SISQUAL: schedules and attendance linked to payroll
For companies with shift-based teams that build rotas by hand and correct attendance before every payroll run. We implement SISQUAL, connect attendance to the ERP and provide support in Portugal and Angola.
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Portugal and Angola
Implementation and support with the Óbidos and Luanda teams.
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Connected to payroll
In production with Cegid PRIMAVERA at large clients in Angola.
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Rosters within the rules
Rosters based on the company's rules and legal limits.
Who it is for
SISQUAL is for medium and large companies where team cost and coverage vary throughout the day.
Retail
Stores where footfall changes by hour, day of the week and season, and the rota has to keep pace with sales.
Healthcare
Hospitals and clinics with nursing and medical rotas, where staff are allocated according to the care intensity of each ward.
Logistics and industry
Warehouses and factories working in shifts, with time banks, night work and overtime that must be paid correctly.
Security, cleaning and hospitality
Teams spread across many sites, with frequent shift swaps and attendance recorded away from the office.
What SISQUAL covers
SISQUAL is modular. We choose with each client which modules go into the first go-live.
Forecasting and dimensioning
Forecast predicts staffing needs based on history, public holidays and events, in 15-minute intervals. Team Dimensioning turns that forecast into a team.
Automatic scheduling
Auto Scheduling generates rotas from the company's rules, employees' preferences and the legal limits on hours and rest.
Attendance
Time & Attendance classifies and corrects clockings, records holidays, absences and overtime, and manages overtime approval.
Payroll integration
Rubric Calc calculates hours worked per pay item (overtime, night work and others) and passes them to payroll in the ERP.
Employee app
The Quality of Life App, for web, iOS and Android, handles holiday requests, shift swaps and absence justifications. Open Shifts publishes unfilled shifts for employees to pick up.
Time clocks
SISQUAL works with biometric and facial recognition time clocks, as well as clocking in through the app.
How it compares with the alternatives
Rosters and attendance usually live in spreadsheets or in an ERP module. SISQUAL brings together forecasting, rosters, clocking and the hand-over to payroll.
| Spreadsheets and manual time recording | ERP time and attendance module | Time clock with its own software | SISQUAL | |
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| Forecast of staffing needs in 15-minute intervals | no | no | no | yes |
| Rosters generated from the rules and legal limits | partly | no | no | yes |
| Overtime approval in a workflow | no | partly | partly | yes |
| Hours by pay item passed to payroll without re-entry | no | yes | partly | yes |
| App for leave, shift swaps and open shifts | no | partly | partly | yes |
| Biometric and facial recognition terminals | no | partly | yes | yes |
What we do with SISQUAL
We work with SISQUAL in Portugal and Angola, from mapping the work rules to day-to-day support.
Implementation
We gather schedules, shift rules, collective agreements and approval processes, configure the modules and load the employees.
Integration with the ERP
We connect the pay items calculated in SISQUAL to payroll in Cegid PRIMAVERA, in production at several large clients in Angola, and in Sage X3.
Time clocks and HR
We configure the time clocks and link the clockings to the employee records, so that entries and exits reach SISQUAL without re-entry.
Training
We train the people who build rotas, validate attendance and process payroll, each on their own step of the process.
Support
We provide support and keep up with changes to work rules and pay items after go-live.
How a project runs
- Work rulesworking hours, shifts, collective agreements, hour banks and pay items
- Configurationchosen modules, structure of shops, services or warehouses and approval profiles
- Clockings and integrationterminals, app and transfer of pay items to ERP payroll
- Parallel monthold process and SISQUAL side by side, with the amounts payable comparedat least one period
- Go-live and supporttraining for managers and HR and support for the first closefirst close
We work with SISQUAL in Portugal and Angola. In Angola, the connection to Cegid PRIMAVERA payroll is in production at several large clients.
Works with
ERP to which we send the hours calculated in SISQUAL.
Frequently asked questions
Does SISQUAL replace payroll?
No. SISQUAL calculates the hours and the pay items (regular, overtime, night work, absences) and payroll stays in the ERP. The integration passes those values across without re-entry.
Can employees clock in on their phones?
Yes. The Quality of Life App, for iOS and Android, lets employees record attendance and request holidays or shift swaps. Time clocks remain available for sites where they make more sense.
Does SISQUAL comply with the legal limits on hours and rest?
Auto Scheduling generates schedules within the configured rules, including maximum hours and rest between shifts. We configure those rules with each client based on the applicable law and collective agreements.
In which countries do you work with SISQUAL?
In Portugal and Angola, with the teams in Óbidos and Luanda.
Is the payroll integration already in production?
Yes. In Angola, several large clients pass the SISQUAL pay items to payroll in Cegid PRIMAVERA.
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