9 May 2026
5 Things You Can Track Without Touching a Keyboard
Shop floor workers aren't at desks. Standard Time® meets them where they are — a barcode scanner handles everything from clocking in to closing out a work order, with no keyboard, no login screen, and no paperwork in between.
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Employee Clock-In and Clock-Out
Every shift starts and ends with a scan. Each employee carries a badge with a barcode tied to their username. Scan in at the start of the day, scan out at the end — Standard Time® records the exact timestamps and calculates total hours worked. No time clock terminals, no PIN pads, no shared login screens.
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Work Order Labor Hours
Scan your badge, scan the work order barcode on the job ticket, scan the task — and the timer starts. When the job is done, scan STOP. Standard Time® captures the full labor record: who worked, on which order, doing what task, for exactly how long. Every minute is attributed to the right job cost automatically.
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Materials and Inventory Consumed
When a worker pulls stock to use on a job, they scan the inventory item barcode. Standard Time® logs the material against the work order and subtracts the quantity from inventory — no clipboard, no manual entry, no after-the-fact reconciliation. The inventory record updates the moment the scan happens.
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Tool and Asset Usage
Tools, fixtures, and equipment can carry barcodes just like work orders do. Scan a tool out at the start of a job, scan it back in when finished. Standard Time® tracks which assets are in use, by whom, and for how long — so you always know where equipment is and can flag overdue returns without walking the floor.
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Work Order Completion
A printed COMPLETE barcode near the workstation lets workers close a work order with a single scan. Standard Time® marks the job done, records the finish timestamp, and removes it from the active WIP queue — updating the big-screen display instantly so supervisors see real-time job status without asking anyone.
Why Zero Keyboards Matters on the Shop Floor
Keyboards slow workers down, break in harsh environments, and introduce transcription errors. Barcode scanning in Standard Time® eliminates all three problems:
- Faster — a scan takes less than a second; typing takes ten
- More accurate — no miskeyed IDs or transposed numbers
- Durable — handheld scanners outlast keyboards in dusty, greasy, or wet conditions
- Hands-free friendly — workers scan between tasks without stopping their flow