In complex manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and government contracting environments, labor data is more than a payroll input. It is a compliance artifact, a cost driver, and a foundation for operational decision-making.
The challenge is persistent: how do you enforce accurate, compliant labor reporting without burdening employees or introducing friction into mission-critical work?
AutoTime addresses this challenge through an intuitive user experience designed to enforce high-quality labor data at the point of entry, while ensuring that sensitive information remains secure, controlled, and owned by the business.
Designed for the Worker, Built for the Business
AutoTime’s user interface is intentionally simple. Employees are not asked to interpret policies, remember complex job codes, or make judgment calls that introduce risk. The system guides them through only what is valid and allowable in the moment.
This approach reduces errors at the source by limiting employees to authorized jobs and activities, while also speeding up task execution by removing irrelevant options. Workers spend less time navigating systems and more time focused on productive work.
Behind the scenes, configurable business rules enforce labor charging policies automatically. Employees are prevented from starting invalid jobs, closing work without required data, or moving forward until prior activities are properly completed. The result is consistent, policy-aligned data without relying on training alone.
Enforcing Proper Labor Charging in Real Time
Labor errors are costly, both financially and operationally. AutoTime enforces proper labor charging through real-time validation logic that operates consistently across devices, web interfaces, mobile clients, and shop-floor systems.
Employees cannot charge time to closed, expired, or unauthorized jobs. Required data, comments, and attestations are enforced when policy demands it. Certifications, skills, and role-based eligibility are validated before work can begin, and prior jobs must be completed before new ones can be started unless explicitly permitted.
This real-time enforcement minimizes downstream corrections, reduces audit exposure, and ensures labor data is accurate the first time it is recorded.
Enterprise-Grade Integration, Out of the Box
AutoTime is designed to operate as part of a broader enterprise ecosystem, not as a standalone timekeeping tool.
It integrates out of the box with leading ERP and MES platforms such as Oracle, SAP, Deltek Costpoint, and a wide range of manufacturing execution systems. These integrations are synchronous and bidirectional, enabling real-time data exchange rather than delayed batch interfaces.
Planned work structures and cost objects flow into AutoTime from enterprise systems, while validated labor transactions flow back to ERP, payroll, and financial platforms without manual intervention. On the shop floor, AutoTime can treat an MES as a trusted data collection client, allowing employees to work entirely within the MES while AutoTime enforces policy and validates labor eligibility in real time.
The result is a single source of truth for labor data across operations, finance, payroll, and compliance teams.
Security Built for Regulated Environments
For organizations handling Controlled Unclassified Information or ITAR-regulated data, security is non-negotiable.
AutoTime is designed to store and protect sensitive labor and operational data in environments that are owned and managed by the customer. Data is not dependent on uncontrolled third-party custodians, and access is governed by strict role-based controls.
Every transaction and edit is fully auditable, with clear visibility into who made a change, when it was made, and why. This level of control is essential for internal governance, external audits, and regulatory compliance.
High-Quality Data Without High User Burden
AutoTime delivers accurate, auditable, and secure labor data without slowing down the workforce. Its intuitive user experience, real-time policy enforcement, deep enterprise integrations, and customer-controlled security model work together to eliminate friction while protecting data integrity.
For organizations operating in high-stakes, regulated environments, this balance is not optional. It is essential.
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