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Time capture specialist Rekoop has launched the latest version of its mobile platform with the highlight being a groundbreaking move into GPS technology. The new functionality, known as Location-based Services (LbS), has been designed to simplify the accurate recording of time on the move, by automatically capturing the actual start and end points for journeys and meetings.
LbS uses GPS technology to track movement; if a user remains in the same location for a configurable period of time, say six minutes, the system then creates a time record for review/assignment. Run the periods together and a user’s movements – and time spent – can be fully tracked, itemised and recorded.
The development of LbS followed on from research that revealed two key concerns. The first was that time records were often based on Outlook events, and the even blocking out of time that occurs in Outlook doesn’t actually reflect what happens in real-life. The second was a lack of transparency over the make up of out-of-office time, viz. how much was travel-related and how much was meeting time, an area that some firms are finding a sensitive one when it comes to billing.
Rekoop CEO Phil Wedgwood explains: “What we were hearing was that the two hour meeting scheduled in Outlook for 10-12 in reality translated into leaving the office at 9.30; starting the meeting at 9.55; not finishing until 12.15; and getting back to the office 30 minutes later. You can see the potential for under-recording or misrecording time if you go by the Outlook calendar prompt – but with LbS, you know exactly when you left, when you arrived, when you got back, and where you have been. It takes that data, delivers it up as time entries for review, and you submit a time record that couldn’t be more accurate or transparent. How firms treat and charge for travel time as against meeting time is down to the individuals concerned but at least they have a trusted data set to base their decision-making on.”
LbS also drives greater efficiency by automatically linking a location to the associated client and bringing up current matters, accelerating the time entry process even further.
Rekoop has also updated all its native mobile apps in this quarter’s release across iOS, Android, BB (old and new), and is set for an autumn launch of its Windows Mobile phone app. The latest versions can be downloaded from their respective app stores.
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