Making Lives Easy For Manufacturing Businesses
We understand the challenges that manufacturers go through. In 2025, it is expected that many manufacturers will face economic uncertainty, dealing with ongoing challenges like the shortage of skilled labor and supply chain disruptions, as well as new challenges spurred by the need for product innovation to meet company-set net-zero emissions goals. All of this on top of the more routine challenges that manufacturers face, such as time capture, job costing, scheduling, and more.
See this video to learn about the impact PayNW has on manufacturing businesses, and how we'll help solve the above challenges and beyond.
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The State of Human Capital Management
in Manufacturing
“Manufacturers continue to be challenged in today’s economy, but what [is] clear is that unbalanced federal regulations are harming families and communities, with nearly two out of three manufacturers reporting that the regulatory burden is preventing them from hiring more workers or increasing pay and benefits.”
- Jay Timmons, President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers
Of manufacturers say their biggest challenge is attracting and retaining workers
(ClearCompany)
More manufacturing job openings as of 2025
(NAM.org)
Increase in the US Unit Labor Costs Index for manufacturing
(ycharts.com)
Solving Organizational Challenges for Manufacturers
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Organizational Growth
With PayNW, manufacturing organizations can effectively source, track, and evaluate talent to build an engaged, high-quality workforce with our recruitment software. And for those positions that still prove to tough to fill, our Learning Management System can help foster employee development, so you can fill those tougher positions internally as well.
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Track Time and Labor Costs
Properly tracking labor provides a manufacturer with the necessary data to determine a variety of operations and metrics. With our time and labor solution, employers can accurately track job and labor costs, and find new ways to improve efficiency while reducing said costs.
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Employee Scheduling
Combined with our powerful employee scheduling tool, employers can generate best-fit schedules that not only meet employee preferences and availability, but help reduce labor and job costing.
Our Time Data Collection Options Include...
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Empower employees by allowing them to punch in and out right from their mobile device while giving managers the ability to review punches on a map or set up geo-fencing to restrict employees to a radius of a particular location.
Our mobile app punching features:
- Biometric Login
- Geofencing & Punch Map
- Profile Restrictions
- Offline Punching
Our browser-based web clock only needs an internet connection to effectively capture punches using employee login credentials from an employee’s device or a shared device kiosk. IP restrictions can also help maintain control over where employees can successfully clock in or out.
Our web clock punching features:
- Badge ID
- Username and Password
- IP Restrictions
We have a variety of physical clock options, such as: a simple touchscreen clock interface that enables employees to clock in and out quickly and easily using a finger, proximity, or badge swipe, more advanced clocks that uses biometric fingerprint authentication and successfully eliminate buddy punching, or our most advanced option which uses touchless, facial recognition technology in the form of an app that can be downloaded to something as simple as an iPad.
Our physical punch clock features:
- Biometric Options
- Facial Recognition
- Offline Punching
- Self-Service
Clocking in and out with a simple tap! Employees simply hold their phone near the programmable NFC tag using the mobile app, and it securely sends a "clock in" or "clock out" or other time capturing activity to their timesheet. It's like magic, but it's just secure technology making work a little easier!
Our tap to punch option is:- Faster and easier: No more swiping cards or remembering badges.
- Touchless: Hygienic option, especially in today's climate.
- Convenient: NFC tags are small, inexpensive, and can be placed anywhere.
A True Partnership with a Provider That Knows your Business

We believe superior technology is necessary but not sufficient.
It takes a committed, knowledgeable partner to get you all the way there. From our Smooth Start implementation process to our dedicated ongoing support team, PayNW’s expertise in delivering its world-class HCM cloud platform to meet YOUR unique needs today and tomorrow is what distinguishes PayNW as a partner rather than a vendor and what helps you get where you want to go.

"PayNW is an excellent alternative to large national payroll and workforce management solution providers. The team really knows how to implement amazing national-scale products and deliver exceptional customer service. As an HR Manager with well over 200 employees and multiple cost centers, linking our accounting system to our people systems by importing into our general ledger is a huge time saver. We appreciate PayNW’s attitude of acting as our partner"
Michelle Hohlbein
Trojan Lithograph
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"PayNW helps us with our payroll for 1,300 employees in 6 states. Our Payroll is not only accurate but they have ensured that all of the required federal, state, and local taxes are paid as appropriate. They are also working with us on our HR system and onboarding processes with great success. Our accounting department raves about their service and knowledge of PayNorthwest team members. I would highly recommend PayNorthwest and have done so several times."
Bill Shorten
Cascade Living Group

"I am a bookkeeper for a small company. I have had a great experience with PayNW starting from the beginning. Every pay period, I am happy they are there to help with any complications and answer any questions. I would definitely recommend them to any size business. There never is a problem contacting my rep who always responds same day, even though I have been high maintenance with terminations and new hires."