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Manufacturing
The Touch Screen Monitor Time Clock (TC) for Microsoft Great Plains
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 Microsoft Great Plains Manufacturing Order, Sequence and Labor code they are
working on. During the day they can change the Microsoft Great Plains MO they
are working on. At the end of their shift they 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
easily used by “computer-challenged” employees. The TC software runs on a
personal computer with Windows 95/98 or NT. Employee Time can be viewed from a
Logbook and a Calendar. Changing a Microsoft Great Plains MO or Clocking Out
creates a time transaction in the logbook. Logbook production time transactions
are posted to Microsoft Great Plains Manufacturing Data Collection, which then
updates Payroll for preparation of payroll checks. Logbook non-production time
transactions are posted to Microsoft Great Plains Payroll Transaction Entry.
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 Dynamics/eEnterprise Payroll, Human Resources and Project Accounting. Any
workstation on the network, that has Dynamics or eEnterprise 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 eEnterprise, which requires an eEnterprise user license. This is the mode
that is used for setup, printing reports and posting to Manufacturing and
Payroll. The second mode is a stand-alone Time Clock that does not require
eEnterprise to be running, thus it does not require an eEnterprise user
license. This is the mode that is used to run only the Time Clock for clocking
in and out. A Time Clock can be placed on the shop floor or at other central
locations for use by employees who do not have their own computer. It can also
be placed on employees’ desktop computers.
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