Timesheet Xpress

It's the little things that add up ...

2010-09-16T16:45:00.000+01:00

Business consultants understand the impact over time of small errors accumulating; the result can be substantially misaligned outcomes. Managing client billing and time allocation accurately can be the difference between a profitable consultancy and a cash-strapped practice. The importance of being clear and transparent with clients is critical as well as being trustworthy, independent and objective. It has never been more important for practices to monitor time and billing to ensure budgets are adhered to, and to maintain an impartial productivity measurement which can be used to evaluate performance, especially if staff volume needs to be reduced.
Time and monitoring systems, combined with a strong regular auditing approach, can close the gaps on inefficient management and professional malpractice whilst streamlining and improving efficiency of internal processes.

Time Management Is Crucial. Learn From Halliwells’ Mistakes.

2010-09-16T15:00:00.000+01:00

Decimated law firm, Halliwells, was back in the news again this week. Property specialist, CB Richard Ellis was instructed to let the 175,000 sq ft of former Halliwells’ office space in Spinningfields, Manchester. While at the United Kingdom’s distressed Audit Commission, Audit Commissioner, Jenny Watson, was denied a second term just as the body is being run down, the Government ruling that she wasn’t up to the job. The problem for executives like Jenny Watson is that without time management software it’s very difficult to prove you really are value for money; and as Halliwells’ former partners will tell you, if you can find them, time, is, money.

Also this week, news outlets continued with outpourings of new pronouncements on budget cuts. Proving that employees are worth keeping in this new era of austerity is every manager’s nightmare. But with time management software, the job gets much, much easier.

Why should you consider a Timesheet Software Solution

2010-09-15T15:05:00.001+01:00

Timesheet Efficiency - Many organisations use paper or spread sheet timesheets. These are normally expected to be filled in daily, submitted weekly, and data from them entered into the accounting system monthly. However, often the reality of this process is normally quite different. Unless checked for submission regularly timesheets are usually only filled in once a month when prompted by managers or supervisors, ultimately the result is inaccurate and late timesheet information. Read the full article here

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World - Review of Timesheet Xpress

2010-09-08T17:09:00.000+01:00

See the whole review here The newest version is 2010 with new and additional features available. Download the latest free version of the software from www.TimesheetXpress.com

tucows Dr File Finder calls Timesheet Xpress ... 'A Slick Program'

2010-08-24T16:26:00.000+01:00

Michael E Callahan reviews Timesheet Xpress, by Acksen Ltd. ...

available in several versions, but the one I looked at is free! I have to say it's a slick program that lets you track your time and improve your productivity. The program allows you to color code tasks. No sweat. I found I could assign time to various people or projects and keep track of the time I spent on each. There's even a "stop watch" function so you can keep track of how long you spend on the phone. Slick.

Read the review here or download a trial by clicking here

Editors Pick Review 4.5 out of 5.0

2010-08-17T15:02:00.000+01:00

To sum up, Timesheet Xpress 2010 certainly proves to be a useful application for managing business related activities and gets a rating score of 4.5 points owing to its cost effective premise and user friendly working along with stellar performance.
Read the whole review here

2010-08-17T09:54:00.000+01:00

Customer comments
More and more customers are begining to see the real benefit of using Timesheet Xpress, here are just 2 of our recent customer feedback stories
USA Government Department
UK Research Organisation

ARMA Success

2010-07-16T12:43:00.000+01:00

After attending the ARMA conference for the first time we were welcomed warmly and had a great response to our Timesheet Xpress software.

Many University representatives took copies of the software way to evaluate, we are keen to offer more evaluations to any University or College that may be interested in looking at effective ways to track time and costs in research / consultancy.

Contact Charlene for more information

2010-05-25T10:48:00.000+01:00

Timesheet Xpress sponsoring the Association for Research Managers and Administrators in the UK - 8-9th June 2010 in Manchester.

Visit the exhibition stand (number 8) for an update on how Timesheet Xpress is reducing the overhead costs associated with keeping on top of time and cost control throughout the lifetime of a research project.

Call +44(0)843 050 8463 to arrange an online demonstration if you can't make it there.

Tracking Research Time and Costs

2010-05-19T11:10:00.001+01:00

Introduction

How to choose a robust timesheet management system for research teams.

Managing public sector budgets just got a lot more difficult. The continuing legacy of the global recession is about to enter a new phase of austerity and accountability. If research teams found it difficult to justify their work and findings before the recession, now they are beginning to find it much more challenging. The funding winners will be those who can demonstrate with greater clarity how they are prudently and productively spending public and private money.

Projects funded internally, within public organisations and those funded by external groups and agencies, perhaps with the European FP7, are increasingly required to illustrate efficiency and value for money. The era of spreadsheet timesheet reporting is surely over. Today, funding agencies demand a more dependable reporting system. In terms of funding applications, with all other things being equal, the winning bid will be the most trustworthy, the bid which is most cost transparent with clear objectives.

This white paper explores some of the issues faced by research managers and administrators, and identifies many of the substantial benefits of timesheet monitoring systems.

We believe that effective time monitoring within public and private sector organisations can lead to immense time and budgetary savings. The resources saved through greater efficiency and productivity analysis can be redeployed to amplify the success of a dynamic and focused organisation.

For full White Paper content email marketing@TimesheetXpress.com

Timesheet Xpress Builds On Success In Architectural Sector

2010-05-12T16:59:00.000+01:00

Timesheet Xpress, a European leader in time management software, has launched a new architect-focused marketing campaign. Its strategy is to build on recent successes in the architectural sector, highlighting cash flow inefficiencies in Europe’s architects' practices, and offering a simple remedy to help boost firms’ bottom lines.

Profitability amongst European architectural practices has steadily seeped away with a substantial decline in the construction sector. The result has been large-scale redundancies and battered cash flow forecasts. Timesheet Xpress has identified weak spots in professional billing practices and has launched a new European strategy to expand its share of the efficiency saving software market.

Keith Stafford, Timesheet Xpress’ Managing Director said: “Identifying substantial inaccuracies in professional billing practices spurred our development of advanced time management software. Our research proved that professional groups, such as architects, underestimate the amount of time they invest using poorly constructed, and often inaccurate time management practices.”

“We also discovered that many organisations use different terminology, even within their own team, leading to incorrect billing and inconsistent reporting systems.”

“As recessionary pressures begin to recede, we believe a new era of prudence and compliance is emerging. Timesheet Xpress enables architects to maintain securely networked data across their whole team, allowing managers to determine the true cost of time spent on individual projects.”

Stafford added: “When the economy is strong and growing, most firms are not overly concerned about transparent reporting systems. But when every billing hour matters, we believe firms are ready to adapt their compliance and cash monitoring systems, to ensure efficiency, and to enhance accountability.”

“On average, professional practices can spend as much as 10% of their time on billing issues. That significant time cost runs to thousands of pounds per month for some companies.”
“By integrating a seamless time management system with their existing accounting and CRM solutions, professional architects can be sure they have their finger on the pulse of their business, in the good times, and in the difficult months.”

“As part of this strategy, we are contacting clients who currently use a free version of our software, to offer them an upgraded service. Our client base is global, but it is the European market which we believe is ready to expand again in the coming months, and this is where our first phase of business development is focused this year.”