Labour tracking for industrial & process contractors
WBSync tracks industrial and process-plant labour at shift resolution: hours per unit, per system and per activity against the norms the job was estimated on, with plan-versus-actual per crew-day — built for shutdown windows where a lost shift can't be recovered. Client man-hour and EVM reporting (SPI, CPI, EAC to PMI / ISO 21508 conventions) generates from the same data as PDF or XLSX.
Industrial work — shutdowns, turnarounds, capital installs inside live plants — runs on a clock other construction doesn't: the outage window is fixed, the workforce triples for it, and every hour is worked under a permit regime that can halve a shift's productive time without anyone noticing on paper.
WBSync structures the plant as units and areas on a 4-level WBS, takes hours from clock-in systems or the foreman's phone at shift-end, and shows earned versus spent per system while the window is still open.
Where the hours go on industrial contractors packages
The window doesn't move — the plan has to
In a three-week shutdown, discovering a 15% overrun at week two is discovering it too late. Shift-level plan-versus-actual per activity shows the drift after the first shifts, while re-sequencing and re-manning are still options.
Permit waiting is invisible on a timesheet
A crew that waited two hours for a permit books ten hours like any other day. Planning each crew-shift on the WBS and comparing planned against logged hours per activity makes the lost time visible per system — evidence for the client conversation about access.
The client wants man-hours their way
Owner clients and EPCs require man-hour returns and EVM metrics as a contract condition. Because every hour lands on a coded activity, SPI, CPI, EAC and man-hour summaries generate as PDF or XLSX from the live data — not from a Friday-night spreadsheet.
Surge crews outrun the tracking
A workforce that triples for the outage breaks manual tracking exactly when accuracy matters most. Clock-in feeds ingest at volume through vendor adapters or an open API, pass duplicate and over-cap checks, and land on the right activities via each worker's clock ID.
How WBSync fits
Shift-resolution plan versus actual
Foremen plan each crew-shift on the WBS; logged hours compare against the plan per activity, with at-risk flags in the rolling look-ahead — the early-warning loop a fixed window demands.
Norms in your units
Activities carry budgeted hours per termination, per loop, per weld, per metre — whatever the estimate used. Progress earns hours against those units and S/E (Spent vs Earned) is live per system and per unit.
High-volume clock-in ingest
Turnstile, biometric and app-based clock events stream in through built-in adapters or the open ingest API, then pass duplicate and 16-hour-per-day cap checks before approval — surge-proof by design.
Client-ready man-hour and EVM packs
Progress reports with EV, AC, SV, CV, SPI, CPI, EAC, ETC and TCPI generate as branded PDF or XLSX to PMI / ISO 21508 conventions, with scheduled email delivery on Team tier and above.
Frequently asked questions
Can it handle nights and back-to-back shifts?
Yes. Entries are logged per work date and per worker, day or night shift, and a 16-hour-per-day cap flags anything that looks like a double-booking for review before it's approved — protecting both the numbers and the fatigue record.
Our workforce triples during an outage — does pricing cope?
Tiers scale by active operatives (up to 800 on Business, unlimited on Enterprise), and operative packs absorb mid-cycle surges without a tier change. Manager, engineer and foreman seats are unlimited throughout.
The client requires weekly man-hour returns and SPI/CPI — can WBSync produce them?
Yes. KPIs follow PMI / ISO 21508 conventions and the progress report exports EV, AC, SV, CV, SPI, CPI, EAC, ETC and TCPI plus hours summaries as PDF or XLSX, with scheduled email delivery on Team tier and above.
Can hours come straight from site access control?
If your access or clock system can POST events, it can feed WBSync — built-in adapters cover Workflow Infinity, Deputy, ClockShark, QuickBooks Time, Connecteam and Hubstaff, and the open inbound API accepts any other source, keyed on each worker's clock ID.
See your own package's S/E live within an afternoon — import the BOQ, add the crew, log a day. Start free with WBSync — 30-day trial, up to 30 active operatives, no card required.
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