Shop-Trak Real-Time Labor Capture System

This document is a guide that outlines the features and benefits of the Shop-Trak system, which is designed to improve job costing accuracy by capturing labor and job activity in real time on the shop floor. It explains how outdated or delayed time entry can distort job costing and lead to poor management decisions based on stale data. The guide details the advantages of real-time labor capture, highlighting that labor should be recorded as it happens to eliminate delays in reporting. It also emphasizes the system's high operator adoption due to its intuitive interface, which allows for quick learning and implementation. Furthermore, the document presents the benefits of accurate work-in-progress (WIP) and margin reporting, clean payroll-to-job reconciliation, and full traceability of labor data. The integration of Shop-Trak with Doc-Trak is mentioned as a way to enhance documentation accessibility, ultimately leading to improved pricing decisions and reduced administrative overhead.