ANDREWS AFB, Md. –
The 316th Comptroller Squadron recently began transitioning to the Electronic Management Tracking System.
"EMTS is a new and improved digital way of tracking civilian time cards," said 2nd Lt. Adam C. Fitch, 316 CPTS Financial Services Flight commander. "We can now use EMTS, instead of manually having to do a thousand different time cards for every pay period."
"We think it'll save an estimated 1,000 man hours a year," said Maj. Burke Beaumont, 316 CPTS commander. "This is a great system. It cuts a 10-step process into a five-step process. Paper and toner are being saved and the process is fast."
With EMTS, civilians will log on to the system and put in their hours for that time period and then the supervisor will be able to log on and approve it. If the approving supervisor is not there, another approving official will be able to approve the time.
If there were errors on a time card, the process would have start over and everyone in the chain of command would have to sign off on the time card again, but now with EMTS, if a mistake is made it can be corrected with out having to start all over, said Lieutenant Fitch.
"It's flexible and easy to use," said Major Beaumont. "Before we would have to manually put in the time cards. Now it's automatic. As soon as it gets certified, it's complete. This helps out the time keepers, supervisors and us. Man hours are saved and I'm thrilled about it."
The 316th Mission Support Squadron was the first squadron to try EMTS.
"Now that the 316 MSS was successful at using EMTS, we will begin a new unit once a month," said Lieutenant Fitch.
EMTS was first implemented at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., in Dec. 2004, and then at the Pentagon, in Dec. 2005.