Cheaper Than a Time Clock, Better Than a Pencil.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOULDER Boulder, city, United States Boulder, city (1990 pop. 83,312), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876). , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2001 Unitime Systems will launch a suite of Web-based time and attendance products at the American Payroll Association (APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture ) Congress at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. , California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). on March 26th. Called WebSuite, the products allow employers to efficiently record the time of their employees' work in broadly distributed geographic locations where other methods are not efficient. This expanded access Expanded access refers to the inclusion of patients in a clinical trial for a new therapeutic treatment or chemical entity, where those patients would not satisfy the enrolment criteria for the scientific study in progress. to businesses with a decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. work force typically is provided only in single site locations. WebSuite consists of three products. It is designed to work with Unitime's time and attendance and labor management system by extending its use over the Web. WebEntry is a browser-based time and data collection system that turns a PC into a sophisticated data collection terminal run over the Web or a company Intranet. Employees can enter time in a variety of ways including total time worked for each day, or start and stop times each day or each project. WebEntry also can automatically record start and stop times. The product has 10 organizational levels for time entry. WebAdmin, also browser-based, allows supervisors to access work information about their employees from the supervisor's workstation -- detailed information including where their employees worked, what they worked on and what they are scheduled to work on next. It also allows them to correct errors they may encounter and to update employee information. "WebAdmin is particularly valuable for businesses with a few workers scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. across many locations such as financial institutions because it allows access over the web to the Unitime time and attendance system running at the main facility," said Unitime president Bill Korstad. The third component of WebSuite is Unitime ESS (1) (Electronic Switching System) A large-scale computer from Lucent used to route telephone calls in a telephone company office. The 5ESS is a Class 5 central office switch, and the 4ESS is a Class 4 tandem office switch. (Employee Self Service). Using any workstation running a browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used , employees can access their work information over the web or via the company intranet. Employees can review their hours worked, work locations, vacation and sick time taken or available, work schedules and additional data depending on the level of access. "WebSuite catapults us to the head of the technology class," said Korstad. "We are finding an untapped demand for this product from businesses seeking web-based timekeeping systems that vendors are not meeting," he noted. Starting with customer input, Unitime created WebSuite based on specific customer needs including ease of use, efficiency and affordability. "Because we're a relatively small programming shop, we're able to react very quickly to customer needs," Korstad said. "What started as a basic product evolved into a highly sophisticated Web solution with powerful options for businesses to track employee time and attendance." Bill Korstad will be a featured speaker at the APA Congress presenting "Trends in Time Data Collection" on Monday, March 26th, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Unitime Systems, headquartered in Boulder, develops, sells and integrates automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. timekeeping systems directly to end users, through a network of resellers, and outsourced over the Internet. Unitime products are installed in nearly 1,200 customer sites in a variety of industries. Their product is capable of interfacing with most popular business systems. To date, Unitime is responsible for paying over a quarter million people each pay period. For more information call 800/689-5487 or visit www.unitime.com. |
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