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Challenges
There is chaos on many construction sites: weekly sheets, unclear working hours, missing receipts, delays in billing and post-calculation. In addition, there are high requirements for safety and access, inspections and driver’s license checks. Without a digital solution, costs, legal risks and dissatisfaction within the team arise.
Time tracking, staff scheduling and access control from ZMI
Mobile & stationary time tracking
Whether via robust terminals in the construction container, the mobile app on smartphones or the web interface in the office: with ZMI, your employees can record their working times directly where they are currently working. Thanks to offline functionality, time tracking works even with poor network coverage. GPS stamps and team bookings ensure that the recorded times are documented in a transparent, traceable and project-specific manner. This reduces errors, saves valuable time and allows you to maintain an overview at all times, even with changing construction sites.
Project & order time recording
In the construction industry in particular, it is crucial to know which projects are profitable and where recalculations are necessary. With ZMI – Auftrag time recording, working hours are booked directly to construction projects, cost centers or orders – precisely and evaluable at any time. Thanks to the close integration with payroll and ERP systems, you avoid duplicate data entry and speed up your internal processes considerably.
Easily integrate surcharges and allowances
Complex time tracking requirements, such as bonuses and allowances, can be mapped with ZMI and evaluated in advance for payroll accounting in the construction payroll software.
Online & offline Access control
With ZMI access control, you can reliably protect administration and office buildings, material warehouses and the access roads to your company premises – even in existing buildings without a modern infrastructure. Access rights can be flexibly controlled according to time, location or projects, and all access is logged in an audit-proof manner, thus creating transparency for audits, security checks and insurance claims.
Digital driver's license check
Many construction companies rely on company-owned vehicles or construction machinery that may only be used with a valid driver’s license. With the ZMI driver’s license check, the validity of your employees’ driving licenses is checked automatically and at regular intervals – without any manual effort. This protects you from legal risks, fines or insurance problems in the event of an accident. The digital solution documents all checks in an audit-proof manner and gives you the assurance that only authorized persons are driving your vehicles and machines.
Advantages & benefits in the construction industry
- Transparent project and cost evaluation: working times can be assigned directly to orders or cost centers, which enables precise post-calculations and better control of construction projects.
- Legally compliant time tracking: ZMI meets the legal requirements of the ECJ and BAG and ensures audit-proof, transparent timesheets - even with complex collective agreements.
- High flexibility on changing construction sites: Working times can be recorded mobile via app, at the terminal in the construction container or in the office, even offline with automatic synchronization.
- More safety on construction sites: Access control and driver's license control ensure that only authorized persons have access to construction sites, warehouses or vehicles - including audit-proof documentation.
- Seamless integration into existing systems: Thanks to interfaces to ERP, payroll and scheduling systems such as DATEV, BRZ or Hamburger Software, all relevant data flows automatically into your processes, without duplicate entries.
- Individual adaptation to construction collective agreements and surcharges: Complex trigger and surcharge regulations can be mapped on an industry-specific basis, so that billing is correct and without additional effort.
ZMI - Ecosystem: integrations and partnerships
Open for your processes: ZMI grows with your requirements. Thanks to numerous REST and CSV interfaces, you can seamlessly integrate payroll programs, ERP systems and BI tools such as Power BI or DATEV. Whether importing personnel, exporting time and project data or live data for dashboards – our flexible architecture ensures that information arrives where you need it. This allows you to automate workflows, speed up reporting and avoid duplicate entries. The result: less effort, faster billing, better decisions.
Even more functions for every requirement
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- Requirements of the ECJ and BAG on the time recording obligation
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Frequently asked questions
Answers to your most important questions
Is ZMI also suitable for smaller construction companies?
Yes, ZMI is suitable for both smaller and larger construction companies. The software has a modular structure and can be adapted precisely to individual requirements – regardless of whether only a few employees or several construction sites are in use. This allows companies to start with a compact solution and expand it later with functions such as project time recording, access control or staff scheduling.
How does time tracking work on the construction site without the Internet?
With the mobile ZMI App or special time recording terminals with an M2M SIM card, working times can be recorded directly on the construction site – regardless of a stable internet connection. The app can be used offline and automatically synchronizes the data as soon as a connection is re-established. This means that time recording remains reliable at all times, even in remote locations.
Does ZMI also offer staff scheduling?
Yes, the ZMI – Planner module is a fully integrated solution for digital staff scheduling. It allows shifts, projects and employees to be planned, managed and evaluated efficiently. In the construction industry in particular, the Planner enables transparent workforce scheduling across different construction sites – including qualifications, working hours and availability.
How secure is my employees' data?
ZMI stands for software made in Germany and meets the highest security and data protection standards. All systems are GDPR-compliant, data is transmitted in encrypted form and stored exclusively in German data centers. A finely tuned rights and roles concept ensures that only authorized persons have access to confidential information.
What interfaces does ZMI offer for the construction industry?
ZMI has numerous interfaces to the wage, salary and ERP systems commonly used in the construction industry. These include DATEV, VOCUS, Sage, HS – Hamburger Software, Lexware and SAP. In addition, Datafox time recording terminals and other hardware solutions can be seamlessly integrated. This means that working times, project hours and bonuses are transferred automatically and error-free to downstream systems.
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