Human Resource Management and the Cellular Retailer

Cellular/Wireless Industry White Paper
Human Resource Management and
the Cellular Retailer
Effectively Managing Day-to-Day ActivitiesTable of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Why web-based? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Employee management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Time sheet entry and validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Vacation and Time-off Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Employee Commission management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Enhanced Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Centralized Data storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Real-time reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Data security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
About Data Guard Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7IntroductionCellular retailers need the right tools to effectively manage and control their businessevery step of the way, from one store to hundreds of stores. This means managinginventory, billing, and, of course, employees.
The best way to take control of employee management is to automate humanresource (HR) processes, including time tracking, schedules, and payroll calculation.
Unfortunately, some cellular retailers start out by manually creating and managingemployee schedules and timesheets. They very quickly discover the task is muchmore cumbersome and time-consuming than it has to be. Correcting the errorsinherent in manual timesheet and schedule management leads to an endless papernightmare. This is where centralized web-based management software, likeCellularManager®, comes into play.
CellularManager offers a unique and full-featured solution by integrating HRcapabilities and POS processes into a single management system providing theflexibility, accessibility, and easy-to-use tools required to efficiently and accuratelymeet the needs of a changing and increasingly complex industry.
The hours upon hours that managers used to spend reconciling employeetimesheets is a thing of the past. CellularManager's web-based HR system improvesefficiency, streamlines the administrative process, and reduces reconciliationproblems.
This document addresses the key points that cellular retailers, wholesalers, andmaster agents need to know about implementing and using CellularManager'scentralized web-based HR management system.
1Why web-based?The benefits of a web-based HR management system are many. For starters,there is no need to outfit each store with expensive software. With a click of abutton, new employees can be added instantly to the centralized database.With a few more clicks, employee schedules are added. Each store's employeeinformation can then be maintained and monitored in real-time, all withoutinvolving IT or costly installs.
CellularManager integrates HR management processes and providesemployees and management with secure access 24 hours a day, 365 days ayear, by using any web browser. Regardless of whether they are at home, theoffice, or one of their retail stores, authorized users can access their pertinentinformation and make any necessary modifications. Also, because users areaccessing business information in real-time, they can keep up with, andeffectively manage schedules and time card information.
Employee managementCellular retailers need to manage and analyze their workforce resources inreal-time across several stores. By using a CellularManager's centralizeddatabase to manage not only their POS activit... [download for more]