# Infor Factory Track Time Track with SyteLine: attendance and labor capture

> Source: https://netray.co/stack/infor-factory-track-time-track-syteline
> Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems.
> Section: ERP Stack

## Short answer

Time Track is a native Infor add-on in the Factory Track family. It captures clock-ins, clock-outs, breaks, absences and labor transactions, applies configurable attendance rules and prepares the data for payroll and the ERP. It shares a touch-screen interface with Factory Track Shop Floor, so operators use one terminal.

## Erp

Infor CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine)

## Erp Key

syteline

## On Prem

true

## Product

Infor Factory Track - Time Track

## Vendor

Infor

## Category

Time and attendance

## Integration

**Method:** Native Infor add-on

**Detail:** Time Track is part of Factory Track, which is built to work with SyteLine. Because it shares the touch-screen interface with Shop Floor, attendance and job labor can be recorded in the same session rather than in two systems.

**Method:** Payroll hand-off

**Detail:** Time Track prepares data for payroll. How it reaches your payroll provider (file export, interface or manual import) depends on your setup, so confirm the format your payroll system expects early in the project.

## Data Flows

**From:** Employee at terminal

**To:** Time Track

**Data:** Clock in, clock out, breaks, absences

**Trigger:** Badge or login at the touch screen

**From:** Time Track

**To:** Attendance rules

**Data:** Rounding, overtime and shift rule application

**Trigger:** Period processing

**From:** Shop Floor session

**To:** SyteLine

**Data:** Job labor transactions by employee and operation

**Trigger:** Operator logs on or off a job

**From:** Time Track

**To:** Payroll

**Data:** Approved hours by employee and pay code

**Trigger:** Pay period close

## Setup

### Collect attendance policy

**Detail:** Write down shift definitions, rounding, grace periods, breaks, overtime rules and absence codes with HR before configuring anything.

### Align employee master data

**Detail:** Make sure employee IDs, departments and pay codes match between SyteLine, Time Track and payroll.

### Configure rules in Time Track

**Detail:** Enter shifts, rounding and overtime rules, then test them with sample punches.

### Set up terminals

**Detail:** Install touch-screen stations where people enter the floor, with badge readers if required, and test them on the network.

### Define approval workflow

**Detail:** Decide who approves exceptions such as missed punches, and how corrections are recorded for audit.

### Run parallel with the old system

**Detail:** Run a pay period in parallel and compare hours per employee with the existing process before payroll depends on it.

### Go live and monitor

**Detail:** Review missed punches and rule results daily for the first few pay periods.

## Pitfalls

- Attendance rules (rounding, overtime) configured differently from payroll's, so hours do not match.
- Missed punches nobody corrects until payroll cutoff.
- Employees clocked into a job but not into attendance, or the reverse, so labor and attendance disagree.
- Shared badges or shared logins, which break audit trails and labor costing.
- Employee codes that differ between Time Track, SyteLine and payroll.

## Ai Layer

### Attendance versus job labor reconciliation

**Description:** A private assistant reading attendance and SyteLine job labor can list employees whose job hours exceed or fall short of clocked hours, for supervisor review.

### Missed punch and exception worklist

**Description:** Compile each morning the missing clock-outs, overlong shifts and unmatched codes, with draft corrections for a manager to approve.

### Policy question answers

**Description:** Answer plain-language questions such as how many overtime hours a department has accrued this period, from the data, without building a report.

## Alternatives

- If your payroll provider has its own time clock, using it and importing job labor separately may be simpler.
- For job labor only, SyteLine shop floor transactions without attendance may be sufficient.
- Third-party time and attendance products also integrate with SyteLine; compare on union rules, shifts and payroll integration.

## Faq

### What does Time Track capture?

**Answer:** Godlan describes it as capturing clock-ins, clock-outs, breaks, absences and labor transactions, applying configurable attendance rules and preparing data for payroll and the ERP.

### Is it separate from Shop Floor?

**Answer:** It is a separate Factory Track add-on that shares the touch-screen interface with Shop Floor. You can use them together so employees record attendance and job labor at the same terminal.

### How does data reach payroll?

**Answer:** Time Track prepares the data for payroll, but the transfer method depends on your payroll provider and implementation. Confirm the required file or interface format early and test it during a parallel pay period.

### Can AI approve timesheets?

**Answer:** We would not. AI is useful for finding exceptions and mismatches, but approving hours and pay changes should remain a manager decision.

## Source

https://godlan.com/?p=938

## Search terms

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