The Touch Screen Monitor Time Clock (TC) for Horizons Manufacturing is part of the Time Matrix series by Business Computers Software, Inc.  The TC replaces a conventional electronic/mechanical time clock.  It is used to allow employees to Clock In at the beginning of their shift and record the Horizons Work Order, Operation and Work Center they are working on.  During the day employees can change the Horizons Work Order they are working on.  At the end of their shift employees Clock Out.  The TC has a keyboard with letters and numbers on the monitor.  It uses large buttons to make it easy to see and touch with a finger.  Similar to an ATM machine, the TC is easy to use by “computer-challenged” employees.   The TC software runs on a personal computer with Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.  Employee Time can be viewed from a Logbook and a Calendar.  Changing Horizons Work Orders or Clocking Out creates a time transaction in the logbook, and transactions are posted to Great Plains (formally named Dynamics/eEnterprise) Payroll for preparation of payroll checks.  Therefore, the TC eliminates the need to manually type in hourly payroll transactions.  A time transaction Logbook records regular time, overtime and breaks.  The TC is programmed in Dexterity, the same programming language used by Great Plains Payroll, Human Resources and Horizons Manufacturing.  Any workstation on the network, that has Great Plains loaded, can run the TC.  A workstation does not have to have a touch screen monitor to use the TC. The TC can also be used with a mouse, standard keyboard, a magnetic card reader or a bar code scanner.  The TC can be run in two modes.  The first mode is run under Great Plains, which requires a Great Plains user license.  This is the mode that is used for setup, printing reports and posting to Payroll, Human Resources and Horizons Manufacturing.  The second mode is run under a stand-alone Time Clock that does not require Great Plains to be running, thus it does not require a Great Plains user license (refer to the Time Logger for Time Matrix manual).  This is the mode that is used to run only the Time Clock for clocking in and out.  The TC can be placed at central locations for use by employees who do not have their own computer.  It can also be placed on employees’ desktop computers.