TouchBase is the perfect modern companion to your Workforce Management software. TouchBase handles time clock functions with ease, identifying employees using PIN entry, barcode, or RFID badges, and collecting time and labor data. TouchBase also provides additional capabilities that greatly exceed those of traditional time clocks.

TouchBase:

• is context aware, and minimizes costly punch errors by suggesting the most appropriate punch for a particular employee at any given time
• treats employees like people—not numbers—by putting a face to every name
• provides a simple, multi-lingual user interface designed for accessibility
• enforces schedule validation rules that are clear to the employee
• displays easy-to-read names for jobs, departments and other key labor metrics
• works directly with your workforce management software, eliminating the need for clock server hardware and middle-ware
• is fully functional even when the network is down
• has virtually limitless storage capacity
• can be used on the wall or in the hands

The vast majority of your workforce is honorable. Why let a few "bad apples" make life difficult for everyone by necessitating employee finger or hand scans? TouchBase prevents costly buddy punching by taking photos when employees log in to the system. Taking photos has several advantages over fingerprinting and hand-scanning, leading to better user adoption. Photos:

• are more readily accepted by employees
• eliminate biometric reader errors, ensuring faster throughput for punches
• work for everyone; fingerprint scanners cause problems in dusty or dirty environments, and for aging employees
• eliminate the need for biometric reader firmware updates that require costly maintenance on every device after deployment
• provide a visual audit trail for employees and managers to resolve punch discrepancies

TouchBase allows you to reach your entire workforce, not just employees with desktop computers. Employee self-service lowers the administrative burden on your HR department and payroll staff and frees up front-line managers to focus on more productive tasks. TouchBase allows your staff to:

• efficiently enroll new employees with self-service on-boarding
• collect profile photos, language preferences, and time-tracking badge numbers without the need for managerial oversight
• view schedules and submit time off requests through seamless integration with your HRMS and Workforce Management system
• access any employee-facing web-based systems, including intranets, benefits enrollment, and pay history

TouchBase lets you control which applications are accessible from within its simplified, controlled user experience. Employees don't need to fiddle with browsers or URLs.

A recent study by Axsium Group demonstrated that, even after deploying a Workforce Management system, 41% of supervisors are frequently forced to manually edit employee time data to ensure proper compensation. These edits are often due to employee errors such as missed or duplicated punches. Errors lead to employee pay disagreements and labor compliance violations. TouchBase provides compliance protection in a number of ways:

• punch summaries are provided to employees each day to catch discrepancies right away
• every punch has a photo that can be referenced by supervisors or the employee
• employees can receive text, video or audio messages from supervisors
• supervisors can be reached via pager, email, or SMS, to resolve issues when they happen
• TouchBase is mobile, and can easily be carried by an employee to a supervisor (or vice-versa) to resolve an issue immediately

TouchBase reduces employee errors, helps to prevent costly retroactive adjustments, and ensures compliance with labor rules. TouchBase saves valuable time for front line supervisors and managers.

TouchBase lets employees perform key data look-up and collection tasks with unparalleled accessibility. TouchBase provides:

• user-matched or selectable languages with support for 36 different languages
• visible and audible feedback for the vision or hearing impaired
• context-sensitive voice guidance and interactive training for employees with low computer literacy
• a user interface designed for touch, with support for familiar, multi-touch gestures

The accessibility features offered by TouchBase allow you to easily comply with federal requirements for accessibility, and increase the user adoption rate of your enterprise software.

TouchBase allows you to communicate with your workforce, and gives you the confidence that your messages have been received. With TouchBase integrated messaging, you can keep your employees connected and aligned with your business strategy through:

• targeted video, audio, and text messaging at the employee, department, or any other level
• read-receipt tracking on a per-employee basis
• instant notification of exceptional situations for supervisors and manager
• point-to-point communication between TouchBase devices within your organization

TouchBase can dynamically withhold the delivery of messages during peak shift change times to ensure high-throughput time collection.

TouchBase can be unlocked and undocked to provide employees with a mobile tablet through which they can access productivity systems. Employees and front-line managers can use TouchBase anywhere on the premises to:

• collect shop floor data
• look up product inventory and location data
• share product information with customers
• review and respond to real-time operational metrics without retreating to the office