Introduction
A marine services provider supporting vessels, ports, and offshore platforms collected employee punches through attendance devices, but payroll preparation still required separate calculations.
Employees worked irregular hours, overlapping shifts, and extended rotations. Leave records sat in another application, while overtime and wage deductions added payroll work.
The organization selected TimeCheck, an enterprise time and attendance management solution, to bring these activities into a more centralized process. Its internal implementation record describes a deployment covering 1,100 active employees and improved access to attendance information for managers.
About the Customer
The unnamed customer operates in marine and offshore services, with changing schedules. IT and payroll managers led the requirements, supported by HR and operations.
Its priorities were to retain existing attendance devices and its leave application while improving the way employee punches, shift rules, overtime, deductions, and monthly payroll inputs were handled.
The Business Challenge
Converting attendance records into payroll inputs required several disconnected steps.
- Separate punch collection and calculations: Device software captured entry and exit records, but staff processed working hours separately for payroll. A punch record alone could not determine how time should be treated against assigned shifts, leave, and overtime rules.
- Complex shifts and overtime: Rotating and overlapping schedules made attendance calculations harder. Hours outside assigned shifts needed review under the company’s overtime policy and approval process.
- Disconnected leave data: Approved leave was maintained in an external application, making combined attendance-and-leave reporting difficult.
- Manual wage deductions: Payroll teams needed configurable percentage-based deductions and reports that could show applicable amounts consistently.
- Limited consolidated visibility: Managers depended on additional administrative work to review attendance information across the workforce.
The company wanted to connect these processes without replacing every existing system.
Previous Process vs. TimeCheck Approach
| Before TimeCheck | TimeCheck Approach |
|---|---|
| Raw device punches processed separately | Device integration and configurable attendance calculations |
| Irregular shifts reviewed manually | Shift-based processing and overtime workflow capabilities |
| Leave maintained in another application | Dedicated Leave Import module |
| Wage deductions calculated or reported manually | Configurable deduction calculations and customized reports |
| Separate payroll preparation and management reporting | Payroll-oriented outputs and centralized attendance access |
How TimeCheck Was Implemented
- Attendance Device IntegrationTimeCheck supports connecting compatible attendance and biometric devices so raw punches can feed a structured attendance calculation process. The source record does not specify the device brand or integration protocol used for this customer.
- Leave Import ModuleTimeCheck supplied a dedicated module to bring leave records from the customer’s existing application into attendance processing. The organization could keep its leave system rather than replace it.Importantly, TimeCheck does not independently revalidate leave policies. Eligibility and approvals remain the responsibility of the source application.
- Shift and Overtime ProcessingThe requirements included changing schedules, overlapping shifts, and overtime review. TimeCheck’s configurable attendance rules and overtime capabilities were relevant to these needs. The customer’s final approval hierarchy was not documented.
- Deductions and ReportingThe project scope included percentage-based wage deduction calculations and customized reports covering attendance, overtime, leave inputs, and applicable deductions. Deduction rules must follow company policies and relevant labour laws.
- Payroll ERP IntegrationThe company needed monthly attendance information for payroll processing. TimeCheck supports exporting processed attendance information in formats including XLS, CSV, and XML.Payroll ERP integration and report customization were identified as requirements. The exact ERP, export method, and final configuration were not recorded.
Results and Business Impact
The internal record supports three practical outcomes:
- Centralized attendance processing for 1,100 employees: The organization established a common environment for attendance information across a workforce with complex schedules.
- More direct management visibility: Managers gained access to attendance information for workforce review and resource allocation.
- A connected leave-and-attendance workflow: The supplied Leave Import module allowed information from the existing leave system to be used during attendance reconciliation.
The solution also supported structured overtime review, deduction reporting, and payroll preparation.
The source does not independently verify reductions in processing time, payroll errors, costs, or improvements in statutory compliance. Such claims require measurement before publication.
Lessons for Similar Marine Services Businesses
- Start with payroll requirements, not just devices. Define shift treatment, approved overtime, leave adjustments, deductions, and the reports payroll needs.
- Integrate where replacement is unnecessary. Keeping an established leave application can be practical when approved records can be imported reliably.
- Review rules before automation. HR, payroll, IT, and operations teams should agree on exceptions, approvals, and legally compliant deductions before configuring calculations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The deployment timeline was not documented. It would depend on device compatibility, shift rules, reporting needs, and integrations.
No. It can support attendance records and reviews, but compliance depends on applicable laws, approved policies, and correct configuration.
TimeCheck supports attendance exports and payroll-oriented reporting. This customer identified ERP integration as a requirement, but its final integration method was not documented.
TimeCheck supports configurable shift rules, overtime calculations, and approval workflows. The precise rules deployed for this customer were not recorded.
No. A dedicated Leave Import module brought records from the existing application into TimeCheck. The original application remained responsible for leave policy validation.
The customer had separate device punches, attendance calculations, external leave records, and payroll preparation tasks. TimeCheck Software helped bring attendance processing into a centralized workflow.
Content ownership: TimeCheck Software Editorial Team
Subject-matter review: TimeCheck Product Management, HR Tech & Implementation Team
Last reviewed: October 2026
This case study is reviewed to ensure accuracy across TimeCheck product features, attendance management workflows, workforce automation use cases, and enterprise implementation practices.
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