Capture in the real workplace
How this is scored
How time actually gets recorded across the workforces a buyer has — desk staff, field and site crews, shift and deskless workers — and what happens when the network is not there.
0 — One browser timer and nothing else; anyone away from a desk records nothing.
3 — Web plus a mobile app, but no offline capture, no shared terminal, and corrections are an admin task rather than a workflow.
5 — Web, mobile and at least one shared capture point (kiosk, terminal or badge), with offline capture that syncs, and a correction workflow with approval.
8 — Several capture paths including hardware terminals or badge readers, reliable offline handling, GPS or geofenced check-in where the vendor states its limits, and bulk correction with an audit trail of who changed what.
10 — Capture fits the workforce rather than the reverse: desk, deskless, field and shift models all first-class, offline as a designed state rather than a failure mode, and every correction attributable, reasoned and reversible.
The Skeptic
Terminal, smartphone, tablet, PC and even POS capture are all named, group bookings for mobile crews exist, and corrections are said to be traceably documented — a wide net. What no page says is what happens when the network is gone: offline capture and sync are never mentioned, nor GPS or geofenced check-in with stated limits. Correction approval and bulk handling are also not described; only that corrections are quickly possible and documented. 3 4 6