PRODUCT OVERVIEW 

The GENESIS System... Open up a whole new world in automated Time & Attendance.

The GENESIS automated Time & Attendance Software Package is designed to be a simple to use and cost effective system which fully automates your time & attendance needs as well as other needs such as job costing, data collection, access control, bell ringing, and much more. GENESIS utilizes the latest advancements in data base programming technology to bring you the fastest and most sophisticated time & attendance data collection system.

The standard GENESIS time & attendance system automatically calculates employee time and wages using your specific payroll policies. In addition, GENESIS produces valuable management reports which help control overpayment of employees and distribution of labor. By using the optional GENESIS Job Costing Module, job labor costs may be forecasted and then compared to actual totals. This full featured and comprehensive management tool will help you gain greater control over productivity and provide the accuracy needed in your business operations.

The GENESIS automated Time & Attendance system is an easy to use time management tool which enables you to automate:

• Employee Time Collection and Calculation
• The Application of Payroll Policies
• Attendance Tracking
• Employee Benefit Accruals
• Gross Wage Calculation
• Distribution of Personnel by Department, Job, Step, and Operation
• Costing by Department, Job, Step, and Operation
• Report Generation
• Data Input for Payroll Processing
• Interface for Third Party Payroll Services
• Employee Messaging
• Access Control
• Bell Ringing
• Data Collection for Other Systems such as Inventory Control

GENESIS is completely menu driven. All processes are clearly marked and follow a common operating thread throughout. For ease of operation, the system allows each user to arrange the system's sorting and browse window display order. This allows each user to arrange the information in an order that is convenient for them. For example, one user may want the employee selection listings to sort employees by last name while another may want to sort by employee number.

GENESIS comes standard as a single-user system. Optionally, an unlimited number of users may be added. The system is compatible with most ethernet networks, including Novell® and Microsoft NT®. The basic system settings can be customized for each user. Each user can have their own color set, printer configuration, display settings, etc.

GENESIS allows you to quickly scroll through and edit an employee's schedule. Once an employee schedule is set, the system remembers it so you never have to key in the schedule again. "Global Scheduling" lets you schedule groups of employees in one simple step. GENESIS also allows you to copy an existing schedule and apply it to an individual or to a group of employees. GENESIS makes applying rotating schedules quick and easy.

GENESIS will generate over 20 different listings on everything from Employee addresses to your Main Company setup.

GENESIS will generate up-to-date reports on everything from Annual Attendance to Who's Not In today. All of GENESIS' reports can be modified using its built-in Report Editor. This means you can change any report to match your Time & Attendance needs.

GENESIS prevents over-payment for long lunches and breaks. Automatic lunch and break deductions may be taken based on elapsed time worked or during a specific window of time. Rounding can also be set up to dock for long lunches and breaks preventing payment for time not worked. In other words, you may require that employees punch in and out for lunches and breaks, deduct for late punches, or establish allotted windows of time for lunches and breaks and deduct the time automatically. This will prevent overpayment to employees who don't take the full time allotted for lunches and breaks.

GENESIS will support both fixed and floating shifts. Employees may either be assigned a specific start and stop time, or they may punch in and out randomly. Rounding rules can be setup around start/stop times or the actual punch time to avoid overpaying employees. Attendance codes are applied to each segment of the shift rounding segment to track employee's compliance with shift start/stop times.

GENESIS supports an unlimited number of shifts. Unusual shifts schedules with staggered start times are easily handled.

GENESIS supports an unlimited number of rounding rules. Rounding can be defined around the actual IN/OUT punches, or total worked time duration. Different rounding rules can be applied to the IN/OUT punches, lunch punches, and break punches.

Employees can be assigned multiple wages, one for each department, job, step, or operation worked.

Salaried employee hours can be reported from actual, scheduled, or a set amount. Salaried employees can be required to punch IN, both IN and OUT, or not punch at all.

GENESIS supports three levels of overtime on both a daily and pay period basis. You can pay overtime if a specific day of the week is worked. Overtime can also be defined based on in punches during a certain time of day, number of consecutive days worked, and for time worked outside the schedule. Shift differentials can also be calculated. Overtime can be paid on a weekly, bi-weekly, or semi-monthly basis. Semi-monthly overtime carryover is also supported.

All data is available at any time for reporting. The amount of historical data that the system will keep is limited only by the size of your hard drive. Previous data can be compressed and archived to save disk space.

GENESIS supports weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly pay periods. Employees on different pay periods can all run concurrently on the same system.

When using multiple data collection terminals with GENESIS, an employee can punch at any of these terminals. An employee can punch IN at one terminal, transfer departments at another, then drive 40 miles and clock OUT at a remote location. If punching at multiple locations is not desired, the ACCESS module allows the terminal to limit accepted punches to certain employees.

The optional Profile Lockout Module helps GENESIS pay for itself in a short period of time. Once a profile has been created, employees are prevented from punching outside of their scheduled work times. However, supervisors may be allowed to override the lockout to allow overtime. Customized messages can be displayed at the terminal to inform employees why they were locked out. For example, "YOU'RE TOO EARLY", "NOT SCHEDULED", "SEE SUPERVISOR", or "START AT 8:00 AM"

GENESIS contains two online punch editors - "Online Time Card" and "Approval". Both allow you to edit the employee's punch information right on the employee's time card. The Approval Editor automatically displays only those employees with missing punches needing approval. Both editors contain a Benefit Entitlement window which allows you to see if an employee has a particular benefit available to them before it is given. This eliminates overpayment of employee benefits.

The GENESIS Transaction editor provides a simple means of correcting wrong punches and adding new ones by scrolling through existing transactions. The Browse editor also allows you to enter and edit transactions that are not time & attendance related. First, by using the system's flexible terminal programming, you can configure the terminal to collect any type of data. Then, through the Browse editor, you can edit the data. Finally (if necessary), the system's Export Function can send it to another software package. These and many other features can turn your time & attendance system into a powerful data collection system.

Each user must enter a Login name and Password before they can access the GENESIS system. The system can limit the user to certain menus, what they can do while in a given window (add, edit, delete, view, etc.), and which employees they can access.

Another attractive feature of GENESIS is the ability to change the names of key fields and automatically have all the menus and reports change to reflect the new name. For example, if your company doesn't have "Departments", but has "Cost Centers", simply change the name "Department" to "Cost Centers" and all references to departments will change to Cost Centers.

GENESIS allows you to define six system fields in the employee's master record. These fields can be used to track items such as birthdays, spouse's name, license number, emergency number, etc.

GENESIS comes standard with an export feature that allows you to send data to an in-house payroll system. Direct imports to many popular payroll services are also included with the system:

Accpac® ADP® (Versions 5, 6 and Windows) Attache Payroll® CBS Payroll® (version 4.0 and up) Ceridian® (Including Powerpay) CompuPay® Cyborg® EZE-Pay® Mas90® Millennium® Paychex® Pay-E® Paykwik® Payroll 1®

PC Connect® PCPay® Peachtree 2000® Preview 2000® ProBusiness PowerPay® Quick Books Pro® QuickPay Plus® Rapid Pay® RPS Payroll® Safeguard® Timberline® UK Payroll Unified Payroll® (UPSSI) Wells Fargo®

The Job Costing & Validation Module enables you to accurately track items and labor costs and distribute them by department, job, step, and operation. It allows for a more detailed breakdown of cost information which can be reported in both hours and dollars. The four job costing levels can be renamed to fit your company's needs. This module also helps you eliminate the input of invalid data by allowing you to define the valid department, job, step, or operation numbers for a given employee. When the employee enters an invalid number at the terminal, the message "INVALID ENTRY" is displayed and the employee is prompted to re-key the number.

The Bell Control Module allows you to define bell ringing schedules and prompt terminals to activate a user supplied bell, alarm, or other audible signaling device. Each bell can be defined by the day-of-week and time-of-day as well as the duration of the ring. GENESIS can ring up to 336 bells per terminal, per week.

The Access Control & Profile Lockout Module allows you to define intervals of time in which employees can enter a punch at the terminal. You can lockout or warn employees who attempt to punch IN or OUT at times other than their scheduled shifts. This module provides control of punching by time of day and day of week. Supervisors can be allowed to override these lockouts if desired. This module also allows you to lockout unauthorized personnel. An employee's access can be restricted to certain locations. With the use of this module, schedules may be downloaded to each terminal controlling the actual time-of-day and day-of-week that the employee is allowed access.

The Benefit Accruals Module allows you to automatically update employee's benefit balances based on your companies current rules. GENESIS supports a number of accrual cycles and allows for changes to employee's accumulators based on their tenure. GENESIS also allows forecasting of benefits such as Vacation to prevent over-drawn benefit balances.

The optional Occurrence Rating Module tracks whichever negative attendance occurrences you define and generates employee notices with custom messages.