Time Tracking articles
Everything we've written on time tracking for NZ manufacturing workshops.
Job Costing with MYOB AccountRight: A Guide for Australian Manufacturers
MYOB handles your BAS and payroll, but it can't tell you whether Job #4872 made money. Here's what proper MYOB-integrated job costing looks like for an Australian workshop — and why the integration depth matters more than the brand of accounting software.
How to Track Labour Costs in an Australian Manufacturing Workshop
Labour is 40–60% of the cost of every job that leaves an Australian manufacturing workshop. If you're not tracking it accurately against jobs, you're quoting on guesses — and your margin is a guess too. Here's how to do it properly, from paper timesheets to biometric clock-in.
The True Cost of Not Tracking Time in Your Australian Engineering Workshop
An Australian engineering workshop quietly leaks six figures a year through untracked time — and most owners don't know because the leak never shows up as a line item. Here's where the money actually goes, broken down, so you can decide whether it's worth fixing.
Digital Timesheet Software for NZ Engineering Workshops
Why engineering workshops are ditching paper and spreadsheet timesheets for digital shop-floor time capture — and what to look for in timesheet software built for manufacturing.
From Timesheets to Payroll: Getting Pay Right in a Manufacturing Workshop
Manufacturing payroll is only as good as the timesheets behind it. Here's how accurate shop-floor time capture cleans up payroll, cuts admin, and removes the end-of-week guesswork.
Paper Timesheets vs Software: Why NZ Workshops Are Making the Switch
Paper timesheets are cheap and familiar — and quietly costing you accuracy, margin, and hours of admin every week. Here's an honest comparison, and the point at which switching to digital pays off.
How to Track Labour Costs in a Manufacturing Workshop
A practical guide to tracking labour costs in a workshop — what to measure, how to capture the data, and how to use it to improve margins.
Job Costing Software That Integrates with Xero: What NZ Manufacturers Need to Know
Xero handles your accounting, but it can't tell you whether Job #4872 made money or lost it. Here's what real Xero-integrated job costing looks like — and why the integration depth matters more than most people think.
The True Cost of Not Tracking Time in Your Engineering Workshop
You know time tracking matters. But between running the shop and keeping jobs moving, it keeps getting pushed to next quarter. Here's an honest, numbers-backed look at what those invisible leaks cost a typical NZ engineering workshop.
How to Reduce Labour Costs in Your Workshop by 20–40% with Time Tracking
Most NZ workshops lose 20–40% of billable time to invisible inefficiencies. Workshop time tracking software closes that gap — by showing exactly where labour hours go, what's billable, and what's not.