Manual time tracking slows teams down and exposes the business to costly risks. Time cards get easily get lost or contain incomplete or inaccurate data, causing payroll errors that can quickly drain margins. It also creates dangerous dependencies on individuals who manually collect, verify and enter that information – putting your operations at risk if they’re unavailable.
Digital time tracking, like Arcoro Time (formerly ExakTime), provides a smarter way to manage labor. Whether crews are in the field, on the move or clocking in from remote job sites, Arcoro Time helps you collect accurate, GPS-verified data that integrates seamlessly with your payroll and job costing systems.
Digital Time Tracking Benefits
Digital time tracking is one area where any business, small or large, can easily automate. Many customers come to Arcoro because they simply need a better way to track time and feed the data to payroll.
Automation Frees Your Team
Manually collecting, entering, and correcting time data can take 15–20 hours per week. For small businesses with limited staff, that’s way too much time for one task. Arcoro automates time tracking and payroll workflows, dramatically reducing administrative burden. That means fewer manual entries, fewer errors and fewer late nights trying to close payroll on time.
GPS and Accountability Pays for Itself
Manual timecards are also more prone to errors, Arcoro has found that 1–8% of total payroll is being lost to not only mistakes but fraud like buddy punching. GPS-verified clock-ins eliminate buddy punching and time theft, saving you about 2–5% of payroll. You’ll also gain job coding and labor allocation features that let you see exactly where your labor dollars are going, crucial for understanding true project profitability and bidding smarter.
More Accurate Time Cards, More Accurate Bids
According to Reuters, labor costs are up 4.4% over the past year, leaving no room in your budget for avoidable payroll leaks. Arcoro Time ensures your employees are paid for the time they work—and only that. Accurate time cards protect your margins, reduce unauthorized overtime and create cleaner data for job costing.
Seamless Integration with Sage and Arcoro Payroll
Arcoro Time integrates directly with accounting platforms like Sage, streamlining payroll and reducing costly data re-entry. In fact, Arcoro’s Sage integration is a huge deciding factor for customers looking to automate. Integrations like Sage don’t just save time, it boosts confidence in your financial accuracy and lets your team focus on driving the business forward.
For an even more seamless experience, Arcoro now offers Payroll as part of its Time Elite package. For users of Arcoro Time, Arcoro Payroll offers even more advantages.
- Automated Tax Management: Offloading the complexities of tax calculation and filing.
- Streamlined Workflow: Integrating Arcoro Time data for faster, smoother payroll runs.
- Enhanced Data Confidentiality: Reducing internal handling of sensitive information.
- Cloud-Based Flexibility: Enabling secure remote access and management.
The tangible time savings, the relief from complex administrative tasks and the consistent, responsive support from Arcoro affirm that implementing the Arcoro Payroll solution is a valuable strategic decision. Not only is operational efficiency improvement, but the all-in-one solution offers greater flexibility and peace of mind, allowing payroll teams the time to focus on driving the business forward.
Why Arcoro Time (formerly ExakTime) Is the Software You Need Today
Construction companies are under more pressure than ever to deliver work on time and under budget while competing for scarce labor. Paper time tracking can’t keep up. Arcoro
Time helps you:
- Eliminate costly time theft and payroll errors
- Improve visibility into labor costs by project and crew
- Reduce the compliance risk associated with manual processes
- Free up internal staff to focus on strategic work, not paperwork
- Scale your time tracking with your workforce, no matter where your crews are
And with Arcoro Time’s pricing tiers, you can start small and expand as your needs grow. Whether you’re managing 20 or 200 employees, Arcoro gives you enterprise-grade capability without the enterprise-level complexity.
Contact us today to learn more.
