Success in the retail greatly depends on the excellent workforce management. Spica’s workforce-management software can bring a whole new level of efficiency to your retail business. From mom-and-pop stores to large retailers and eCommerce businesses, many cannot imagine running their business without this solution.
Spreadsheets (Excel, Google Docs, and similar) are one of the most frequent ways that track time and attendance in retail, unfortunately, it is also extremely ineffective. Usually, an employer in retail provides a timesheet template which employees regularly fill in on their computer and then send to an administrator for payroll processing.
Employees can easily make mistakes when entering data manually.
An administrator must collect, organize, inspect and process all the spreadsheets for payroll.
Files can get lost, misplaced or deleted.
An administrator must collect, organize, inspect and process all the spreadsheets for payroll.
Instead of using spreadsheets (or even paper forms or online calculators), modern and productivity-prone retail employers use dedicated, cloud-based workforce management software on their mobile phone or the web.
The switch from spreadsheets to software is quick and simple. Our consulting-support centre will take you through migration step by step and help you become a more efficient and profitable retail business.
With our retail workforce management software, you can always deploy the right number of suitably qualified employees exactly where and when they are needed. You can automate the scheduling process, optimize labor costs, and provide better transparency for greater employee satisfaction.
Retail employees can clock-in and out using a mobile phone, computer or hardware time terminal. Depending on your needs, you can combine all clocking-in methods at different locations. You can also automate clocking-in with proximity beacons.
In retail, knowing who is working at which location at any given time is of the utmost importance. With our real-time dashboard, you can see just that and take all necessary actions for optimal staff distribution among different locations.
The Spica All Hours workforce management software for the retail industry encourages the growth of your company, and can support even the most complex time and attendance cases. You can set up different rules for different teams, delegate approvals, and set up who can access specific data.
Spica’s retail workforce management software automatically calculates employees’ hourly balances (on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis). Based on the hourly balance, you can manage and approve overtime, get accurate statistics, and keep costs under control.
Reduce errors and meet labour compliance regarding maximum working hours, collective regulations, or other requirements effortlessly. Prove that data in your business is handled according to GDPR regulations, whenever needed.
An important part of workforce management software for retail is managing leave and absences. With our solution, you can easily track all types of leave; including annual leave, sick leave, public holidays, private or unpaid leave, or the usage of surplus hours. In addition, you can easily approve and reject requests for vacation and other absences.
Save time preparing payroll and don’t waste it on tasks that can be automated. Export timesheets into your payroll solution with one click. Customize and get detailed reports or a summary of paid hours, absences, and overtime for a given period.
Using our retail workforce management software, you can easily record different activities such as cashier work, stocking shelves, arranging shop window displays, warehouse work, shipping, etc.; and know the associated costs.
The main idea of Spica’s COVID-19 shield is to prevent germs from spreading through touching different surfaces when using our clocking infrastructure. Employees can clock-in on their mobile phones to minimize queuing and contact.