JP2887812B2 - Time clock - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a time clock that manages attendance / exit data.

[Conventional technology]

As a conventional time clock, one described in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-15573 is known. In the time clock described in this publication, at the time of the first printing (stamping) every day, it is detected whether or not the stamping has been forgotten the previous day, and when it has been detected, the fact is notified. I do.

There are also time clocks that can process various irregular work data such as delay / early leave.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in recent years, a flextime system has been adopted as a work style. In this flextime system, the following usage forms are conceivable.

For example, if you set a core time for one working day and work in that time zone, you can set a free time for going to work and leaving work, and the number of working hours after one month satisfies the preset number of hours. To do.

As for the working hours per day, the number of hours set in advance is assumed, and if the number of hours is satisfied, the working time and the leaving time are free. In this case, the number of working hours for one month is naturally satisfied if the number of working hours per day is satisfied.

In the flextime system, as described above and above, each employee is free to go to and from work.
For this reason, if each employee and manager can grasp the number of working hours and overtime hours for one day, one week, and one month, it is necessary to manage time reliably and accurately. Can be. In addition, if it is necessary to satisfy the regulations by the deadline, if it is possible to grasp in advance whether the organization regulations are to be satisfied during the period, the organization regulations can be complied with. If there is a possibility of further deviation from the rules, if we can warn that,
You can also work to comply with organizational regulations. Note that time management and compliance with organizational rules are important even in work styles that do not employ the flextime system.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional time clock, when the user forgets to stamp, it only informs that fact.
In order to be able to manage time and comply with organizational regulations, it has not been possible to predict and announce deviations in regulations that should be achieved over a long period of time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a time recorder that can easily and reliably perform time management and adherence to organizational rules.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the time clock according to the present invention, an interface means for managing an interface with a plurality of resources existing in the communication network system, and a regulation holding means for holding information indicating a work regulation relating to time, Control means for executing a predetermined operation related to the employment rule based on information on the employment status based on the attendance / exit data, and predicting and foreseeing a deviation of the rule based on the calculation result and information indicating the employment rule. With

[Action]

In the time recorder according to the present invention, data on the end state of work at the present time at the time of actual work, for example, the number of working hours per day, the number of overtime hours per day, the number of working hours obtained based on attending / leaving (work time), overtime work Based on the element data of the number of hours and the number of continuous working days and the rules corresponding to the elements, for example, the number of working hours per month, the number of overtime hours per month, the data indicating the designation of employment such as the number of continuous working days, the deviation of the working rules is determined. Predict,
Any deviation will be notified to the parties.

On the other hand, when the party uses a resource (for example, a workstation) existing in the communication network system, the fact that it deviates is transmitted to the corresponding resource via the interface means.

Therefore, the user (employee) can easily perform time management and comply with organization rules.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of a time clock according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the time clock according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a time recorder 1 includes a user interface unit 2, a time record function unit 4 having a rule deviation possibility automatic prediction and automatic notification mechanism unit (hereinafter, rule deviation deviation prediction / notification mechanism unit) 3,
And a network interface unit 5.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the time clock. In FIG.
Is composed of a reading unit 11 for reading a section code or employee number from an identification information card (magnetic card or IC card) or a time card, a keyboard 12, a display 13, and a printer 14. The time record function unit 4 includes a processing control device (hereinafter, referred to as a CPU) 15 for controlling the operation of the entire time recorder, a clock mechanism unit 16 for outputting a time serving as a reference for the time and attendance data, Data storage memory 17 for storing data)
A floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD) 18 storing a program for controlling operation of the time recorder, a time record database 19, a control unit 20 and a rule holding unit constituting the rule deviation prediction / notification mechanism 3. 21 and a notification message generation unit 22.

The FD 18 also stores a program (specified deviation prediction / notification processing program) according to a processing procedure described later.

As shown in FIG. 3, the time record database 19 stores a time record 30 in which an employee name and a working mode (employment data, early overtime, etc.) corresponding to the employee number are registered for each individual. In addition, the work data includes date-specific data 31 in which data such as clock-in and clock-out time is registered for each date. From the time record database 19, by specifying an individual name (ID), the individual's time record (time card)
Is taken out.

The specified holding unit 21 that performs the function of the specified holding unit includes:
Organization rule information on the organization rule is held. The organizational provisions can be categorized into the following types.

In other words, quotas such as "I will not work for more than 14 consecutive days", "Overtime should be less than 75 hours per month and less than 160 hours in 3 months" There are two types of management provisions.

However, in practice, the organization rule information 40 is held in a format as shown in FIG.
1, calculation method 42, comparison target 43, judgment condition 44, message 4
Consists of five.

The control unit 20 that performs the function of the control unit starts the prediction program according to the check timing (for example, 2 o'clock in the middle of the night),
Take out the time record (time card) for each person,
For all the organization rules of the rule holding unit 21, the possibility of deviation is predicted. In order to notify the party of the message obtained as a result, the notification message generation unit 22 is notified to form the message into a format required by the network interface unit 5.

The notification message generation unit 22 receives the information of “who and what message” from the regulation holding unit 21 according to the instruction of the control unit 20 and forms the information in a format required by the network interface unit 5. 5

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the configuration of a communication network system configured with the above-described time clock. In FIG. 1, a time clock 1, workstations (hereinafter, referred to as WS) 51 and 52, and a printer (print server) 53 are connected via a network 54. From the time clock 1, a periodic report, a request for entry, a warning, and the like regarding predetermined information are transmitted to the WSs 51 and 52, and print information of an intermediate status and final result regarding the predetermined information is transmitted to the printer 53. WS (WS5
From 2), in response to the authentication request for the registered content set by the user from the time clock 1, the authentication to permit the registered content is notified to the time clock 1.

Subsequently, the above-described prescribed deviation prediction /
The notification process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The control unit 20 periodically starts the prediction program (prescribed deviation prediction / notification processing program) stored in the FD 18 once a day, and searches the prescribed holding unit 21 for items to be predicted and a prediction method. (Step 100) to determine whether all the rules (the rules described in the designated name 41) have been checked (Step 101). Defined information ”(step
102) Further, “LIST ← new target person list” is defined (step 103), and it is determined whether all the target persons have been checked (step 104).

Here, when the check has been completed for all the subjects, the process returns to the above step 101, and the steps after this step are executed. Is defined.

That is, "new target person ← next target person", "time record ← time record information of parent target person", "A ← calculated value of information specified by new rules from time record", "B ←
Information to be compared with A in the new regulation "and" R ← result of comparing A and B in accordance with the determination condition in the new regulation "are defined (steps 105 to 109).

The control unit that has completed the processing of steps 105 to 109
20 determines whether "R = TRUE" (step 110),
Here, if it is not TRUE, the process returns to the above step 104, and the steps after this step are executed. On the other hand, if it is TRUE (when there is a possibility of deviating from the rule), the message under the new rule and the new subject name are The notification is made to the notification message generator 22 (step 111). In the notification message generation unit 22, the control unit 20
The information generated on the basis of the information from is transmitted to the network interface unit 5 (step 112). After the process of step 112 is completed, the process returns to step 104, and the steps after this step are executed.

When all the rules are checked in step 101, the control unit 20 ends the rule deviation prediction / notification process.

Here, the prescribed deviation prediction / notification processing for the prescribed item 46 of the required number of hours of work per month in the prescribed name 41 of the organization prescribed information 40 shown in FIG. 4 will be described.

First, the control unit 20 sequentially calls individual time records 30 from the time record database 19, calculates the number of office hours to be newly added (work-out time−work time) from the latest date data 31, and as a result ( Number of working hours)
And early hours / overtime hours, late night hours,
Add the number of hours of work on holidays and define the total value (working time + early hours / overtime hours + late night hours + holiday work hours) as "A". Relative value C indicating the relative position of the position
(C <= 1) is calculated. For example, when the number of days in one month of the current month is 31 and the previous day is 15 days, the relative value C is 15
/ 31.

Here, if the required number of work hours B is 160 hours / month, the control unit 20 determines whether the specified condition A / C <B specified in the determination condition 44 of the specified holding unit 21 is TRUE, In the case of TRUE, the message described in the message 45 of the regulation storage unit 21 and the corresponding personal network identification information are transmitted to the notification message generation unit 22. The notification message generation unit 22 forms the information received from the control unit 20 into a format required by a communication medium such as a mail sheet, and transmits the information to the network interface unit 5. The network interface unit 5 transmits the formatted data to the corresponding individual by e-mail or the like.

The e-mail transmitted from the network interface unit 5 passes through the network 21 and a mail server (not shown), and then passes through the network 21 to the accessed WS.
Will be entered.

The above description has been made on the process of predicting / reporting the required deviation of the required number of hours to work per month.
The specified deviation prediction / notification processing for other specified items in 41 can be performed in the same manner as the above-described processing. In this case, the value of each component of the organization regulation information is different, and the calculation is performed based on the value.

In the above embodiment, the rule of forgetting to stamp was described in the column of the rule name 41, and checking of the clock-in / work-out time was described in the column of the calculation method 42, so that the stamp was forgotten. In such a case, a message to that effect can be notified to the parties. Further, by adding new content to the organization regulation information 40 and editing the content, various regulation management can be performed.

According to the above-described embodiment, it is possible to predict the possibility of deviating from the organizational rules such as the number of continuous working days, the number of overtime hours / month, and the required number of working hours / month. Therefore, it is possible to cause the user (employee) to comply with the organization rules of the contents to be achieved over a long period of time.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a predetermined operation related to the employment rule is executed based on the information on the employment status of actually working, and based on the execution result and the information indicating the employment rule, the deviation of the rule is determined. Since the prediction and the notice are given to the parties, the user can easily and reliably perform time management and comply with the organization rules.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a time clock according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a configuration of the time clock, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of contents registered in a time record database. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents held in the prescribed holding unit, FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing information of a communication network system having the time clock shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows a regulation | deviation deviation prediction / report process operation | movement. 2. User interface unit, 3 ... Automatic deviation prediction possibility prediction and automatic notification mechanism unit, 4 ... Time record function unit, 5 ... Network interface unit, 19 ... Time record database, 20 ... Control unit, 21: a prescribed holding unit, 22: a notification message generating unit.

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07C 1/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A time recorder for managing time and attendance data, comprising: state holding means for holding information on the work state based on the time and attendance data; An employment rule holding means for holding a calculation method using information about the employment rules and a determination condition for determining a deviation from the employment rule based on the calculation result; and the calculation method using information on the employment status up to now. Calculating means for performing a calculation based on the above, and a notifying means for giving a notice of a deviation from the employment regulation when predicting a deviation from the employment regulation based on a calculation result by the calculating means and the determination condition. And a time clock. 2. A time clock for managing clock-in / clock-out data, an interface processing means for performing interface processing with a plurality of resources existing on a communication network, and holding information on a working state based on clock-in / clock-out data. State holding means, and information indicating employment regulations relating to time, which hold a calculation method using the information relating to the employment status and determination conditions for predicting deviation of the employment regulations based on the calculation results. Employment regulation holding means, calculation means for performing a calculation based on the calculation method using information on the employment status up to now, and predicting deviation of the employment regulation based on the calculation result by the calculation means and the determination means And a notice means for giving notice that the employment regulations are deviated. 3. The notice means predicts the deviation of the employment rule based on the calculation result, the judgment condition, and the ratio of the elapsed time to the present time to a predetermined period, and notifies the deviation of the employment rule. The time recorder according to claim 1, wherein a notice is given.