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Each person records hours against a task. The task already belongs to a project and the project to a client, so every hour is counted in the right place without a separate spreadsheet. Manual time tracking is included in every plan.
From the Core plan, a manager reviews each person’s week and approves the timesheet. Project cost counts every hour logged against the project’s tasks. Approval locks each submitted week, so the hours behind a report can be checked and do not change afterwards.
A loaded hourly cost is held for each person and is visible to leadership only. Logged hours at that cost, plus direct expenses, are set against the project value. That is project profitability in PLYNTUM, shown on the finance side of the same record.
Free timesheet template Work out your cost per hour
How weekly approval works, and what it costs next to other tools: timesheet approval software.
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In PLYNTUM, hours are logged against a client task. The task belongs to a project and the project to a client, so billable and non-billable time, cost per client and hours against a fixed fee all come from the same entries.
Comparing tools first? The best time tracking software guide compares time trackers on their published prices and features.
"},{"heading":"The time tracker and the time tracking app: timer, manual entry, weekly timesheet","html":"PLYNTUM’s time tracker is on every plan and works two ways. Start the timer on the task you are working on and stop it when you switch, or type the hours into the weekly timesheet at the end of the day. Both land on the same task, so the project and the client get the hours either way. The time tracking app is the same workspace opened in the phone’s browser: there is no App Store or Google Play app, so a person on site starts the timer or enters the hours from a phone without installing anything.
Not in the tracker: automatic desktop or browser capture, which is in development, and screenshots or keystroke logging, which the capture policy below excludes. Comparing time trackers first? The cheapest time tracking software ranks 12 time trackers by real team cost, and the timesheet software guide explains what timesheets add to a tracker.
"},{"heading":"What it brings to your business.","html":"IN DEVELOPMENT: PRIVATE TIME CAPTURE
Capture, personal review and approved work time are separate steps. Application names, domains and duration help a person reconstruct their working day. Reviewed entries can then be linked to the relevant work. Confirm device support and the workspace review process before introducing capture to a team.
Read about access boundaries Connect time and cost
The capture policy covers application names, domains and duration. It excludes screenshots, keystrokes, page contents and document titles.
The planned capture experience includes consent, pause, exclusions and deletion. Managers do not receive a raw browsing-history feed.
Time Intelligence is being developed to suggest task and client allocations. A person reviews each suggestion; approved time can then inform management and finance.
Desktop and browser capture, private timeline, task allocation, timesheets and capacity. Desktop distribution and AI allocation are release-dependent.
Further reading: What an hour of your team actually costs and timesheet software: how it works and which to choose.
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