Salient features of ATTEND 6:

	Powerful and flexible software to suit big or small organization, office or factory environment.
	Organisation and workforce structure definition module makes it simple to define very demanding needs. This makes user getting familiar with the software faster.
	Company specific attendance policies are very simple to implement. Even very complex needs on Leaves, Outdoor, Overtime, Late, Early, Shifts etc. are easy to define in the software.
	Very powerful and highly versatile shift master and calendar module makes day-to-day operations on software easy & fast.
	Multi layer users and rights allocation. Functional module (menu) level selection rights available for users.
	Wide range of reports are provided on Daily, Monthly and Yearly basis. Output files of these reports can be exported in TXT, Excel and various other formats.
	A monthly attendance summary file can be exported in various file formats to be linked to any existing Payroll Software.
	Win32 based application using VB as front end and ODBC based MS Access as backend.
	ODBC based design makes it open to attach with any back end database such as ORACLE or MS SQL SERVER.
	Customer specific changes available on request.

Functional modules & detailed Features of ATTEND 6 :

Employee definition module
	Define your current employee codes to maintain compatibility
	Separate definition for Employee attendance card number
	Late\early and overtime enabling selection to suit work style of senior or marketing personnel
	'Auto Present marking without card swiping' facility for senior management personnel.
Shift (Duty time) definition module
	Any number of shifts can be defined to suit overlapping duty timings applicable in Hotels, Hospitals and Continuous process manufacturing industries.
	Separate Grace period definition for late\early marking and overtime start time.
	'Full \ Half day Present' marking based on 'Minimum Work Hours' or 'Late\Early duration' settings
	Calculating Late\Early duration even for half-day attendance.
	Settings for minimum hours of work before claiming OverTime.
Calendar (shift scheduling) module
	Suitable to 'Random shift allotment' or 'Need based duty allotment' working environment
	Flexitime (flexible duty time) environment
	Easy rotation of shift schedules based on dates or weekly off days or number of days
	Copy schedule facility to other group of employees
	User friendly calendar based working on scheduling
	Total control over staggering Weekly Off days and Public holidays cases
OverTime (OT)
	Automatic or manual authorization of 'Extra Hours Worked' to 'Over Time'(OT).
	Exclusion from OT Calculation setting available for each employee.
	'OT start time grace period' and 'OT before or after shift time' selection
	OT multiplication factor and OT slabs duration definition
	'OT allotment only after minimum worked hours' setting to avoid misuse
Late\Early Authorisation
	Definable grace periods from shift timings to put Late \ Early remark.
	Exclusion from late\early marking setting available for each employee.
	Late\Early Authorisation for personal or official reasons
	Late\Early duration conversion to Out-Door duty cases
Error records \ Manual correction
	Error records like wrong shift or missing punches can be corrected by feeding correct values directly in software. However to avoid misuse, they are reported separately under 'Manually corrected records' report.
	Employee selection based on groups helps in correcting certain cases very easily like 'Bus late arrival'.
Night Shift (Day Change duty) processing
	Easy control over complicated cases like overtime duty in night shift extending to next day morning shift OR random schedule changes between night, afternoon & morning shift OR missing (forgotten) punches in night shift cases
	Can be implemented even with only one time recorder for In as well as Out punches thus minimizing your investment. No need to keep two time recorders for In and Out punches.
Leave module
	Define any number of leaves with their relevant rules
	On-line closing 'leave balances' available while applying leaves
	Applied Leaves jumping over 'Weekly Off' and 'Public Holiday' days selection
OutDoor duty \ Tour application cases
	Can handle multiple OutDoor (OD) visits in a day.
	OD authorization on personal or official grounds
	Keeps track of total OD duration
	Handles full day OD cases
	Easy handling of multiple OD or tour cases.
Worked on 'Weekly Off' or 'Public Holiday' cases
	Selection of marking such days as 'WO','PH' or 'P'.
	Choice of treating full work hours under OverTime with multiplication or slabs selection
Miscellaneous policies
	Conversion of WO to AB, based on Preceding AND\OR Proceeding day's status.
	Control checks provided with erroneous \ irregular records reporting such as 'Single punch presence', 'Presence on applied leave', 'Wrong shift presence', 'Manually changed records' etc.
Reports
	Report generation selection groups are definable
	Powerful tools like 'Order by' & 'filtering'
	Reports sending to screen, printer, file or e-mail.
	File export in word, excel and various other forms
General features
	Monthly attendance summary file export for payroll processing
	Multi-Company option definable
	Users & Password protection
	Employee Groups definable for easy operation on reporting, shift scheduling, manual\error corrections and rules setting.
	Easy backup and restore
	Single window manual feeding for fast & easy operation
	'E-mail attachment file creation' for e-mail based support

Important reports for regular use

a. Daily reports
	All punches report. You may like to see actual In & Out times punched at ARMS throughout the day.
	Daily Late / Absent report. You can track late comers and absent employee immediately after shift In punching is over.
	Erroneous records report. You can track cases like 'missing or single punch', 'wrong shift presence' and 'present on applied leave' with this report. These cases are corrected by 'manual error correction' option in menu.
	Manually edited records report. Managers can keep a watch on misuse of 'Manual error correction' facility with the help of this report.
	Overtime report. Usage and patterns of overtime can be tracked for individual or a group like department.
	Strength report. Department wise percentage present and absenteeism to allocate labour in critical departments.
	Performance report. Complete status including In & Out times, late, early, OT, work hours, status, error remarks etc. are reported in this report.
	Out Door report. This report gives information on all outdoor breaks with remarks like official or personal reason.
	Shift card report. List of employees scheduled in a shift on given day
b. Date range reports:
	Date range late coming, early going. Useful in deduction of leaves or wages due to frequent late \ early reporting.
	Frequent Absenteeism. Useful in tracking frequent absenteeism.
	Memo generation. Generates internal memo for distribution purpose for given conditions of late, early and absent cases.
c. Monthly reports:
	Attendance Register. Generates monthly attendance register in similar formats required by statutory authorities.
	Muster Register. Gives detailed and summary information for each day of month on In & Out times, late, early, OT, work hours, status, leaves etc.
	Attendance Summary for export to payroll. Monthly attendance summary exported to a file in TXT or excel format. Highly useful for linking with external payroll software.

Comparison chart for ATTEND 6 release Gold & Silver

Please refer to List (Index) of Reports and Sample Report formats from ATTEND 6 to have detailed understanding of features and capabilities of software.

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