Overview
The Work Time settings screen in BQE CORE allows you to define the standard work schedule for your company. These settings help you manage time card entries, task allocations, reminders, and other time-based functions in CORE. In addition, you can set the standard working hours for employees per day and per week, as well as target utilization and profit percentage. These values are used to calculate utilization rates, measure productivity, and track project profitability. The settings on this screen apply company-wide and play an important role in time tracking, project planning, and resource management.
Field Descriptions
| Field Name | Field Description |
| Company > Work Time > | |
| Company Working Days |
These represent the standard working days for your company. By default, Monday through Friday is checked but you can change this setting. This allows CORE to distribute tasks (hours) into months or weeks in the Allocation & Forecasting screen when the date range is long. For employees to receive time card reminders, you need to first define their standard working days here. |
| First Day of the Week | You can select the first day of your work week here. CORE uses this day to provide correct information on screens and reports. This setting is especially useful in Time Card. For example, the time entry reports adjust to show the correct start day of the week. |
| First Date of the Biweekly Period | You can select the date to reflect the first day of your biweekly period here. CORE uses this date to provide correct information on screens and reports. For example, the time entry reports adjust to show the correct start date of the biweekly period. This setting is especially useful in Time Card. A biweekly period of 14 days is calculated based on the start date and displayed as a date range. This range updates automatically whenever the start date changes and always reflects the current day. Note: When both the settings (First Day of the Week and First Date of the Biweekly Period) are configured to the same day, then Last 2 Weeks and Last Bi-Weekly will display the same date range. However, if the day differs, the date ranges will vary. On the other hand, the Last Bi-Weekly range would cover the most recent bi-weekly period. |
| Standard Employee Hours |
You can specify the standard working hours for all new employees in CORE. The standard hours Per Week refer to the default number of hours all employees in the company need to work each week, say 40. Similarly, the standard hours Per Day refer to the default number of hours all employees need to work each day, say 8. These values are used when the standard hours are not defined in the Employees screen. For employees to receive time card reminders, you need to first define their standard working hours here. |
| Target Utilization | Expected or target utilization rate for the employees represents their billing efficiency percentage goal. An employee's billing efficiency or performance is measured against this threshold. Also, a minimum Target Utilization is a key determinate in calculating hourly charge-out rates (along with profit and corporate overheads). |
| Target Profit Percentage | This is a profit percentage you would like to achieve for each employee in your company. It is used to determine the ideal bill and cost rate of employees and vendors (contract employees). |
| Utilization Based On |
Determines how the utilization rate of employees is calculated in CORE reports and widgets. The standard calculation for utilization in CORE is: Utilization % = (Billable Hours / Total Hours) x 100 where Billable Hours are billable actual hours (of projects other than marketing and overhead) and Total Hours are determined based on what is selected in the Utilization Based On field here.
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