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Latest news about time tracking, project management, etc.

Discover the latest trends and best practices for time tracking, project management, and digitization. Stay informed about innovations, tips and expert opinions that optimize your work processes.

Billing & Finance
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HOAI calculator: Digital for transparent cost calculation

Discover how digital HOAI computers help engineers and architects calculate project costs precisely.

Tanja Hartmann

Content Marketing Manager

Project Management & Delivery
9
min. reading time

Process Automation: Achieve Project Transparency in Real Time

KARŌN shows how systematic process optimization works with ZEP in their complex PLM customer projects: From initial offer planning to automated budget warnings to DATEV integration. Specific insights into project controlling, resource management and workflow automation from consulting practice.

Bernhard Jaeckel

Member of the Management Board at KARON

Software & AI
11
min. reading time

End Tool Chaos, Increase Employee Satisfaction

Four tools for time recording, projects, vacations and invoices, and one hour a day for manual data reconciliation. Tool Chaos destroys margins, frustrates teams, and prevents transparency.

Benny Hahn

CEO & Co-Managing Director

Time Tracking & HR
10
min. reading time

Understanding and avoiding minus hours

Negative hours arise quickly, but they are not always legally permissible. Section 615 BGB protects employees from compensation through no fault of their own, while clear processes and digital time recording permanently avoid conflicts.

Tanja Hartmann

Content Marketing Manager

Team arbeitet gemeinsam mit bunten Karten an Kompetenzmatrix und Skill-Management-Workshop im modernen Büro.
Time Tracking & HR
9
min. reading time

Understanding, Evaluating and Developing Competencies

Qualifications alone are no longer enough! Successful companies manage their teams through strategic competence management. From analysis to skill-based resource planning.

Tanja Hartmann

Content Marketing Manager

Time Tracking & HR
10
min. reading time

Special leave: entitlement and legal regulations

Marriage, birth or death: in exceptional life situations, employees are entitled to special leave. But when do legal claims exist? What regulations should employers make? And how does digital time recording simplify administration?

Tanja Hartmann

Content Marketing Manager

Software & AI
11
min. reading time

Workflow Management System: Focus on Security, GDPR and ISO 27001

Inefficient processes not only cost time and money, but also represent an enormous security risk in a data-sensitive world. This guide shows how to choose the right digital process solution — demonstrably secure and GDPR-compliant for your German SME.

Tanja Hartmann

Content Marketing Manager

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“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well.”

Julia
HR Manager

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management, and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. High degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philip
IT consultant

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to track working hours (billable, non-billable). This provides an excellent basis for invoicing our customers.”

johannes
Head of Success

“Comprehensive solution for tracking project and working hours. It allows for excellent monitoring of compliance with legal regulations (e.g., minimum rest periods, break times, maximum working hours). “

julia
HR manager

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“We use ZEP for accurate time tracking, leave management, and absence recording. ZEP also allows our employees to track their working hours from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

stefan
district manager

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

philip
IT consultant

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

johannes
Head of Success

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

Julia
HR Manager

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

Johannes
Head of Success

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philipp
IT Consultant

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

Julia
HR Manager

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

Johannes
Head of Success

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philipp
IT Consultant

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager
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