Serious question, would you ever give a paper map to your crew and make them use it to get to a new jobsite?
No. That would be dumb.
Why then would you ever use paper to track the crews’ time and your equipment? Not to mention, after they use a pencil to write in their hours, they must return their paper time cards to the office before the data can be manually typed into your time tracking software and finally processed.
This is not an exaggeration of how inefficient paper time cards are. Time tracking software really makes that big of an impact.
Timekeeping in construction is not a new thing. Heck, for as long as workers have been wearing hard hats, they’ve been punching time clocks, even Fred Flintstone had a time card chomping dinosaur. What is new, is the clarity and efficiency that comes from a GPS time tracking app.
Here’s the thing, that same GPS technology that revolutionized paper maps has the power to take your outdated paper timekeeping system and make your business faster, better, and more efficient. We’ve all happily traded our paper maps for smartphones. Why? Because GPS technology takes the power of a paper map and multiplies it by infinity. GPS gives us a detailed vision of where we are and where we are going. That’s instant clarity. Using GPS makes us faster, better, and more efficient than we ever could be with our old paper maps. Here’s the thing, that same GPS technology that revolutionized paper maps has the power to take your outdated paper timekeeping system and optimize your business in a similar way.
Oversee with Clarity
Think of a typical office setting. An effective boss has a corner office with walls of windows. At any time, the boss can simply look out his windows and quickly see where his employees are and if they’re working as they should be. Clearly, with your construction business, this is not possible. Your guys are spread from hell to breakfast and working all kinds of hours. You’ll run yourself ragged trying to check on everyone. A GPS time clock now becomes your ‘expansive office window’. The right GPS time tracking software gives you the ability to see which employees are currently clocked in and which jobsite they’re working on. This information is provided to you in real-time from the convenience of your smartphone or desktop. You will be able to oversee your business like never before.
Clarify Trust
There’s an old Russian proverb: “Trust but Verify”. GPS gives you the ability to trust but verify your employees and their records. This alone should make you sit up and pay attention. You will be given indisputable evidence that employees are showing up to a jobsite on time and working the hours they say they are which resolves conflicts with clients and employees alike. If you’re looking to improve your workplace culture by decreasing conflict and improving overall site visibility, a GPS time clock through the busybusy app is for you!
In addition to building confidence in your clients and employees, you will also be able to trust that the hours you’ve bid for an upcoming project are verified by accurate hours from past projects. busybusy features employee time tracking with GPS alongside job costing calculations to help you have a better overall idea of what future jobs might run your company. This verification removes the burden of wanting to trust your employees and your records, but not being 100% confident that you can. Through GPS time tracking technology you will be able to trust your gut because you verified your gut. And now you can be confident that your business is operating exactly how you think it is.
GPS Clarifies your Attack Strategy
There are days when managing multiple job sites can feel like managing a war room. “We need more men here!” “Our Equipment broke down over there!” “Johnson got hurt, is it serious?”. A construction manager is constantly moving men and equipment like a master Stratego player and GPS time tracking is the obvious weapon you need in your arsenal. If you get the right time tracking software, GPS equipment, and time tracking can mark the location of both your equipment and your guys periodically throughout the workday (only when they are clocked-in), giving you an instant aerial overview of the current location of your men and equipment according to the most recent ‘ping’. Now you’ll know where all your assets are and how best to deploy them to get the job done fast. And knowing is half the battle right?
Paper is Free. Clarity is Priceless.
Some people in the construction business like to argue that using paper time cards is free, so why would they change? Let’s circle back to the maps. The paper maps in your dad’s basement are free too, does that mean you’re going to use them? Fat chance. Why? Because paper maps don’t fit in your pocket, they’re outdated and they’re a nightmare to try and refold. Most importantly, they aren’t efficient. Paper takes too much time and time is money! You’ve already made the smart decision to replace your paper maps with the GPS maps on your smartphone. Now it’s time to replace your ‘free’ paper time cards with free GPS time-tracking software on your smartphone. busybusy is the only company that offers time tracking GPS software for you and all your employees for free, forever. Free, just like your free paper. Only infinity better, because GPS technology can do so much more than paper can do. Of course, busybusy also offers a Pro Package with more intensive GPS time clock features like breadcrumbing, on-site verification, and location analysis reports, but you can utilize all the basic GPS timekeeping tools for free. Give yourself the power to see your construction business as you’ve never seen it before. Clarity is the importance of knowing where you are, and with the right GPS time tracking software your construction business will never be lost again.
