Pärnu Graniit: fast, simple and clear time tracking for a production team

Pärnu Graniit OÜ is an Estonian manufacturer of concrete elements, best known for Redi-Rock retaining wall elements and interlocking concrete blocks. In a production environment where pay depends on the hours actually worked, clarity on hourly pay is the foundation of payroll. When someone asks at the start of the month “how much did I earn last time?”, the answer has to be within reach.

Simplicity is not “less of everything”, it is “the right things right away”

Sometimes a company looks for time tracking not because it wants something revolutionary, but because the current process takes too long, leaves too much room for error and nobody knows exactly which hourly rate sits behind which cell.

In production, different people often do different jobs at different pay levels, and each of those goes on its own row in the pay calculation. If the differences live in someone's head or on paper, the month-end check starts taking unreasonably long.

Clarity saves time

The effect of hours24 at Pärnu Graniit is measured in minutes per day. Checking hours, preparing payroll, the month-end overview: all of these now go through the system faster than they used to by hand, because the hours are collected in one place.

For employees it means their hours are always clear: the app shows how much they have worked this month. There is no need to wait until the end of the month to find out.

Deciding on a recommendation is common among small Estonian companies, and sensible

What stands out with Pärnu Graniit is that they have recommended the software to other companies precisely for its “simplicity, speed and clarity”. Not for feature superlatives. Not for price. But because it actually made their life simpler.

The Hours software has significantly simplified our time tracking. Thanks to it we have saved time and gained a better overview of hourly pay. We recommend Hours to other companies for its simplicity, speed and clarity.

What to take away from this story

You do not need big software to solve a small problem. Confusion over hourly pay is a typical problem in production companies and can be solved with a simple solution that is quick to roll out. It is worth measuring how much time currently goes into checking hourly pay. It is probably more than you think.

Among small Estonian companies, “someone recommended it” is one of the most trusted arguments. When one company's payroll accountant tells another that their experience has been good, it carries more weight than any advertisement.