Factorial: align time spent and invoicing with the Business Central integration
Factorial is a modern HRIS solution that fills Business Central’s gaps in project management through a native integration with your ERP.
This unique approach enables your project teams to efficiently manage their schedules, enter the time they spend, and automate the transfer of this information into Business Central for invoicing and reporting.
With Factorial, you get a project tracking calendar, comprehensive leave and absence management, and a powerful time entry system that interfaces natively with Business Central. The solution therefore enables you to optimize your project management while keeping Business Central as your central system for management and invoicing.
The Factorial & Business Central integration for project management
Business Central is a powerful ERP for managing your business, but it has recognized gaps in project and job management. Factorial fills these gaps by providing the essential features that are not natively available in Business Central :
- A project tracking calendar: easily view your teams’ workload and plan your project resources
- Leave and absence management: anticipate unavailability and adjust your schedules accordingly
- Time tracking: enable your employees to easily enter their time by project and task
- Native integration with Business Central: automatically synchronize data between the two solutions (employees, accounting, projects)
Key Features of Factorial
Factorial is a modern HRIS solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses and mid-market companies, centralizing all your HR processes on a single, simple, high-performing platform. Beyond project management, Factorial offers you a complete ecosystem for managing your human resources.
Time and Attendance Management (TAM)
Factorial offers a comprehensive work time management module that includes a digital time clock available on desktop and mobile, attendance and absence tracking, and time entry by project and task. Your employees can easily record their hours worked, which are then automatically synchronized with Business Central for billing.
Project schedules and calendars
Create and manage an unlimited number of schedules based on your needs: schedules by team, by project, or by work location. See your resources’ availability at a glance and efficiently organize your employees’ work schedules. This essential feature is sorely lacking in Business Central and has become indispensable for managing your projects.
Leave and Absence Management
Factorial provides a comprehensive view of leave and absences within your organization through a centralized calendar. Leave requests are managed online with customizable approval workflows. This visibility helps you anticipate unavailability and adjust your project schedules accordingly, avoiding unpleasant surprises.
Native interface with Business Central
One of Factorial’s major strengths lies in its standard interface with Business Central in SaaS mode. This integration enables bidirectional synchronization of essential data: employee records, accounting entries, and above all, time spent on projects, which is automatically sent to Business Central for accounting, invoicing, and reporting.
How Factorial integrates into your project process
The integration of Factorial with Business Central enables you to create a smooth, automated workflow for managing your projects:
Project and Budget Management in Business Central You continue to manage your projects, budgets, and quotes in Business Central, which remains your central management system. All project information (project codes, tasks, budgets) is synchronized with Factorial.
Planning and Time Entry in Factorial Your project managers use Factorial to plan resources and create tracking schedules. Your employees then enter the time they have spent directly in Factorial, allocating it to the corresponding projects and tasks. Factorial’s intuitive, mobile-friendly interface makes day-to-day time entry much easier.
Automatic Transfer to Business Central The time entered in Factorial is automatically transferred to Business Central via the standard interface. This data then feeds your invoicing, accounting, and reporting processes, giving you a complete, up-to-date view of your projects’ profitability.
Our Factorial & Business Central Integration Approach
TVH Consulting supports you in integrating Factorial with your Business Central environment according to your specific needs.
Complete Project Integration
This approach is ideal for companies looking to optimize their project management. We configure the interface between Factorial and Business Central to synchronize projects, budgets, employees, and time spent. Your teams benefit from a powerful planning and time-tracking tool while keeping Business Central as the central system for billing and reporting.
HRIS Integration with Payroll Interface
For companies with broader HRIS needs, we can also set up the interface between your payroll software and Factorial, then configure the standard interface between Factorial and Business Central for accounting and employee records. This comprehensive approach allows you to centralize all your HR processes in Factorial.
Training and Knowledge Transfer
Beyond technical integration, we train you to make optimal use of Factorial and transfer the skills needed for your teams to be self-sufficient in the day-to-day management of the solution. Our goal is to get you up and running quickly and maximize your return on investment.
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