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Increase your Profitability - Part 2

We've talked in the past about how saving a few minutes with every timesheet can significantly improve the profitability of your company. By saving 2 minutes per employee per week for 20 employees over the course of a calendar year, you get nearly a full week's worth of time that could be better spent on productive or billable work. Here are more ways you can reduce administrative overhead costs by letting ClickTime automatically fill out your timesheet for you:

Auto Fill - This feature pre-fills your current timesheet's client, project and task selections from the prior week's timesheet entries. If you work on projects that last more than a couple of days, this significantly speeds up timesheet completion each week.

Quick Day -  When filling out your timesheet one day at a time, this option allows you to completely copy the previous day's time entries to the current day. For people who are working full-time on a specific project for multiple days in a row, this makes filling in your timesheet a fast one-click process.

Quick Week - For employees whose timesheet look nearly identical from one week to the next, this button will copy last week's time entries to the current week. This can dramatically reduce the time required to fill out a week's timesheet from minutes to seconds.

These three time-saving features built into ClickTime help your employees be more productive and reduce administrative overhead costs so your company can increase profitability.

ClickTime 6.95

With ClickTime version 6.95, we released the new Day View time entry screen (no more beta), updated the ClickTime Connector for use with QuickBooks® and introduced other enhancements as follows:

1. Day View - The new time entry interface is out of beta and is now available. We improved performance, fixed lots of bugs and added support for several features including zero-hour time entry, Quick Day and enhanced search capabilities to find the correct client, project and task for your timesheet entries. We want to thank all of our customers who used the beta version during the past several months and provided us with feedback. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.


2. Timesheet Override - Administrators now have the ability to temporarily circumvent job list and task list controls, as needed, when overriding another person's timesheet. Additionally, you will now get the new Day View functionality when editing another person's timesheet.


3. ClickTime Connector for use with QuickBooks® - We've made numerous improvements to our QuickBooks integration, including the ability to export time off and an easier-to-use main menu. You can also now export data to Canadian and UK versions of QuickBooks.


4. Update Vacation and Sick Leave Balances - We fixed an issue with sorting long employee lists. Now you can more easily select the people whose vacation and sick leave balances need to be updated.


5. Job Availability Report - We updated the report to make it easily sortable when used with Excel. Now you can quickly and easily see which jobs each person may enter enter time against across your company.


6. Web Browser Compatibility - We continue to support the most current versions of the most popular web browsers. This includes the recently released Chrome 16 and Firefox 9. Check out the ClickTime system requirements for more information about supported browsers.

Five Practical Ways to Use a Stopwatch

ClickTime's stopwatch feature lets you start tracking time with one simple click. Find out just how easy it is to get the timesheet data you need:

1. Punch Clock - Know exactly when your projects start and stop. Just let the stopwatch track your company's hours and gauge employee efficiency. The advanced settings even allow for break time adjustments.
2. Stopwatch On-the-Go - Even when you're on the road, you'll have access to precisely tracked time entries with the ClickTime Desktop Application. Stopwatch information is securely stored in the application until internet access is available, at which point it is automatically synced with our servers.
3. Precision Billing - Don't lose another billable minute. Inaccurate timekeeping can cause more than just billing headaches. Precise time data, with one-second resolution, ensures that you capture every moment spent on projects and clients.
4. Smart Stopwatches - Your stopwatch's historical data is recorded securely on our servers. We'll preserve your stopwatch status so that your timer will continue to run until stopped, even if you close your web browser.
5. Stopwatch Reminders - Automatic notices appear on the timesheet application to alert you to stopwatches that are still running. This intelligent feature allows you to correct any outstanding stopwatches left open before you submit or close out your timesheet.