ SQLServer 2005 and .Net 2.0 Webstandards

Timeport is built on a very stable,customizable and scalable platform using Microsoft .Net Technology and Oracle or SQL Server as the backend database. It also uses XML webservices and Sharepoint technology for Timesheet Approval and Invoicing.