Efficient timesheet processing with timesheet management software
Accurately recording working hours or shifts and productivity metrics is crucial to the smooth running of a business.
Often, the simplest and most accessible method of recording this information is on paper timesheets and productivity record sheets. Yet manually transcribing physical timesheets is a repetitive and error-prone process.
ePC specialises in providing timesheet management software for employees and corporate organisations and timesheet software for recruitment agencies.











With eTimeSaver, you can make processing timesheets an efficient routine function, not a time-consuming administrative burden. The timesheet management software enables recruitment agencies and corporate organisations to:
- Automate timesheet capture directly into pay-and-bill systems
- Capture hand-filled paper or faxed timesheets from employees, clients, and candidates
- Improve the accuracy of manually transcribed time calculations
- Reduce time and resources required to capture data by up to 95%
- Instantly access timesheet images; fully searchable
- Eliminate time spent retrieving paper copies and stapling to invoices
Design
structured daily and weekly timesheet templates in the easy-to-use Designer module
Capture
timesheet data whatever the method of delivery (fax, paper, web or eMail) for maximum efficiency
Extract
data using OCR, ICR, OMR, barcode, and logo recognition
Verify
the data to ensure only accurate results are captured
Export
data to your chosen database, application or payroll software for true integration
Archive
and retrieve timesheets securely and conveniently for total accountability
eTimeSaver saves time and staffing costs and delivers a rapid return on investment by contributing to improved operational efficiency and a healthy bottom line.
Additionally, the timesheet software for employees and recruitment agencies is tailored to your requirements and is scalable to support increasing demand and business expansion.
Benefits of timesheet management software
Some of the benefits of automating timesheet approval with TeleForm-based timesheet management software include:
Easy agency/employee timesheet creation
Create new timesheets and configure legacy forms with a drag-and-drop designer.
Add clear and simple field types and embed rules/logic to timesheets for accurate data capture.
Capture accurate data
With automation, every line item is sanity checked for time-based math errors and overlapping time periods with daily and weekly totals cross-checked.
This process results in fewer payment disputes and is guaranteed for every line item on every timesheet; a validation that is impossible with manual data capture.
Reduce manual data entry
Reduce manual data entry to less than 30 minutes per day!
eTimeSaver will capture data from a paper timesheet in under 20 seconds – about 5% of the time it would take the HR team to manually transcribe the timesheet.
Depending on the scanner throughput, the timesheet management software will scan and process thousands of paper timesheets per day.
Better management information
Capture both productive and unproductive time (e.g., downtime, waiting time) from timesheets and confidently set contract rates for future projects.
Quicker payroll processing
Automate timesheet capture directly into payroll software from handwritten paper or faxed timesheets.
Track billible time, bill clients and create invoices automatically.
Improve operational efficiency
The timesheet management software automates timesheet capture directly into payroll systems offering quicker time to completion from timesheet submission to payroll.
Meanwhile, businesses can easily monitor employee productivity/performance and the number of hours worked to eliminate additional payroll costs and deliver a healthier bottom line.
Eliminate paper storage
The digitisation of physical timesheets eliminates the requirement for manual filing in filing cabinets and storage boxes while saving the business money and releasing valuable floor space.
Automatic archival for reference or compliance
Get immediate access to timesheet data and images in a fully searchable, secure online repository.
Secure deployment
The timesheet system is installed on-premise, with no need to send confidential information to off-site scanning bureaus or processors, so it is much easier to comply with data protection laws.
NEXT automates weekly timesheet processing at six UK distribution centres
“Automation of the bonus timesheet has been a major step forward. In the past, it took one person 2½ days a week to manipulate the data and manually key the information into payroll. We’ve reduced this time by almost two days already, but we anticipate further efficiencies in the next phase with a simple one-click upload of data to payroll.”
Richard Churchill, Productivity Support Manager, Next Distribution Ltd
Please see below for some examples of timesheet templates.














We have listed below some FAQs about our TeleForm-based timesheet software. A full list of FAQs is available.
How eTimeSaver can help me?
eTimeSaver is specifically designed to allow you to meet your payroll requirements. Whilst simplifying and automating data capture processes through scanning, faxed and electronic capture, eTimeSaver also meets many of the specific requirements outlined below:
Create the best timesheets for your requirements
- Make timesheets as attractive and easy to complete as possible
- Use clear and simple field types like print fields and tick boxes
- Use hourly, daily or multi timesheets with customisable layouts
Process high volumes automatically
- Pre-fill and distribute timesheets via paper, fax or eMail
- Receive faxed timesheets electronically, no more paper faxes
- Capture posted and hand delivered timesheets via high-speed scanners
Enforce your business rules
- Check time based calculations are valid
- Match timesheets to booking records
- Identify and remove duplicates automatically
- Ensure rules such as maximum hours worked are enforced
Integrate with your existing booking, pay and bill systems
- Generate pre-filled timesheets from booking data
- Use timesheet numbers or personnel details to match timesheets to bookings
- Assign hours worked to available pay and bill rates
- Export data to existing pay and bill systems
- Make timesheet images available for automatic attachment to existing invoices
No data, no payroll, no invoicing – it’s that important.
Can you advise on timesheet design?
We would typically re-design your timesheet for you, mirroring your existing familiar style and layout. It is always recommended that you make the timesheet attractive and as easy as possible to complete.
Use of your company logos, vibrant colours and simple tick boxes make your forms as approachable as possible with constrained print boxes used to capture handwriting.
The aim is to minimise free text fields to make the data easier to read. Clear layout and directions along with good layout will reduce the likelihood of errors and extra administration later on.
Will we need to change our existing timesheets?
Our system works best with timesheets designed for automated data capture. Features such as cornerstones are used to help the system orientate the page properly. A barcode or form number is used so that the system can identify the form type and fields such as constrained print boxes aid swift recognition.
However, eTimeSaver does include an existing form templating system, to allow your existing timesheets to be captured. This is useful if the timesheet is supplied by a client or you already have a large investment in pre-printed stationery that cannot be changed, for example.
How much does the system cost?
As your payroll departments must deliver on time and without error, eTimeSaver repays the initial investment by cutting the cost of timesheet processing significantly while the accuracy and reliability of the system provides peace of mind to departmental managers, temporary workers, and clients alike.
Typical system costs
All our clients are unique, with their own processes, rules, and systems to integrate with, so it is impossible to provide a fixed-price proposal until one of our consultants has spent some time understanding your business. We will discuss the options and provide a fixed- price quotation before starting any work. This quotation will cover two areas; the software itself and the bespoke development.
To provide a quote, we will need to discuss:
- What is your expected number of timesheets per day/week/month?
- Do you need a single-user system or the scalability of a multi-user system?
- How many additional user licenses will you require?
- Is web capture of scanned timesheets needed, perhaps to allow branch-level scanning?
- Is it possible to merge booking data to timesheets to distribute pre-filled timesheets?
- Do you require a permanent timesheet image archive for search and retrieval?
- Will a fax server be required to capture faxed timesheets?
- Will scanners be required to capture paper timesheets?
- Do you need to send SMS texts to temps as receipt confirmations or as reminders?
Depending on your needs it is possible to purchase the software for an entry-level system, including fax server and support and maintenance, for under £10,000. More fully featured systems with multi-user licensing could double this or more.
A detailed specification for the development of the system will be created. This will document many areas including:
- Timesheet design; can it be re-designed within our software, or will an existing template be used?
- Your data merge requirements for pre-filled timesheets
- Business rules and data capture workflow
- How hours are assigned to pay rates and how we can automate these rules
- Booking system look-ups and validation
- Pay and billing system export requirements
- Timesheet image merge requirements for outgoing invoices
- Custom alerts and reporting to temporary workers, consultants, or managers
How soon can you install a solution?
We have direct access to software and scanners allowing for swift delivery. Scheduling in development resources for form design, integration and training can usually be done in a matter of weeks.
How quickly can the system read timesheets?
As a rule of thumb, you can reduce one day’s manual entry to less than half an hour. In our experience, a form can take anything from 1 to 20 seconds to capture – roughly 5% of the time it would take to manually enter the data.
The factors which govern this speed include the design of the timesheet itself, the number of fields and most importantly how the timesheet has been filled in.
I’m concerned about getting invoices paid. What data checks and validations can be carried out to improve speed and accuracy?
The system can perform numerous checks on your data. These include:
Time checking
Checks that the start and finish times minus breaks do add up to the total time being claimed. This can guard against the worker incorrectly adding up their hours, or the system incorrectly reading a time on the sheet.
We can also flag up timesheets with unlikely or erroneous numbers of hours. Perhaps warn if a timesheet has less than 2 hours for a day or over 10 hours.
Data reconciling
If a name or number written on a timesheet exists in a database (e.g., your booking database) then checks can be made that staff numbers or names are accurate against that data. If not, the system will tell you that there is a mismatch. This can guard against time being allocated to the wrong employee number or assignment code.
Date checking
Checks that a week commencing or ending date does fall on the required day (i.e., checks that 4th May is a Friday).
Address validation
Checks against either the GBG or QAS electoral and postcode databases to make sure addresses are legitimate and read correctly.
Bank account validation
Checks against the Experian Payments Bank Wizard not only to check the account number and sort code are valid but also the type of bank account and the branch address.
How quickly can the system read a timesheet?
As a rule of thumb, you can reduce a full day’s manual data entry to less than 30 minutes. In our experience, a timesheet can take between one and ten seconds to capture – only a small percentage of the time would be needed to manually enter the data.
The factors which govern this speed include the design of the timesheet itself, the number of fields and most importantly how the timesheet has been filled in.
Can the system only read handwriting?
The data capture system can recognise printed handwritten characters, machine print, checkboxes, barcodes, and check the presence of signatures.
How many timesheets can I scan in one batch?
TeleForm does not restrict the numbers of forms you can capture, so the only limitation is how many you can physically scan and verify. On a single-user Desktop system, this could be from hundreds to thousands of pages per day and with the multi-user Workgroup and Enterprise systems providing capability for hundreds of thousands of pages per day!
The document scanner you choose will have a big impact on throughput. Small entry-level scanners will capture batches of up to 100 pages at a time with large production scanners able to scan between 500 and 750 pages at a time.
Contact us
Are you wasting valuable time on data entry for more than 200 timesheets per week? Do you spend hours rectifying inaccuracies and deciphering handwriting? Do you need to track productivity and job performance?
Are you in recruitment and looking for the best timesheet software for your agency to track billable and non billable working hours and manage client billing. Or are you a corporate business seeking time tracking software for employees?
If the answer to any of the questions above is yes, contact us today to book a demonstration of our TeleForm-based timesheet management software.
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