What does mobile time tracking actually mean?

Mobile first of all means that working hours are not only recorded in one place, such as on entering and leaving the building with a chip card at a terminal. With mobile time tracking, hours can instead be documented regardless of location. This can be done on paper, with pen and paper. The other, far more common method today is time tracking with a modern cloud solution and app. Employees can easily enter working hours, break times and business errands while out and about, using an app on a smartphone or tablet. The data is exchanged between devices via a cloud, so it can also be called up in the office through a web interface.

Despite the increasing flexibility of the working world in terms of place and time, this method therefore makes precise working time tracking possible for all employees.

Benefits of mobile time tracking systems

• fewer errors in data entry and transfer compared with recording by hand
• time saved because analyses and billing are generated automatically
• greater transparency towards customers thanks to precise documentation of the work
• easy to use
• location-independent time tracking outside the office too
• live documentation and tracking possible
• usually works offline and on various devices as well

Drawbacks of mobile time tracking systems

• time-consuming process of choosing the right system
• implementation costs as well as running costs
• some applications require employee training
• employees may not accept it because they fear being monitored

Some years ago, clockin's managing director Thomas Bittmann faced the problem of finding a suitable digital time tracking system himself, with his mid-sized trades business. What bothered him most was how expensive and time-consuming these systems were to implement. So he sat down with a few IT specialists and developed clockin - our digital time tracking system, which meets the demands of real-world practice and avoids the possible drawbacks of such systems thanks to its intuitive operation. Implementation is done in a few minutes and requires no employee training. Find out here about the many options clockin offers you.

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