Predictive time entry for workforce management systems
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorUzair Ahmed Niazi
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Abstract
This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for predictive approaches used to auto-populate timecards for an employee/contractor. A system/framework is proposed that can auto-populate timecards for employees using predictive approaches. The predictive approaches may look at the patterns of time entry for the individual who is performing entry of the time. The system can also look at patterns of time entry for other team members within an organization or group whose time entry patterns may be similar or identical to other individuals.
Claims21
A method of implementing predictive time entry for workforce management systems, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a workforce management system, a time card with time entries that were populated by an employee;
- processing, at the workforce management system, the time card for the employee to generate a time card template;
- identifying, by the workforce management system, an organization of which the employee is a member;
- identifying, by the workforce management system, a plurality of employees who are also members of the organization;
- automatically pre-populating, by the workforce management system, a plurality of time cards for the plurality of employees using the time card template and resulting in a plurality of pre-populated time cards;
- providing the plurality of pre-populated time cards to the plurality of employees for completion;
- receiving, by the workforce management system, modifications to one or more of the plurality of pre-populated time cards, wherein the modifications are made by one or more of the plurality of employees during completion;
- filtering, by the workforce management system, modifications that are specific to the one or more of the plurality of employees and that do not apply to all of the plurality of employees to generate filtered modifications;
- updating, by the workforce management system, the time card template based at least in part on the filtered modifications to create an updated time card template;
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- updating, by the workforce management system, ones of the plurality of pre-populated time cards that have not yet been completed, wherein the ones of the plurality of pre-populated time cards are updated based at least in part on the updated time card template.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium for implementing predictive time entry for workforce management systems, having sets of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- receive a time card with time entries that were populated by an employee;
- process the time card for the employee to generate a time card template;
- identify an organization of which the employee is a member;
- identify a plurality of employees who are also members of the organization;
- automatically pre-populate a plurality of time cards for the plurality of employees using the time card template and resulting in a plurality of pre-populated time cards;
- providing the plurality of pre-populated time cards to the plurality of employees for completion;
- receive modifications to one or more of the plurality of pre-populated time cards, wherein the modifications are made by one or more of the plurality of employees during completion;
- filter modifications that are specific to the one or more of the plurality of employees and that do not apply to all of the plurality of employees to generate filtered modifications;
- update the pre-populated time card with the new pre-populated time;
- update the time card template based at least in part on the filtered modifications to create an updated time card template;
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- updating ones of the plurality of pre-populated time cards that have not yet been completed, wherein the ones of the plurality of pre-populated time cards are updated based at least in part on the updated time card template.
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