Over the last few years, my company
has evolved from a one-man show
(me) to a crew of six or eight, and a fulltime
office person. During that time, I
introduced a number of systems to simplify
our lives and improve accuracy, but
my employees were still overwhelmed
with seemingly endless paperwork.
After some thought about how to
streamline the process, I concluded that
less information, accurately and regularly
received, was far better than late information
or, worse, none at all. I realized that
the one piece of paper that was turned in
absolutely on time, every time, was the
lead carpenter's time card. No time card,
no paycheck! All I had to do was find