Use-Case Solutions

When considering enterprise timesheet software, it's best to think of what business challenge implementing a timesheet system such as TimeControl can solve for you. TimeControl has been designed with many purposes in mind.

Our experience since 1984 has been that many organizations end up implementing more than one type of timesheet. There's one timesheet for time and attendance which is typically used by the Payroll department. Another timesheet may be implemented to track time off and flex time, usually managed by the Human Resources department. Yet another timesheet is used for billing and another may be implemented as part of the project management system for project tracking.

TimeControl was designed to fulfill several of these timesheet roles simultaneously. At its core, TimeControl tracks time on a task-by-task project-by-project basis. Yet it is, fundamentally a financial timesheet system with all the controls necessary to fulfill the needs of payroll, human resources and finance. Our intention is that TimeControl eliminate the need for implementing multiple timesheets in the same organization. TimeControl's flexibility makes it the right choice for many different needs.

We have identified below just some of the business challenges that you can adopt TimeControl to solve. Click on any of the solutions identified below to find specific materials that may be of interest to you. Also, remember, TimeControl is designed to fulfill multiple solutions at one time and configuring TimeControl for any of the timesheet requirements below still means you can simultaneously configure for any of the others.

The Matrix Approval Process for Labor Actuals™

HMS Software's trademarked process for managing timesheets in a matrix environment is at the core of why TimeControl can support both project and organizational approvals within the same process.
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Integrating TimeControl and Microsoft Project on the Web

TimeControl links to all editions of Microsoft Project including Project on the Web, Project Desktop, Project Online and Project Server and supports a mixed environment where multiple versions can be supported simultaneously. TimeControl has had a link to every edition of Microsoft Project since 1995.
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Integrating TimeControl and Microsoft Project on the desktop

TimeControl links to all editions of Microsoft Project including Project on the Web, Project Desktop, Project Online and Project Server and supports a mixed environment where multiple versions can be supported simultaneously. TimeControl has had a link to every edition of Microsoft Project since 1995.
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Integrating TimeControl and Microsoft Project Server

TimeControl links to all editions of Microsoft Project including Project on the Web, Project Desktop, Project Online and Project Server and supports a mixed environment where multiple versions can be supported simultaneously. TimeControl has had a link to every edition of Microsoft Project since 1995.
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Integrating TimeControl and Microsoft Project Online

TimeControl links to all editions of Microsoft Project including Project on the Web, Project Desktop, Project Online and Project Server and supports a mixed environment where multiple versions can be supported simultaneously. TimeControl has had a link to every edition of Microsoft Project since 1995.
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Integrating TimeControl and BrightWork

TimeControl includes a bi-directional integration with the SharePoint-based BrightWork project and portfolio management system. The collaborative project and portfolio BrightWork system can now be deployed with a completely integrated enterprise timesheet.
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TimeControl and Oracle-Primavera

TimeControl has had a link to Primavera's scheduling systems since 1997. Indeed, some of our largest deployments of TimeControl have been done in conjunction with Primavera's products. We maintain links from TimeControl with every Primavera scheduling system version from P3 to the current version. TimeControl links with both Primavera Pro and Primavera EPPM
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Integrate TimeControl and Hard Dollar's HD PCM

Integrating TimeControl Industrial and Hard Dollar's HD PCM project estimating and cost control system makes for a powerful project control environment. Bring Field Data Collection with TimeControl Industrial together with extensive cost modeling that comes with HD PCM. Extend your integration even further by integrating scheduling with Oracle-Primavera or Microsoft Project to provide a complete picture of your projects.
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Integrate TimeControl, HD PCM and Primavera into one Project Control environment

When HMS designed TimeControl Industrial to integrate Hard Dollar's HD PCM project estimating and cost control system we knew already that Hard Dollar and Primavera had a working integration themselves. Given that TimeControl also links to Primavera, we designed the HD PCM link so that it can work in collaboration with the Primavera P6 link. The result is remarkable. You can now integrate TimeControl Industrial (or TimeControl), Hard Dollar's HD PCM and Oracle-Primavera into one powerful project control environment where the best of each product is used to control an aspect of the project.
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TimeControl and Contruent

TimeControl and Contruent (formerly ARES PRISM) have been designed to integrate together. Where Contruent has the project controls, estimating and analysis functionality, TimeControl has the auditable multi-purpose labor collection ability. When these tools are put together, the combination makes for a powerful project control environment.
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TimeControl and JIRA

TimeControl includes a bi-directional link to the popular task management system JIRA. JIRA is a task management and project management system from Atlassian. It is best known in the Agile project management world and is available from Atlassian as a service or as an on-premise implementation. For developers and other technical users using JIRA now, timesheets can pose a challenge. TimeControl solves that challenge with this integration.
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Integrating TimeControl And Deltek's EPM Suite

TimeControl got its start in the mid-80s as customized code written for our very first customer who needed to integrate a timesheet with Open Plan. TimeControl is a Deltek ISV (Independent Software Vendor) partner and maintains links between TimeControl and both Deltek Open Plan and Cobra.
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Moving from Excel timesheets to TimeControl

Many organizations create their first timesheet in Excel but as the organization grows, the importance of a more robust timesheet grows too as the cost and effort of maintaining an in-house Excel-based timesheets becomes more and more challenging.
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Linking TimeControl to ERP/Finance Systems

Virtually every ERP and Finance System comes with its own timesheet yet, in some organizations these timesheets are never deployed. In other organizations ERP timesheets systems are deployed and become only one of several timesheets that are maintained. TimeControl's flexibility is the ideal solution to complement ERP systems because of all the different roles it can fulfill.
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Deploying TimeControl within Sharepoint

TimeControl already includes a powerful interface, but did you know that you can also install TimeControl right inside a SharePoint site? Users still get the power of TimeControl but never have to leave SharePoint to do so. For organizations who have adopted the Microsoft SharePoint Services or SharePoint Portal Server solution, TimeControl may be the answer to getting faster timesheet compliance and easier adoption of a timesheet system.
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TimeControl, SharePoint, Microsoft Project Solution Portal

While TimeControl includes links to Microsoft Project Server, there are still over 20 million people using Microsoft Project Standard and Professional for their project scheduling needs. With the incredible rise of SharePoint as a collaboration tool, there are many executives who are looking to use both these tools as cornerstones of an organizational project management system. The missing element is time. We'll show you how to create a project management system for the enterprise using Microsoft Project Standard or Project Professional along with SharePoint and TimeControl.
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Contractor Time Management

In today's age of HR partnering, outsourcing and the virtual organization, being able to effectively manage your contractors is an essential skill. This use-case solution portal shows how you can use TimeControl to make significant improvements in how you manage contract personnel. Moving both internal and external resources onto a single timesheet system can pay back massive benefits.
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Time and Billing

In many project-oriented organization, billing is a critical component of the enterprise. The TimeControl timesheet system provides tremendous flexibility in a Time and Billing Scenario. In particular, TimeControl's ability to use unlimited codes and thousands of rate codes per employee allows TimeControl to be used both from a Contractor perspective to create billing data and from a Client perspective to validate bills being received.
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Time and Attendance

Payroll depends on knowing when people are working or not in order to create an accurate payroll. Also, many countries and jurisdictions have established stringent criteria for tracking and reporting of employee time. TimeControl's remarkable flexibility makes it an ideal Time and Attendance timesheet system. Overtime, flex-time, banked hours, time off definitions for an unlimited number of leave types are all handled easily with TimeControl.
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TimeControl and Human Resources Solution

TimeControl was designed from the very start to support the needs of the HR department. This solutions area shows some of TimeControl's functionality that is HR specific as well as some of the benefits that come from using TimeControl in an HR context.
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Public Sector

Public Sector organizations have particular challenges when selecting and deploying a timesheet. TimeControl has been a popular choice with public sector organizations at the municipal, regional, state/provincial and federal levels since its first release and is in use in public sector in Canada, the US, Australia, the UK and Europe.
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Using TimeControl for R&D Tax Credits

Many organizations have financial obligations to track efforts spent on Research and Development. TimeControl's extensive coding structure allows R&D time to be tracked as a natural part of timesheet entry. R&D costs can be tracked distinctly from capitalized costs and from project costs and tracked down to the employee and task level. Reports can include R&D vs. non-R&D costs and any level of detail required.
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Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Compliance Portal

If your organization does work for the US Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Homeland Security or others, you may be asked to comply with timesheet requirements established by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). TimeControl is often used in this type of environment because of its extensive flexibility and ability to be configured to match the stringent requirements of the DCAA.
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Oracle And TimeControl Resources Portal

HMS Software has had a relationship with Oracle since 1997. TimeControl uses Oracle Technology to empower our users at multiple architectural, database and application levels.
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Microsoft And TimeControl Resources Portal

HMS Software has had a relationship with Microsoft since the mid 1980's. Our very first integration between TimeControl and Microsoft Project was released in 1995 but the relationship between these two firms does not stop there.
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