BuyerZone users' time and attendance system requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their time and attendance system purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of time and attendance systems other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: time and attendance system purchasing requirements

"There will be small job s of 2-3 men on jobs."
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Holtsville, NY

"I need to be able to have an employee clock out at lunch for a hour and only get docked for a half our. I want the time system to manually do this for me."
-- General Manager, Insurance, Springfield, OH

"Need "total hours worked" calculated by the systemHave two locations (equipped with MacIntosh Computers) but will be processing payroll on a PC at a third location."
-- Buyer, Health Care, Algoma, WI

"Want to be able to have employee time in and out via a computer. Do not wantindividual timeclocks."
-- Accounting/Finance, Wholesale, Paterson, NJ

"Excell format, time clock on cumputer, or other suggestions will do. Thanks."
-- Receptionist, Education, Saint George, UT

"Service Contract requiredCan function over internal cable system or telephone line."
-- Facilities/Operations, Non-Profit, New York, NY

"Need quote to include everything to make it work. Additional software, special paper, etc."
-- Facilities/Operations, Government, Key West, FL

"We are looking for a scheduling and time keeping system to integrate with our call center operations."
-- Office Manager, Other Business Services, Rockville, MD

"It must be compatible with our payroll system which is School Information Systems (SIS Fin)."
-- Administrative Assistant, Education, Kingdom City, MO

"We have a remote site with no LAN access, where a majority of the employees would clock in and out. We will require an interface or file export/import with AccPacpro. We will create our own barcoded employee badges or cards for clocking in/out."
-- Partner/Principal, Consulting, Bogart, GA

"I am a construction contractor and would like to install time clocks in two of my trucks. I would like to install a third time clock in my maint shop.Most important is that I keep the equipment simple, basic, easy to use, etc."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Toledo, OR

"We are looking for a biometric time clock system that will interface with our peach tree accounting softwear and will track attendance. We are a very small company that wishes to upgrade but do not require the need of many reports."
-- Office Manager, Manufacturing, Santa Ana, CA

"We currently have less than 20 employees at 2 different stations approx. 16 miles apart. The office is located 2 blocks from the first station and 16 miles from the other."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Parsons, WV

"Steel shop needs to track employees' tasks by varying rates per location. (shop rate, field rate, etc..) per job."
-- Consultant, Construction/General Contracting, Souderton, PA

"I would like to track employee PTO time, generate payroll reports for hour accumulation, eventually integrate to a payroll software."
-- Human Resources, Financial Services, Jackson, WY

"I will have 1-25 employees, i will need to track attendance and time. i expect my business to grow. i will need to train my employees...."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Southgate, MI

"This would be purchased for our bus garage to track driver time. Would like to have a system that tracks by activity (route, basketball game, etc)"
-- CFO, Education, Moscow, ID

"I need one that will keep track of PTO and flex time."
-- CFO, Insurance, Shawnee Mission, KS

"We are a church. We need only to track time and add time to cards when volunteer work is done away from computer."
-- Office Manager, Other Business Services, Terrebonne, OR

"I am looking for a way to track time on jobs/work orders that are done by mechanics in my shop. For instance, we have a job to fix a dented fender on a truck, I want to have the mechanic 'punch' in and out each time he works on that project. Often he has multiple jobs going and is pulled away to do other things. When the job is complete we need to know how long it took to do it in order to do job costing."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Ann Arbor, MI

"I need a long life battery powered system, that is very durable."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Billings, MT

"I am a CPA in West Springfield MA. I prepare payrolls for approx. 35 different companies. The software I use is Creative Solutions - Payroll Solutions. I will be looking for multiple clocks, approx. 6 to start. Industries would include hotels; manufacturing both with departments. Also telemarketing which is requesting finger print readers. I would appreciate your assistence."
-- Consultant, Consulting, West Springfield, MA

"I am looking for system that will allow my 30 - 40 employees to swipe a timeclock and the other 20 - 30 employees to clock in on the web with the honor system. The timeclock punches should be pulled and placed in the website along with the other 20- 30 employees "web clockers" so that their time can be reviewed and adjusted, reports can be generated and exported to payroll software.Our number of employees fluctuates throughout the year, as we have various seasonal programs and college students that will work for a time and then leave."
-- Accounting/Finance, Non-Profit, Costa Mesa, CA

"We have teachers based in many US locations who teach ESL via web-conference. We need to have assigned teachers clock-in from their home PC. We need to be able to see who's clocked-in (real time) 10 to 15 minutes before classes begin. Our teachers are sub-contractors. We do not need to track vacation. We do need to track billable/non-billable hours. We'd like to export data to Quickbooks. We pay via ACH with HSBC. Any potential for automation is desireable. We presently have 10-15 teachers. We expect to have 30 in the near future."
-- Office Manager, Education, Rego Park, NY

"Ability to tracktime by work order operation and units completed.Ability to interface into QAD's Mfg/Pro software."
-- Partner/Principal, Consulting, Black Earth, WI

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