Time tracking specialists Dovico Software have been using their own project planning and time monitoring software to improve response to new smart phones coming to market.
(1888PressRelease) December 17, 2013 - When Blackberry launched the Z10 back in March 2013, leading time trackers, Dovico Apps, had their software ready for downloading within 5 days of that launch.
"That was pretty good" explained a company spokesperson, "But at Dovico we want to do better than that, maybe having the app available even before the customer's got home and unpacked the phone."
It's all about understanding the role that time plays in bringing products to market; how employee time costs contribute to overall project costs and trying to get an insight as early as possible on how real time is comparing to forecast time. Companies that monitor time can also manage it.
If anyone knows about tracking time, Dovico does; they've been in this market for twenty years, developing tracking software for the many generations of technology that have emerged, always focusing on maximising both compatibility with other applications, such as accounting and project management packages, and user friendliness.
"Everyone hates filling in timesheets and expenses; that's history and they want to get on with the next stage of the job. So, at Dovico, we produce tools that do away with those. Everything gets recorded in real time, so the employee isn't sitting in a hotel room trying to remember what they were doing last week; and the management have the information, again in real time, so that they can act on it immediately."
Understanding time has become critical as companies fight to maintain profitability in ever more competitive markets, often turning to lean productivity methods that have time efficiency at their core. Public sector organisations, under continual pressure to deliver more with less funding, are finding that most of the savings are coming from a better understanding of how their people actually spend time.
Dovico are convinced they have the right recipe. "By making it easy for people to record the information you take away the objections to doing it. Employees aren't naïve, they know that time is money and, with today's tight margins, any over-run can soon end up with a loss making project - not good for companies and not good for careers. Give your people the right tool and they'll give you the information you need to run the business."
Dovico apps can instantly switch devices, following the user as they work on dedicated PC, remote PC, in the cloud or on a smart phone.