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How to Use the Time Machine (Employee Guide)
Updated onArticleIn this guide, you'll learn how to log into and use the Time Machine timeclock. The timeclock allows you to clock in and out for your shift and review your schedule and attendance.
Timeclocks & Scanners The Time Machine
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How to Use the Time Machine (Manager Guide)
Updated onArticleAs a Supervisor or Manager in TimeForge, you'll have access to a few features on the Time Machine that employees don't have access to.
Timeclocks & Scanners The Time Machine
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2023 Release Notes
Updated onArticleImprovements and fixes to the Android timeclock:
- Manager attendance/override functions should now sync immediately.
- Added a clock-in feature so managers can clock in employees without a manager override.
- Fixed employee sorting on the login screen so that upper and lower case is sorted together.
- Extended manager overrides to be valid for 30 minutes instead of 15.
- Employees working over midnight should now be able to take breaks past 12:00AM.
- Improved the stability of the UI during fingerprint registration.
- Terminating an employee now removes them from the timeclock.
- Fixed an issue with the employee selection screen on login.
What's New Software Updates
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Enroll Employee Fingerprints on the Time Machine
Updated onArticleIn this guide, we'll show you how to enroll employee fingerprints on the TimeForge Time Machine, our newest timeclock.
We recommend that you enroll at least 2 different fingerprints for each employee. (The system can take up to 3 per employee.) This is so that if the employee develops a callus or has a problem with one finger, they still have a backup option.
Please do not enroll with thumbprints, as thumbprints do not work very well.
Timeclocks & Scanners The Time Machine
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Update your Time Machine timeclock
Updated onArticleTimeForge releases updates to the Time Machine's software periodically. The updates improve the timeclock's functionality and add new features to your device. This guide walks you through how to update your timeclock in just a few easy steps.
Timeclocks & Scanners The Time Machine
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Log into TimeForge
Updated onArticleTimeForge makes managers' lives easier by providing simple solutions to the difficult aspects of labor management. For employees, this also means painless access to work schedules, time cards, and other great features.
TimeForge is easy to use, and whether you're a manager or an employee, logging into your account only takes a couple clicks!
Getting Started Login and Password Help
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Use the Daily Log to stay organized
Updated onArticleKeeping track of daily store logs, task lists, to-do items, and sticky notes can be tedious even for a small business. Add to that juggling maintenance visits, training events, human resource tasks, staff meetings, and other necessary items across multiple shifts (where the manager that scheduled the event may not be the manager responsible for the event) and you can quickly have what feels like a second full-time job.
Clear, organized communication among the management team and the rest of the staff is a requirement for every business, in any industry. As your business grows, keeping up with the pile of paperwork will not only become more difficult but also more critical for continued success. Fortunately, the TimeForge Daily Log is here to help you keep your business organized! This article will tell you how.
Manager Guide The Basics
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Set up and receive email alerts
Updated onArticleWith its many communication features, TimeForge offers the ability to receive text message or email alerts for a variety of scenarios. You can have TimeForge notify you about things like when an employee clocks in early, before an employee reaches overtime, or when an employee schedule has been posted. You could even have any of your reports emailed to you at a certain time.
Manager Guide Profile Settings
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Get started quickly with the Setup Wizard
Updated onArticleThe TimeForge Setup Wizard makes getting started with TimeForge easy.
The wizard is designed to simplify the process of inputting information that TimeForge needs to help you manage your labor.
The Setup Wizard will walk you through setting up basic information about your company and staff, like basic staff information, a list of your positions, etc.
It also captures your location information, which is displayed on reports (printables), so you never need to worry about determining what schedule applies to which location.
How it works:
The Setup Wizard will also ask you some basic questions about how your store is organized. This information helps TimeForge more accurately customize our systems for your maximum convenience and ease of use. You shouldn't have to re-organize your business just to use our product; TimeForge customizes itself to your business. Our "fill in the blank" format saves you tons of time (money), and makes setting up your account easy and fast.
Information about your employees makes contacting them simple. Just enter their email addresses, and TimeForge automatically emails them with a prompt to set up their account. Once their accounts are set up, TimeForge can notify each employee (according to their preferences) via email, Facebook notification, and/or cell phone message. We make an automatic audit confirming that the employee received notification of the schedule. Never again will you hear, "I didn't know I was scheduled"!
After supplying position and employee information, your basic setup is complete - you're ready to start building a schedule!
Getting Started Common Tasks