Many construction HR departments are working as a team of one and scrambling to get everything done.

Pam Hoffard, staff accountant at Jans Corporation, a 75-employee, multi-million-dollar general contracting company in the commercial and industrial construction industry, was drowning in admin work as was her counterpart in a one-person HR department. A choice had to be made, add more staff or find ways to become significantly more efficient.

The company needed:

• More efficient onboarding
• Better applicant tracking
• Fewer manual HR processes
• Improved employee experience
• Strong integration with CMiC

“Our applicant tracking and onboarding processes were areas where we really needed automation and a more robust system,” says Pam. “We were looking for a platform that could reduce the administrative workload for both accounting & HR, improve the employee experience, and give us great integration with our existing system, CMiC.”

Arcoro provided the solutions the company was looking for: an HRIS complete with benefits and employee self-service features, onboarding, and the essential CMiC integration.

Arcoro + CMiC Integration

Jans Corporation uses CMiC for job costing and project management, integral parts of the business. While HR needed tools to automate some of its most time-consuming processes (onboarding and benefits), the solution had to share data with CMiC, without creating more work for Pam.

Without a dedicated integration, Pam and team were stuck doing duplicate data entry that was prone to errors. But with the Arcoro-to-CMiC integration, they were able to improve efficiency by eliminating redundant data entry and increase accuracy with stable information flowing between CMiC and Arcoro.

“What ultimately made Arcoro the right choice was that it was built with the construction industry in mind and integrated seamlessly with CMiC,” says Pam. “And once we started the implementation process, the current team reinforced our decision. Josh and the implementation team were outstanding. They walked us through each step, answered our questions, and made the process feel manageable.”

More Accurate Construction Payroll

Arcoro’s integration with CMiC reduced nearly all of the manual work, including payroll. Prior to Arcoro, benefits deductions required manual calculations and data entry. The company experienced firsthand how manual processes could create costly mistakes along with extra work.

“Before Arcoro, a data entry error resulted in a smaller deduction being pulled from an employee’s check than was needed to cover the premium. Once discovered, there was additional clean up and an employee relationship to manage. Now, the system handles those calculations for us, and we trust that they’re accurate.”

Worrying about accuracy is now a thing of the past. Because Arcoro works with CMiC, the team at Jans Corporation now has increased visibility and confidence in payroll and benefits administration.

Time Savings with a Connected HR Platform

Arcoro also saved Jan Corporation hours per employee on benefit deductions.

“The way Arcoro calculates deduction and benefits amounts has been outstanding. It has been so nice not to have to worry about all the manual calculations and data entry. Plus, no more reading challenging handwriting, or bad photocopies.”

Arcoro’s onboarding solution has also provided significant time savings. It has reduced onboarding time for new employees by six hours per employee. Now new employees start their first day with more in-depth orientation and safety training, instead of paperwork.

The time savings has allowed Pam and the team at Jans Corporation to focus on what matters most, their people and culture.

“By reducing the amount of manual administrative work, Arcoro has given us more time to focus on higher value work,” says Pam. “I've been able to spend more time cross-training and have been able to focus more on initiatives that have a greater impact on employees, such as employee well-being, benefit education, and other employee initiatives.”

Looking ahead, Jans Corporation is planning on expanding Arcoro into performance.

“That alone will save a few trees and a lot of sanity.”

For Jans Corporation, the right HR software needed to work with the systems they already relied on. Arcoro delivered that and more.

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