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How can you help your team use a time tracking software?

July 22, 2015

Usually it only takes the mere mention of a time tracking program for most employees to cringe and start protesting. It may or may not be because of bad experiences in the past, but most people just don’t like big changes and are wary of something new, especially when it involves some kind of “control”. Usually, these fears and doubts are not correct and at the end, the outcome is positive; with time tracking software, this is the case.

Why to use Cloud-based Time Tracking and Attendance Software

April 03, 2015

The idea of using cloud and/or cloud- based enterprise software is sometimes still difficult to adopt and, despite its´ improving and „maturing“, remains controversial. However, there are many kind of tools, especially attendance and time tracking applications , which offer advantages that have the potential to significantly impact the performance and productivity of businesses, especially SMEs.

Hourly rate vs. fixed price

March 10, 2015

Is there a difference? When taking a job, one of the main concerns is (unfortunately) always about money- will I get paid enough and/or will I charge the right amount? It’s a difficult question that both project managers and freelancers face. To begin with, you should ask yourself what the price of any job you do consists of. It should incorporate your costs (material and time) as well as your profits. We will now focus on the projects for which time is the main resource, while material makes up just a part of the total cost. So how should we price the project? There are 2 ways how to do that, although I will try to show you that in the end, they should be the same.

Calculate your costs based on the value of your time

February 23, 2015

Time is money Time is money; that we already know. It can be quite easily quantified: the cost of human time at work can be calculated as the ratio between the total monthly cost of an employee (wage, internet, phone) and average monthly number of working hours (168 if you count 8 hours per day and 21 workdays per month). There is however a „problem“: human aren´t machines, their performance can´t be divided into standardized man-hours. We are the furthest thing from dull manufacturing capacities, processing one task after another. We are influenced by the working environment, weather, time of day, hormones and thousands of other things. As a result we´re fairly unproductive one day and discover gravity or painting Mona Lisa the other.

Costs and expenses are counted down to the last penny- so shouldn’t your time be too?

February 12, 2015

Time as a valuable resource “The most costly outlay is the outlay of time”. This idea is attributed to Antiphon, Socrates’ contemporary. Already in ancient Greece, they knew that time should be calculated and that it is crucial to everyday life, so why do we, modern humans, disregard it so often? In every company, we are very meticulous in our accounting; we know exactly how many paperclips and coffee we need, how much we need to buy and how much we need to sell. But do we know, how much our time is actually worth?

10 principles to improve your pricing for (not only) starting entrepreneurs

February 03, 2015

Set the correct pricing for your work Sounds interesting? Then you, like many others, have probably spent some time thinking about the best way to price your products or services. You might have hesitated to make a decision for some time and have questioned the decision the second you thought about it or even made it. Did I make the price too high or was the price too low? Don’t worry about it, assigning the correct price to your service or product is one of the biggest challenges any starting entrepreneur has to face.

How to start with TIME TRACKING while BILLING by the hour

December 15, 2014

When you work for your clients on a daily basis, either directly by the hour or indirectly by the fixed price for a project (which more or less reflects your time anyway), tracking your time is basically a must. Typical users from this category are consultancy companies, graphic design and architecture studios as well as most of the freelancers. If you find yourselves in the description above, prima ERP TIME TRACKING is a tool built for you. We have collected the best practices from our users and our own experiences, and put it into this article. We hope it will help you avoid the most common mistakes and learn as much as possible from prima ERP and from your time.

5 reasons why you should use time tracking

December 02, 2014

Do you want to know why you should track your time, who gets more from adapting the whole time tracking concept and which fields find it really useful? Using our experience, we made a quick overview of what most companies and people need to really benefit from tracking their time. We´ve prepared an overview of the needs of people and companies, who can benefit the most from using time tracking .

User story of the language school Hezkyčesky.com

November 20, 2014

We wanted to know how prima ERP has impacted people and businesses since its launch 2 years ago. We asked a young businesswoman, Uljana, who started her language school business the same time as prima ERP appeared on the market, questions on how prima ERP was beneficial for her and how she uses it now. We would like to share her experience, maybe it can help you. :-)

Why you should work for free!

November 12, 2014

You might remember our article from a couple of weeks ago, where we gave you some reasons why you should never work for free. However, there are always more sides to a story and we thought it would be a good idea to see this topic also from another point of view.

The tool which will improve your teamwork!

October 29, 2014

You asked, we answered!For most of us, we think time tracking should be easy to administrate and manage because you don’t want to spend a lot of time with it. Because of this, and thanks to all of our user’s requests, did we take the best part of our time tracking application and expanded its’ possibilities to an all new team overview !

Learn about the disease of the modern age - Procrastination

October 21, 2014

The worst disease of modern society is „Leave it for tomorrow“, or also known as Procrastination. It is very infectious and these days it has started to be widespread, almost at an epidemic level. S ome scientists say it should be called a pandemic.

Why you should never work for free

October 16, 2014

No matter if you are coder, graphic designer, photographer or college student, you have probably had a request to work for free. The expected benefits should be the expansion of your portfolio, improvement of your brand or gaining valuable experience you can add to your CV. My advice: don´t accept these requests, no matter if it´s made by a company or good friend. This attitude could be considered as radical, but lets go through it. Is there anyone who will have a financial benefit because of your work? Let him pay for your help! No matter if it will be just a small amount compared to your experience. Still not convinced? Read more…

primaERP news: better and easier project & client tracking and improved team overview

October 08, 2014

We have released a new version of prima ERP with a few cool new features and several improvements, especially for those, who want their account perfectly organized and fast to work with - account administrators and owners, listen carefully!

8 mistakes that result in not having enough time

September 16, 2014

Time Management in the eyes of the prima TEAM In the 21st century the previously universally accepted equation "time = money" got serious cracks. It is not possible to earn, save, borrow or steal time. It is difficult to measure the value of time and, therefore, proper time management becomes the alpha and omega of not only managers, but for everyone who wants to achieve something in life – as an example, managing your work and taking care of your family at the same time. If you are also thinking about how to invest your time properly, try reading our article. We have a couple of reflections about the most common mistakes people make when managing the most valuable thing they have: their time.

primaERP TIME TRACKING is now available as iPhone app!

September 05, 2014

Time Tracking by primaERP - you can use it both on and offline as it synchronizes with the web app, so you are sure to not lose any data.

Android App

April 25, 2014

prima ERP TIME TRACKING is now available as an Android App and it’s free! :-)

TIME TRACKING advice: Improve your efficiency at work by leading your meetings

March 18, 2014

Hours in a work day: 8; Number of Meetings on average per Week: 15. How can I manage my time in the best way possible?

TIME TRACKING advice: Unite and conquer - wrap your phone calls together and get more out of your time

March 13, 2014

One of the advantages of employing a time tracking system is being able to look back at your past days and having a clear view of how you have managed your tasks in everyday life.

TIME TRACKING advice: save time by taking the longer way

February 18, 2014

The observation For work I often have to go to see my clients all around the city and sometimes even outside of it. I usually go by car, but a couple of weeks ago I had not finished the report to give to the client, so I decided to go by bus in order to use the traveling time to finish the job.