Time Management That Works For Utility Companies

Several years of deregulation and regulatory and environmental pressure have transformed utility companies. A new generation of managers, imbued with the corporate mission of excellence and customer service, seeks to optimize aging assets and a high value workforce, often by applying new technologies.WorkTech Time Suite™ meets the challenge with efficient time recording and integration of time and attendance data with existing enterprise systems.

Managing Labor Costs

Utility plants and asset managers understand that a major part of their entire operational costs is labor.Using the WorkTech Time Suite, utilities are able to manage the labor costs associated with every aspect of their operation. Workers take advantage of an easily customized user interface to enter time spent on work orders, tasks, and projects. The flexibility of WorkTech time allows administrators and managers to tailor time entry screens to each worker or role, presenting just the information needed and providing shortcuts to speed the task.

Cost Savings Justify WorkTech Time

Utility customers justify WorkTech Time through savings that include:

• Eliminating multiple systems for data entry
• Validating data as it is entered, dramatically reducing downstream errors
  
• Eliminating over reporting of time

Flexibility

To be the time system of choice for utilities, WorkTech Time provides flexibility at multiple levels.

• It handles an unlimited number of the most complex business rules that can include special pay categories, shift, union, hazard pay, and temporary changes in grade.
• The user interface can be readily modified to reflect the needs of the user.
• It accepts data from multiple sources, such as the Internet, gate access controls, and kiosks.

Integration with Existing Systems

Integration with other corporate systems is a key element of WorkTech Time, which provides time and attendance data to HR, ERP, CMMS, Strategic Asset Management, and other corporate systems.The benefits of WorkTech Time include hard cost savings, and, more importantly, data that helps the utility manager improve customer service and increase the efficiency of the operation.

WorkTech Contractor Cost Tracking System

Developed to meet the needs of companies with large outsourced maintenance, WorkTech's Contractor Cost Tracking System (CCTS) helps management keep track of the contractors within their workforce. Contractors have directed access to a system configured to validate their contract. Contractors directly enter time and attendance information, as well as equipmen usage, equipment rentals, and materials. Contract managers can immediately review submissions, approve time entries, request clarification, or reject the submission. Real-time reporting helps supervisors uncover inefficiencies in the operation. Contractor pay becomes more accurate and timely.