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Answer the owner’s questions about headcount, exits, overtime and absence from records already kept.

HR Analytics & Reporting answers the questions an owner asks about their own staff. It gives headcount by branch, who left this quarter and from which department, overtime creeping up in one shift, and absence that clusters on Mondays. The figures come from attendance, leave and payroll records already being kept, and not from a sheet somebody prepares for the meeting.

What it is

Ask a small business how many people work there and you get a range. Contract workers are counted by one person and not by another. Two joined last week, and one has not come since Tuesday.

When attendance, leave and payroll sit in one system, the count is a query and not a discussion. So is the reason behind it.

What it replaces

What your team uses today.

The module takes over these, one at a time, so nothing has to stop while it is set up.

  • A monthly sheet prepared before the review
  • Separate lists of headcount in HR, payroll and the branch
  • A request to payroll for a figure
Where it goes wrong today

The problems this is meant to ease.

Headcount differs by sheet

Counts clash. HR, payroll and the branch each keep a list, and the meeting begins with an argument.

Reports built the night before

Someone assembles figures by hand for each review. The sheet is out of date by the next morning.

Exits seen in isolation

Leavers are noticed singly. A department losing people steadily is not visible.

Overtime buried in payroll

Overtime is paid month after month and shows as a total. The shift causing it stays unknown.

Cost split unclear

Salary cost by branch or department needs manual work. Hiring decisions rest on guesses.

Inside the module

What HR analytics & reporting does.

Headcount that settles the argument

By branch, department, shift and type of employment, on any date you choose, including contract and probation staff.

Who left, and from where

Exits by department and month, with the reason recorded at the exit interview beside the number.

Overtime and absence

Overtime hours by shift and supervisor, and absence by day of the week. Monday tells you more than the month does.

The wage bill, cut your way

Salary cost by branch, department and category, month against month, with employer contributions included.

Tenure and dependence

How long people stay by role, and which jobs are held by exactly one person who has never taken leave.

The same report every month

A handful of reports are fixed once and mailed on a date, so nobody rebuilds them by hand on the fifth.

Where it gets used

What this looks like in a working week.

Illustrative scenarios, written to show the shape of the work. They are not accounts of client systems.

A monthly owner review

The owner opens headcount, exits, absence and wage bill reports, already cut by branch. Questions get asked of the same screen.

Absence on Mondays

The HR executive sees absence clustering on a weekday in a shift. She speaks to the branch manager.

A request for another hand

A branch manager asks for extra staff. The owner checks overtime and wage cost for that branch before replying.

Who touches it

The people who open this every day.

Owner

Reads headcount, wage bill and exits before deciding on hiring or a new branch.

HR executive

Sends the monthly figures without spending two days assembling them.

Branch manager

Sees overtime and absence for their own branch, and where their shift stands against the others.

How it is set up

From first conversation to daily use.

  1. List the questions

    The owner and HR write down their regular questions. A short note turns each into a report.

  2. Check the source records

    We read attendance, leave and payroll data for gaps. A list of fields to repair comes back.

  3. Build the opening reports

    Reports arrive to try on past months. You compare the figures with what you already know.

  4. Choose who receives what

    You decide who gets which report and where. The reports are then delivered to those people.

Measuring it

How you would know it is working.

Record where you stand before it goes live, so the change is measured against your own figures.

  • Reports opened by their intended readers
  • Differences between headcount here and in payroll
  • Exits with a recorded reason
  • Overtime by shift and branch
  • Reports still assembled by hand
How it fits

It is one part of a system, not an island.

A module earns its place by what it passes to the next one. These are the connections we set up most often.

  • Attendance and time tracking
  • Leave and holiday management
  • Payroll management
  • Employee database
  • Dashboards and KPIs
Common questions

Questions owners ask about HR analytics & reporting.

Will it tell us why people are leaving?

It shows where they are leaving from, which is the useful half. The reason comes from exit interviews, and only if somebody asks honest questions and records the answers. Software cannot do that part.

Can the reports use our biometric machine?

Usually yes. Most biometric devices export or expose their punch data, and that can feed attendance directly. We confirm what your machine supports before anything is planned around it.

Can a report reach us on WhatsApp on the first of the month?

Yes. A short summary of headcount, absence and overtime can be scheduled to a group or a number. Most owners want three figures.

Is this worth it at twenty people?

The reports are not, at that size. You can see your whole team from the office door. Reporting becomes valuable with branches, shifts and contract labour, and with a wage bill that keeps growing without anybody deciding that it should.

Which parts raise the cost of HR reporting?

Reports and sources. The count of reports, how many systems feed them and the condition of the data all matter. A biometric feed adds work. Each report can be priced alone.

What decides how soon the opening report is usable?

Data quality. Clean attendance, leave and payroll records make the early reports quick to check. They cover headcount, exits, absence and wage cost. Exports come from you, and the proposal gives the timetable.

Talk to us

Tell us how you handle HR analytics & reporting today.

A spreadsheet, a register or another system: say which, and we will tell you plainly what is worth changing.

What happens after you share your requirements

  1. A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
  2. Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
  3. If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
  4. No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.

Start with your requirements

Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.

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