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Manufacturing Time Tracking

Manufacturing Time Tracking Software for Efficient Workforce Management

Replace manual timesheets with real-time visibility into workforce hours

TimeLive by Livetecs advanced software automates time tracking, improves workforce management, and guarantees manufacturing cost efficiency. Enjoy smooth integration with your existing systems.

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Proven Results Across Manufacturing Projects

500+ Manufacturers
99.9% Uptime
40% Improvement
30% Labor Costs Reduction

Problems

Common Challenges in Manufacturing Time Tracking

Manufacturing plants struggle with time tracking which is still a patchwork of spreadsheets, paper logs, and late updates. The result is blind spots in your operations: you don’t see what’s happening until it’s already too late. Before you fix it, you need to understand the biggest time tracking challenges holding your workforce back.

Lack of Real-Time Data Access

Time tracking without real-time updates causes inefficiencies. Without accurate, up-to-date data, managers fight to keep track of employee workflows and project timelines. This leads to missed deadlines and low manufacturing efficiency, as crucial insights are lost in outdated or manual time logs.
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Inaccurate Labor Cost Management

Manually tracked timesheets often result in payroll discrepancies and mismanagement of labor costs. These errors affect your budget and can lead to paying employees incorrectly. Without an automated system, tracking time and calculating payroll becomes a cumbersome task, costing your business time and money.

Difficulty Integrating with Existing Systems

Integrating time tracking solutions with your existing ERP system can be difficult and time-consuming. Many manufacturing software systems don’t easily communicate with new tools, leading to a tangled mess of manual data entry, lost information, and wasted resources.

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Solutions

Our Solution

TimeLive by Livetecs provides manufacturing time tracking software that gives you a complete, real-time view of who is working, where, and for how long across the factory floor. By eliminating paper logs and spreadsheets, every labor minute is captured accurately, converted into precise labor costs, and integrated with your existing systems helping manufacturers improve efficiency, control costs, and increase profitability.

Seamless Real-Time Data Tracking

TimeLive by Livetecs tracks time and productivity in real-time, so your team always has access to up-to-date information. This allows managers to optimize workforce operations right away. Relish improved manufacturing efficiency without the need for manual updates or guesswork.

Accurate Labor Cost Calculation

With TimeLive by Livetecs, the software automatically calculates labor costs based on the time tracked, giving payroll accuracy. No more discrepancies or manual calculations. A precise, reliable data that guarantees your employees are paid correctly and on time.

Easy Integration with ERP and Other Systems

TimeLive integrates smoothly with your existing ERP and other manufacturing systems, eliminating the need for manual data entry and reducing operational inefficiencies. You get a connected, streamlined workflow without disrupting your current processes.

Customers

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Siemens
philips
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Outcomes

Achieve Significant Manufacturing Business Outcomes with Livetecs

Fixing time tracking across production floors improves efficiency at every level. Livetecs enables manufacturers to convert labor data into actionable insights that increase productivity, reduce waste, and support informed operational decisions.
Higher Billing Accuracy and Revenue Assurance

Greater Output

By integrating TimeLive by Livetecs, businesses have seen up to a 40% improvement in employee throughput. Operations are streamlined. Easier manageable. Let’s your team get more done in less time. With real-time tracking and automated systems, you can improve manufacturing efficiency and meet the deadlines right on-time.
Improved Productivity and Operational Efficiency

Lower Labor Costs

TimeLive helps manufacturers cut labor costs by 30%. By eliminating manual errors and generating accurate time tracking, businesses save money on payroll while optimizing the way labor is allocated. With precise labor cost management, your budget goes further.
Stronger Project Profitability and Financial Discipline

Improved Reporting & Decision-Making

With TimeLive by Livetecs’ comprehensive reporting system, managers can easily track employee performance, project costs, and overall team productivity. Achieve better decision-making based on solid manufacturing data. Make informed choices with automated time tracking system that push your business forward.

Solutions Built for the Industries You Work In

Construction

Track team hours, job site attendance, and project timelines with our robust time tracking tool. Simplify payroll, reduce time theft, and keep your projects on budget.

Construction
Consultants

Maximize billable hours with precision. Our time tracker ensures every consultation and research hour is logged and billed correctly. Ideal for firms needing reliable timekeeping and timesheet software.

Consultants
Freelance

Whether you’re billing by the hour or project, our time tracker app for freelancers helps you log work hours, manage tasks, and send professional invoices. Stay productive and never miss a minute of your time. 

Freelance
Legal

Maximize billable hours with precision. Our time tracker ensures every consultation and research hour is logged and billed correctly. Ideal for firms needing reliable timekeeping and timesheet software.

Legal
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Process

TimeLive Implementation Process

Sign Up and Start

Create your TimeLive account with a few clicks and bring your manufacturing team on board.
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Integrate with Your Systems

Connect TimeLive by Livetecs to the tools and systems you already use.
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Track Time in Real-Time

Your team can begin real-time time tracking instantly. Capture Hours, tasks, and activities automatically.
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View Reports and Monitor Performance

Managers get instant access to detailed real-time reports.
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Automate Payroll and Approvals

With precise time tracking data, payroll processing becomes simple.
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Grow and Improve with time

As your operations expand, TimeLive scales with you, adapts to your work flow, and supports long-term growth.
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Manufacturing Units Time Tracking Designed for Production Teams by TimeLive

Monitor labor hours, shifts, and payroll across manufacturing operations.

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FAQs

frequently asked questions

Find your answers to these frequently asked questions
What is TimeLive manufacturing time tracking software?

TimeLive is a manufacturing time tracking software that helps manufacturers track employee labor hours, manage shifts, and monitor production-related work across factory floors and facilities. It supports accurate payroll, labor cost control, and operational reporting.

TimeLive allows employees to record work hours using web, mobile, or kiosk access. Time entries can be linked to departments, production tasks, or shifts, then reviewed and approved by supervisors before being used for payroll and reporting.

TimeLive is used by manufacturing managers, plant supervisors, HR teams, and finance departments across discrete, process, and batch manufacturing environments.

Yes. TimeLive supports shift-based and department-level time tracking.  Manufacturers can analyze labor hours by role, shift, or operational unit to improve workforce planning and production efficiency.

TimeLive provides accurate labor hour data tied to shifts and operations. Approved time entries feed into payroll and reports, helping manufacturers monitor overtime, manage staffing levels, and reduce labor cost overruns.

Yes. TimeLive converts approved manufacturing hours into payroll-ready data. TimeLive reduces manual calculations, minimizes errors, and ensures workers are paid correctly for regular time, overtime, and approved absences.

Basic time clocks focus only on punch-in and punch-out. TimeLive provides approval workflows, attendance tracking, reporting, and payroll readiness, making it suitable for manufacturers that need operational oversight and workforce visibility.

UKG and ADP are large workforce platforms, while ClockShark focuses on labor tracking. TimeLive differs by offering manufacturing time tracking as part of a broader time, attendance, and cost management system without the complexity or overhead of heavyweight enterprise solutions.

TimeLive allows approved labor hours to sync or export into payroll and accounting systems, helping manufacturers reduce manual work and maintain accurate financial records.

Yes. TimeLive supports multiple plants, departments, approval hierarchies, and reporting structures. TimeLive makes it suitable for manufacturers scaling operations or managing distributed facilities.

TimeLive pricing depends on the number of users and selected modules, such as time tracking, attendance, reporting, and payroll exports. Pricing is flexible based on workforce size and operational needs. For exact pricing, contacting the sales team is recommended.

Yes. TimeLive offers a free trial that allows manufacturers to evaluate time tracking, approvals, reporting, and payroll readiness before committing to a paid plan.

Manufacturers can contact the Livetecs sales team to discuss pricing, request a demo, or review deployment options.

Phone: +1-888-666-8154
Email: [email protected]

Page summary

TimeLive by Livetecs offers real-time manufacturing time tracking, seamless ERP integration, streamlined payroll, and insightful reporting.
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