Solutions, faster than problems.

Time, crafted
for the factory floor.

TimeKraft is the AI- and ML-powered HR, time-office and payroll platform for Indian manufacturers. Attendance streams live from your biometric devices, night shifts are handled across midnight, payroll reconciles to the rupee, and PF, ESIC, LWF and Factories Act registers come built in, tailored to the way your plant runs.

  • 16working days from kickoff to go-live
  • 6days to replace an ERPNext HR system
  • ₹0variance against the legacy payroll
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A 06:00–14:00 B 14:00–22:00 C 22:00–06:00 · crosses midnight
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    Present today
    1,482/ 1,610 budget
    PF ECR for EPFOESIC ChallanForm XI PayslipForm X Wage RegisterForm 14 Leave with WagesRule 93 NominationEPF Form 11 & Form 2ESIC Form 1LWFVPFGratuityFull & FinalMuster RollContractor GST BillStatutory Bonus
    0%night-shift punches matched to the legacy system
    0M+legacy rows archived and still queryable
    0Mpunches imported for a single client
    0sface login, end to end, on a phone
    0numbered screens, every one with a permanent ID
    0msdashboard load from the snapshot

    Our promise

    Solutions, faster
    than problems.

    Raise an issue at the close of business, and the resolution is live before your staff open TimeKraft the next morning. Our team works while your plant rests, so every working day begins on a system that already does what you asked.

    1. Issue reported by HR
    2. Fix built and verified against your data
    3. Deployed with the nightly run
    4. Your team signs in. Already resolved.
    Unlimited customization

    Shaped to your plant, not the other way round.

    Policies, reports, statutory formats, approval flows, dashboards and mobile screens are configured to match your processes exactly. No rigid templates and no requests left waiting in a queue. Every requirement is numbered in the Idea Centre and tracked through to release.

    • Time-office policies
    • Pay structures
    • Custom reports
    • Statutory formats
    • Approval workflows
    • Dashboards
    • Mobile screens
    • Bilingual documents

    Continuous hardening

    TimeKraft never forgets.

    Every correction an HR user makes is a lesson the platform keeps. Each one is captured, traced to its root cause and built back into TimeKraft as a sharper algorithm, a stricter rule or a new safeguard. A mistake fixed once stays fixed for every user.

    1. 01

      Capture

      Every edit, override and correction is recorded with its before and after values, by whom and when.

    2. 02

      Learn

      Patterns in corrections are analysed to find the underlying cause, not just the symptom.

    3. 03

      Harden

      The fix becomes permanent: an improved calculation, a tighter validation or a new rule in your numbered rulebook.

    4. 04

      Guard

      Proactive alerts flag the condition the moment it reappears, before it can reach payroll.

    Safeguards already standing guard
    • Missed punches
    • Excessive overtime
    • Missing PF / UAN
    • ESIC due within 10 days
    • Missing bank details
    • Name–gender mismatch
    • Punch after separation
    • Long absence
    • Offline devices
    • Locked-period edits blocked

    The platform

    From punch to payslip,
    with nothing lost between.

    One continuous system with no middleware, no spreadsheet hand-offs and no manual re-entry. Every stage leaves an auditable trail.

    1. 01

      Capture

      ZKTeco, BioMax and RealTime face and finger devices transmit every punch to TimeKraft in real time. Unrecognised entries are held for review rather than discarded, and any missed day can be retrieved from the device.

    2. 02

      Process

      Up to three in/out pairs per day, night shifts spanning midnight, meal breaks, late arrivals, half days and banded overtime before and after the shift, recalculated every 15 minutes.

    3. 03

      Govern

      Every rule is configurable on screen by management: grace periods by cadre, the sandwich rule, compensatory off and leave accrual. Each change is effective-dated, versioned and audited.

    4. 04

      Pay

      The payroll engine prepares a draft, reconciles it column by column against your previous payroll, and posts only once it matches. Arrears, loans, bulk deductions and bonuses are all supported.

    5. 05

      Comply

      PF ECR, ESIC challans, LWF, Forms X, XI and 14, gratuity and full-and-final settlement, with contractor GST invoices generated directly from posted payroll.

    6. 06

      Lock

      Closed periods are locked at the database level, so no application, script or manual query can alter them. Every change across 55+ tables is recorded with its before and after values.

    Features

    Built the way a time office
    actually works.

    Devices

    Works with the devices you already own.

    Native support for three device protocols, with no vendor middleware. Offline devices trigger an alert within three minutes, and device commands are paused during shift changeovers so no punch is lost at peak times.

    Rules as data

    Change policy without changing code.

    Thirteen sections of time-office policy, managed on screen and fully audited.

    Payroll parity

    Draft. Compare. Post.

    Every run is reconciled against your previous payroll, column by column, before it is posted.

    Employee app

    Self-service in a scan and a glance.

    Employees scan a QR code at the gate and verify with their face. No app store download required. Attendance, time cards, documents, leave balances, on-duty requests, payslips and approvals in one place.

    Live floor

    Live headcount against budget.

    By section and designation, refreshed every minute and shareable on WhatsApp without a login.

    Audit & locks

    An audit trail you can rely on.

    Every change is captured at the database level. Closed months stay closed, documents are archived rather than deleted, and salary data is visible only to authorised roles.

    Contract workforce

    Principal employer and contractors in one system.

    Manage payroll for multiple labour contractors under one roof, each as a separate legal entity. Contractor invoices are generated directly from posted payroll, covering service charges, EPF, ESIC, LWF, statutory bonus and GST.

    Bilingual

    English और हिन्दी

    Payslips, the 13-page personnel file, nomination forms and in-app help are fully bilingual, written for the people who sign them.

    Shop-floor analytics

    Production analytics.

    Output per man-hour and cost per unit for each production line, every day, linked directly to attendance.

    Migration

    Off legacy in days,
    not quarters.

    TimeKraft runs in parallel with your current system and proves parity record by record. You switch over only when the numbers match.

    Footwear · 9 companies · 3 units16 days

    A 20-year-old desktop payroll, retired.

    20,100 employee records and payroll history from 2019 were migrated, along with a fully searchable 8.6-million-row archive. Vendor middleware was eliminated, around 28 face devices were connected directly, and the first TimeKraft payroll matched the previous system to the rupee.

    20 Aug kickoff12 Sep attendance liveOct payroll
    Electrical manufacturing · 1 unit + 7 contractors6 days

    ERPNext HR replaced and decommissioned.

    Went live overnight with 1,046 employees, 34,905 attendance days and 23,623 punches migrated and verified with zero gaps. Some 17,600 lines of custom ERPNext code were replaced, the legacy system was retired on day six, and the first payroll ran within three weeks.

    14 Sep start15 Sep live20 Sep retired
    Knitting, dyeing & printing · 3 units98%

    Seven years of time-office history, on day one.

    2.38 million punches, 1.89 million attendance days and 86 months of payroll migrated from the previous system, with 98% agreement on the very first processing run. A dedicated dyeing-floor application now runs alongside HR.

    18 Sep onboard6 Oct own stackcutover next

    Intuitive by design

    Training built in.
    Rarely needed.

    TimeKraft includes a complete training and help section inside the app, in English and Hindi. Most users never open it. Screens follow the way your team already works, reports keep the formats they already know, and anything is one search away. Moving to TimeKraft is a feather-touch transition.

    • Familiar from day oneRegisters, payslips and daily reports reproduce the layouts your team already uses, so nothing has to be relearned.
    • Everything one search awayPress Ctrl K to jump to any employee, screen or report. Every screen carries a permanent reference number.
    • No cut-off-day scrambleYour current system keeps running until parity is proven, so staff switch over at their own pace.
    • Help when it is wantedA bilingual in-app guide and a "How it works" reference are always one click away.

    Architecture

    Your own instance.
    Nobody else's data.

    Every client receives a dedicated database, services, domain and rulebook. Changes made for one organisation never affect another, while every client still benefits from each platform improvement.

    • Dedicated PostgreSQL 16 database per client
    • Nightly off-site backups to S3, size-checked, 30-day retention
    • Database-trigger audit trail with field-level before and after values
    • Period locks enforced at the database, not just the UI
    • Access scoped by role, company and location, with salary data protected server-side
    • Every screen and report carries a permanent reference number for traceability

    Industries

    Built for shift work
    and statutory scrutiny.

    Footwear & leather

    Line-wise manpower budgets, output per man-hour, cost per pair, inter-unit work and department-wise shift rotation.

    Electrical & electronics

    Multi-shift operations across midnight, attendance incentives, and canteen and gate-pass rules.

    Textiles & dyeing

    Multi-unit, multi-state workforces with extensive employee history, plus production-floor applications.

    Contract manpower

    Contractor-wise payroll and GST billing, ESIC registration alerts and automatic handling of long absences.

    Let's talk

    Bring us your most complex
    shift roster.

    Share one month of attendance data and your latest payroll. We will demonstrate TimeKraft reproducing it on your own numbers.