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roll, so the person would automatically
be informed of the location and start
time of the job.
"There's a lot of different systems
and, in an ideal world, you want all
those systems to speak to each other,
so it ties back to an essential database,"
she says.
It's not just about collecting the data
but managing the data to generate good
insights, says Guthrie. For example, a
system can see trends or upswings or
downswings in demand and let employers know in advance what to expect and how to better prepare. Businesses can also take advantage of mobile options to quickly track if they're
over or under budget for a project, she
says.
Retailer Aeropostale is one employer
using Ceridian's Dayforce HCM system
and mobile applications. Its roughly
30,000 employees in North America
can log in, request time off, check
their schedules, review their time as
per clock punches, check messages
and alerts generated by the system and
view pay stubs online.
"From the location manager perspective, this is providing an alternative to post-it notes and bulletin boardbased systems, which we all know are
pretty fallible, particularly when your
primary workforce is in high school,"
says Arsenault.
"It saves on the cost
of time-clock hardware
and also solves the issue
of people punching (in)
from home."
"To provide something like an audit
trail and complete automation makes it
much easier for location managers to
understand whether or not they have
the quality of floor coverage they need
to have a successful day in terms of
sales and then finally, from the company perspective… they now have a reliable means of communication to reach
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employees."
And with GPS-enabled mobile
punching, employers can ensure workers are at actual company locations.
"It saves on the cost of time-clock
hardware and also solves the issue of
people punching from home," says Arsenault.
Through Ceridian's Powerpay Mobile app, payroll administrators can
manage payroll from start to finish, in
paying employees, adding new ones
and reviewing online reports. They can
also conduct rapid or regular time entry with employee search, edit profiles,
perform status changes with records
of employments (ROEs), view deductions and contributions, and manage
advanced job costing.
Managers are also using the mobile
app as an approval technique or tool,
says Craig Wild, product manager for
Powerpay and epost at Ceridian Canada in Winnipeg. They can enter information on the web and then follow up
on a mobile device, making for a seamless process between applications.
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