JTA-Jupiter for Windows Time and
Attendance System

The Jupiter for Windows Time and
Attendance System is an integrated software /
hardware combination that allows companies
total control over their employees’ time and
attendance data. The system offers
unparalleled performance, with the flexibility
and functionality required for today’s
business environment.

Benefits:

•        Automates time and attendance data
calculation and reporting

•        Eliminates traditional punch cards, job
tickets or time sheets

•        Reduces clerical errors associated with
manual calculations

•        Process payroll in seconds instead of
hours or days

•        Easy to use management reports with
available custom report generator

•        Handles multiple job or department
transfers and rate changes

•        Archives historical data for easy
retrieval of year-to-date information

•        Full-featured scheduling by employee,
department or job

•        Stand-alone or network–ready. Novell
and Windows Network compatible with
unlimited users. (Optional Linux Network
ready)

•        Exports payroll data to over 190
payroll programs and service providers

•        Automatically computes available
vacation and sick hours (with Accrual
module)

•        Screen-based password security limits
users access to information and functions

•        Audit trail report displays tracks all
changes to data for user accountability

•        Connect up to 32 JTA350 PC
timeclocks via RS 485 connection

•        Unlimited remote clocks, Unlimited
Ethernet clocks.

•        ODBC compliant, non-proprietary
database (Microsoft Visual FoxPro) for
connectivity to other applications.

Jupiter Standard Features

Employees

With Jupiter 9.0 Time Attendance Software, setting up
employees is as easy as can be: import them from existing
employee databases such as payroll service packages or
human resource systems, or key the information in manually
at the conveniently formatted entry screen. Whichever way
you choose, it only takes a few steps.

The Edit Employee screen groups together in pages all
related information and provides links to other setup screens,
allowing you the easy access to policies, shifts, grouping
levels, department or job definitions and more. Entering a
new employee whose pay policy hasn’t been defined yet?
Click a button to create the pay policy on the fly.

The entry screens also allow input of multiple pay rates for
different jobs and free-format notes with day/time stamps for
Human Resource purposes. With a digital camera or scanner,
you can associate pictures with employee files for positive
identification and badge printing purposes.

Policies

Jupiter 9.0 Time Attendance Software offers maximum
flexibility in setting up pay policies, covering as many rules
as possible. Since company policies, labor rules and
contracts change as your company grows, adding new
policies and changing existing ones should be quick and
painless. The Pay Policy screens allow the configuration of
policies in a simple, step-by-step fashion.
Basic rules are grouped together in screen pages to avoid the
difficulty of sorting through strictly optional rules before the
system can be up and running. screen, saving your valuable
time.

Attendance Management

On occasion, you may need to edit timecards (for example
when an employee forgets to punch IN or OUT). The Time
Card Edit screen gives you the complete tools to quickly
locate exceptions that require correction.
The Time Card Edit screen displays all punches and
calculated hours in a convenient, easy to understand format.
Buttons at the bottom of the screen allow immediate access to
editing windows and supporting information.

The exception report button provides links to all employee
records, simplifying correction procedures. Clicking on an
item on the exception list immediately takes you to that
record, allowing you to make corrections with a click of a
button. Another click takes you back to the exception list for
more editing.

When corrections are made to a timecard, all hours are
recomputed, and required adjustments for daily and weekly
overtime are applied automatically.

The scheduling tools in Jupiter Time Attendance for
Windows simplify the task of scheduling employees.
Schedules can be set up for individual employees or created
for entire departments or job designations.
Schedules can be based on employee’s normal shifts, or
copied from weekdays, other weeks or other employees.
Schedules may also be generated from defined repeating day
cycles, or created for whole departments in a few simple
steps. A quick reference chart shows you projected daily
schedules to ensure proper staffing during peak and non-peak
hours.

Calendar-type reports give employees and supervisors quick,
graphic looks at their schedules for them to note accordingly.
Jupiter Time Attendance Systems offers your company the
power to quickly respond to the demands of the work
environment and make sound business decisions.

Report Generator

Jupiter 9.0’s Time Attendance Report Generator and its
selection of pre-formatted reports offers you a clear picture of
your company, giving you and your department heads the
information you need to make the right decisions.

Think of it: all the time and labor reports you could ask for at
the touch of a button. Report categories include:

Time and Attendance Reports
Labor Reports
Management Reports
Human Resource Reports
Exception Reports
Scheduling Reports
Audit Trails Reports

Within each of these header categories there is a further
breakdown of report selections. Definable parameters allow
you to limit the coverage of your reports.

Jupiter 9.0’s standard reports are designed to cover as much of
your needs as possible. However, each company is unique, and
you may have your own particular report requirements. The
Data Dictionary option allows companies to gather data
directly from the Jupiter database for use in a 3rd party
program such as Crystal Reports.* There you can create,
format and store your own custom reports.

Auto Procedure

Jupiter 9.0 Time Attendance Software can be set to execute
predetermined instructions such as data collection and reporting
at certain times of the day, such run hourly, daily, weekly,
monthly, or for specific dates and times.

Security

Jupiter 9.0 Time Attendance software provides screen level,
window based security. Each screen may be blocked off for
selected users, and details such as dollar values and personal
information may be made invisible. Users’ views may be
restricted to specific groups of employees.

The system also maintains full audit trails, allowing
accountability and recreation of activities for administrative
purposes.

Backup/Restore

A complete copy of all data files can be backed up and stored in
compressed format for convenience and portability. When
restoring data to later software revisions, the backup data
structure is automatically adjusted to match the current version.

The archiving feature compresses and stores old time card
information, freeing valuable hard drive space and reducing
system processing time by moving data off-line. All archived
information can be retrieved, viewed and printed in any of the
standard report formats.

Any time period can be restored, allowing auditing of past
infractions such as tardiness, absences, and early departures,
providing an invaluable way to resolve labor disputes based on
past performance. All information can be brought back to current
format allowing you to analyze labor cost information on a
then/now basis.