by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Jun 18, 2012 | New Releases
Version 3.3.7 of our time clock software, Time Clock MTS has just been released. This minor release includes the following changes: Various catches put in place to stop the main application window from disappearing when heavy processing is being done. There’s some sort of inherent bug in either the development language we’re using or the pretty forms controls that is causing this so this work-around is the best we can manage right now. Added a user activated database re-connect try if the connection is lost. Previously a single automatic re-try happened before a database connection lost message was displayed to users. Fixed up some security problems with the in-program tutorial. No on-screen buttons work while the tutorial is active and the correct interface (employee list or keypad) is established when the tutorial is... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Jun 15, 2012 | User Testimonials
It’s always great to hear the nice things our users have to say about Time Clock MTS. We try to put the emails we receive up on our Time Clock Testimonials page as we receive them. A couple of longer ones have gone up in the last few weeks and I thought it might be worthwhile re-producing them here. The first is by a Kent Kelly, a senior operations supervisor at Simplot who had selected Time Clock MTS to use in their facility. You’ve been great to do what you can to provide support and solutions to many different types of Time Clock demands. I really love Time Clock MTS and how it helps me as a Supervisor manage my employees. Last month we had our Corporate Vice President come and tour our facility and he was so impressed with Time Clock MTS and how we were implementing it at our facility that he want me to make a presentation of your program at an Office Best Practices meeting being held the first part of December. I’m sure after this presentation that you might have more interested people check out your website and implement Time Clock MTS. Kent KelleyOperations SupervisorSimplot Grower SolutionsIdaho, USA This second one is by Jimmy Reynolds, the service manager at Mike’s Auto Center. This one is interesting because he’s detailed how they setup the software and how they are using it in their business. FYI, we just purchased the $127 two client license for our company and I must say that we are still impressed with this software. I have figured out how to set... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | May 28, 2012 | New Releases, News
Time Clock MTS Version 3.3.6 includes a fix to a couple of different reports and some re-working of the way the biometric time clock features work when using the Administrator software. Here’s a detailed list of the changes that have been made. The Job Punchcard Report and Job Time Report could occasionally show an incorrect job total when the last clock in/out pair of the report period spanned midnight. This has now been fixed. The Actual vs Rounded Time Report was showing all times labelled as Clock In’s. This has now been fixed. The Automatic Administrator Logout feature wasn’t working when the employee image capture option was turned on. This has now been fixed. Employees are allowed to clock in or out without scanning their fingerprint if the following conditions are met. Firstly, the administrator software is being used, secondly, you’re logged in as the the administrator, and finally, the actual finger scanner is not connected. The Time Clock administrator can allow employees to clock in and out on the administrator software without using the fingerscanner even if the biometric feature is turned on. To allow this the following conditions must be met. Firstly, this will only work for the administrator software and not the client. Secondly, the fingerscanner must be disconnected. The administrator will be given the option they first time they log into the software and the administrator and the fingerscanner is disconnected. Note that the next time the fingerscanner is reconnected Time Clock MTS will re-enable full biometric security. It’s important to realize that none of these changes to the biometric security features will work if... read more
by Mark Nemtsas | Apr 23, 2012 | How To, Tips and Tricks
This Time Clock MTS How To Article covers how you can run reports on employee tips. There are three main employee tip reports in our tip tracking software and this how to article describes each in detail. Employee Tip reports can be run from the Reporting->Payroll Reports screen and you must be logged in as the Time Clock MTS administrator to access the reports. As is normal with most other Time Clock MTS reports you can run any of the tip based reports for a date range, one or many employees, or by department. The Tip Summary Report The Tip summary report (shown above) gives a day to day breakdown of tips for each employee. This includes a daily report on tips received directly, credit/debit card tips received, and tips paid out to others. The Employee Tip Diary Report The employee tip diary report gives full details of each entry made by the employee into their tip diary across the reporting date range. Totals are then displayed for each type of tip over the reporting period. This report is very similar to Form 4070A Employee’s Daily Record of Tips which is available from the IRS. The Employee Tip Diary Summary Report The employee tip diary summary report produces a very easy to read summary of the employee tip activity over the selected reporting range. Totals are displayed for each type of tip over the reporting period. This report is very similar to Form 4070 Employee’s Report of Tips to Employer which is available from the... read more
by Mark Nemtsas | Apr 18, 2012 | How To
This Time Clock MTS How To Article covers how employees can record a tip using the Time Clock MTS employee tip tracking system. The first step is to log in as the Time Clock MTS administrator and enable tip tracking. This was covered in the how to article How to Setup Employee Tip Tracking. Employees will now be able to see the Employee Tip Tracking button on the time clock. To enter a tip they should click this button and they’ll be shown the Employee Tip Diary which can be seen in the image at the top of this article. The Employee Tip Diary is used by employees to add, edit or delete employee tips. To add a new tip employees must click the Add Tip button. The Add Employee Tip screen (shown above) allows employees to enter details of a tip or gratuity that they’ve received. The details of the tip (date received and cash or credit amount) are entered into the fields on the left side of the form. Data can be entered via a keyboard or via the numeric keypad on the right. If the employee has paid out the tip to other employees they should enter an amount into the Tips Paid Out field and then select the employee(s) paid out to from the employee list box. When the employee is happy with the details of the tip to be added they must click the Save Tip button and the tip will be added the employee’s tip... read more
by Mark Nemtsas | Apr 17, 2012 | How To, Tips and Tricks
This Time Clock MTS How To Article covers how the Time Clock Administrator can punch out all employees that are currently punched in quickly and easily. This can be especially useful at the end of the work day to punch out any employees that may have forgotten to punch out when they left work for the day. To punch out all employees that are currently punched in just follow the steps below.. Log into Time Clock MTS as the administrator. How you log in as the administrator was covered in this How To Article. Go to the Tools->Edit Times screen and you’ll be shown the screen at the top of this article. Click the Punch In / Out button and choose the Punch Out All Employees option from the menu that pops up. A popup screen will give you the chance to set the punch out time for the group of employees. See the screen below. In this example we’ve set the time to 5:00:00PM. Confirm that you want to punch out all employees in the confirmation window that is then shown. All employees that are punched in will be punched out of Time Clock MTS If this article isn’t what you were looking for you might find the How to Punch In All Employees article or how to Punch a Group of Employees In or Out article... read more
