Time and Attendance Management Systems UK
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Time and Attendance Software and Workforce Management Systems
UK-developed software for managing employee time, attendance, HR, access control and operational performance
Ceequel® is a configurable workforce management software suite developed, implemented and supported by ELF Productivity Ltd in the UK. It brings together time and attendance, workforce scheduling, absence management, HR, employee self-service, access control, visitor management, mobile workforce tracking and operational intelligence within one connected platform.
Suitable for single-site businesses and complex multi-site organisations, Ceequel® can be deployed securely in the cloud or installed on-premise. It supports everything from straightforward employee clocking and payroll preparation to complex shifts, pay rules, manufacturing operations and enterprise-wide workforce management.
What is a Time and Attendance System?
A time and attendance system records when employees start and finish work and automatically calculates their working hours. More advanced systems also manage shifts, overtime, absence, holidays, flexitime, TOIL, annualised hours, labour costs and payroll-ready information.
Ceequel® does considerably more than record clocking times. It applies your organisation's working rules to the information collected, giving managers accurate, real-time answers about attendance, labour usage, workforce costs and operational performance.
Employees can record their attendance using:
- Facial recognition clocking terminals
- Proximity cards or fobs
- Fingerprint and biometric terminals
- Browser-based clocking
- Mobile clocking with GPS and geofencing
- Shop-floor and production data collection terminals
- Integrated access control readers
The result is reliable workforce information without manual timesheets, duplicated data or time-consuming spreadsheet calculations.
Why Choose Ceequel®?
Built around your organisation—not the limitations of the software
Configured Around the Way You Work
Every organisation has different shifts, agreements, pay rules, approval processes and reporting requirements. Ceequel® is highly configurable and supports more than 65,000 shift definitions and over 1,100 configurable workforce rules, including:
- Basic and contracted hours, multiple overtime rates
- Shift premiums, allowances, flexitime and TOIL
- Annualised hours, rotating and continental shifts
- Night working and holiday entitlement/accruals
- Absence management and Bradford Factor reporting
- Step-up payments and temporary grade changes
- Working Time Regulations and labour costing/forecasting
- Agency and temporary labour, payroll preparation and export
Whether you employ 50 people at one location or thousands across multiple sites, Ceequel® can be configured around the way your organisation actually works.
Developed and Supported Directly by ELF Productivity
ELF Productivity owns and develops the Ceequel® source code in-house. We do not depend upon an external software developer or third-party development house—our technical team can investigate the software at source-code level, adapt its functionality and develop integrations around specific business requirements.
We have exchanged workforce and operational data with other business systems for approximately 40 years, including:
- Payroll and HR systems
- SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics
- BAAN, ERP and MRP platforms
- Production planning systems
- Fire and evacuation systems
- Access control and security platforms
- Manufacturing machinery and PLCs
Where another system provides a suitable API, database interface or structured data exchange method, our in-house developers can normally create the required integration.
One Connected Workforce Management Platform
Ceequel® modules share a common Microsoft SQL Server database, creating one reliable source of workforce information. Organisations can begin with the modules they need today and expand the system as their requirements develop.
Clocking Hardware for Every Environment
ELF Productivity supplies a complete range of employee clocking and data collection hardware. Options include facial recognition, fingerprint, proximity, barcode, browser and mobile clocking. Devices are available for offices, factories, warehouses, food production environments, construction sites and remote workplaces.
Communications software installed within our clocking devices is designed and coded by ELF Productivity and uses encrypted communications for additional protection. We will recommend the most appropriate technology based on your workforce, environment, security requirements and method of deployment.
Time and Attendance Software for Demanding Organisations
Ceequel® is used across private, public and third-sector organisations, with particular strength in environments involving complex shifts, large workforces, multiple locations or detailed labour-cost requirements.
Manufacturing and Engineering
Control shifts, overtime, labour costs and production activity while connecting employee time to jobs, operations and machines.
Food Production
Manage complex working patterns, agency labour, hygiene-sensitive clocking and detailed payroll rules across fast-moving production environments.
Warehousing and Logistics
Gain real-time visibility of attendance, staffing levels, shift coverage, overtime and labour deployed across warehouse operations.
Public Sector and Education
Manage employees, visitors, contractors, access permissions and evacuation information across individual buildings or multi-site estates.
Retail and Hospitality
Control attendance, holidays, absence and labour costs across distributed workforces and multiple locations.
Construction and Field Services
Record attendance across temporary, remote and customer locations using mobile clocking, GPS and geofencing.
The Benefits of Ceequel® Workforce Management Software
- Reduce payroll errors and overpayments
- Eliminate manual timesheets and spreadsheet calculations
- Apply complex shift and pay rules consistently
- Improve control of overtime and absence
- Give managers real-time workforce information
- Produce accurate payroll-ready data
- Improve employee and manager self-service
- Connect attendance, HR, access and operational information
- Strengthen workplace security and evacuation management
- Understand labour costs and operational performance
- Integrate workforce data with existing business systems
- Support future growth without replacing the core platform
Experience You Can Rely On
ELF Productivity has specialised in workforce management technology for approximately 40 years. Unlike software resellers, we develop, implement and support our own system. This provides customers with direct access to people who understand the software, its database, its integrations and the hardware connected to it.
Ceequel® Time and Attendance has also received repeated independent recognition as a leading UK time and attendance solution. ELF Productivity operates certified ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 27001 information security management systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best time and attendance system for a UK business?
The best system depends on the size of the workforce, complexity of working patterns, payroll requirements, number of locations and the information managers need. Organisations with complex shifts, multiple pay rules or integration requirements should select a configurable system that can adapt to their operation rather than requiring the business to change its processes.
Can Ceequel® manage complex shifts and overtime rules?
Yes. Ceequel® supports highly complex working arrangements, including rotating shifts, continental patterns, flexitime, TOIL, annualised hours, multiple overtime rates, premiums, allowances and organisation-specific rules.
Does Ceequel® integrate with payroll software?
Yes. Ceequel® can produce validated, payroll-ready information and exchange data with payroll and business systems. ELF Productivity has extensive experience integrating with payroll, HR, ERP and MRP platforms.
Is Ceequel® suitable for multiple sites?
Yes. Ceequel® can centrally manage employees, clocking devices, access permissions, visitors and workforce information across multiple UK or international sites.
Can employees clock in using facial recognition?
Yes. Ceequel® supports facial recognition terminals with fast, contactless employee identification. Proximity, fingerprint, browser and mobile clocking options are also available.
Can Ceequel® be hosted in the cloud?
Yes. Ceequel® is available as a securely hosted cloud solution or an on-premise installation.
Does Ceequel® include access control?
Yes. Access control is available as an integrated Ceequel® module or as a standalone solution. It can manage doors, turnstiles, barriers, electric gates, roller shutters and licence plate recognition.
Can Ceequel® manage visitors and contractors?
Yes. The Visitor Management module manages pre-registration, arrival, induction, badges, contractor documents, RAMS, insurance records and expiry notifications.
See How Ceequel® Could Work for Your Organisation
Every Ceequel® demonstration is based on your workforce, working patterns and operational requirements. We will show you how the system could manage your attendance rules, payroll preparation, employee access and management information.
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