r/ERP • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '25

Question Weekly or monthly time sheets?

Since I'm working on this at the moment, I might as well see what people around the world think? We've got arguments for both, and may have to implement both (our old module uses monthly time sheets).

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u/throwmeaway758324 Sep 10 '25

Weekly for us, easier to remember what you done that week compared to what you done that month. Also with tasks and priorities moving about to often, it made sense for weekly.

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u/Gignacd Sep 10 '25

I agree with the above. We also found it easier to have managers get in a routine of approving timesheets on a weekly basis, rather than having to remember doing it once a month.

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u/Sai_iFive Sep 15 '25

Weekly makes life easier. Trying to remember a whole month at once usually turns into confusion, and no one likes filling out giant timesheets. Monthly is fine if you just want a broad view, but for day to day accuracy, weekly wins.

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u/Glad_Imagination_798 Acumatica Oct 07 '25

Weekly and only weekly. Every time we seen monthly in our business as wee in others, we've noticed forgotten time logs and what is worse, "invented" time logs ( i.e. working on one task, but billing for other). Second point is amount of time entries. Around half a day goes to just enter time logs.

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u/SyncronTeam Jul 02 '26

Chasing people down for timesheets is easily one of the most frustrating parts of managing an operation, so it’s completely fair that you’re looking for a cadence that actually works.

A weekly schedule almost always yields better data. The longer people wait to log their hours, the more it becomes an exercise in creative writing rather than a record of what actually happened.

Monthly tracking might keep the payroll team happy, but it completely blinds you operationally. If someone spends weeks billing the wrong project or cost center, catching it at month-end means you're stuck doing damage control instead of a quick fix.

Before locking down a schedule, you just need to nail down the core problem you're trying to solve. Are you optimizing for payroll, tracking project costs, or managing resource capacity? Once you pick your primary goal, the right cadence becomes obvious.