ZEP Professional

Digitized Project business from start to finish

Project time recording, project planning and project controlling including travel expense management — digitize your processes with our Professional Service Automation so that you and your team have time for the actual project time.

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More than 2,000 companies rely on ZEP

Die Professional Services Automation for the entire project business

With ZEP Professional, you can digitalize every phase of your project, from planning to travel expense management. Legally compliant and paper-free.

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Customer, project and sub-project times

Distinction of project times according to project status, invoicing and employee authorization

Distinguish between billable and non-billable times and facilitate bookings for specific projects and milestones through employee-specific authorizations.

“With ZEP, I simply solve the entry of billing-relevant items and have my evaluation of the project hours after is, should or can be invoiced”

Daniel Schmidt
Portal Systems AG

“With ZEP, I simply solve the entry of billing-relevant items and have my evaluation of the project hours after is, should or can be invoiced”

Daniel Schmidt
Portal Systems AG
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Planning hours per project/process

Target/actual planning of defined hours or amounts

Determine fixed or dynamic plan figures to manage your projects bottom-up or top-down, prevent overbookings and optimally manage resources.

“The authorization system is also smart, so that different roles can perform their functions without having to grant too extensive authorizations.”

steve
SD&C GmbH

“The authorization system is also smart, so that different roles can perform their functions without having to grant too extensive authorizations.”

steve
SD&C GmbH
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Customer and project master data maintenance

Automated transfer and maintenance of customer and project master data

Seamlessly integrate customer and project master data from systems such as HubSpot or Salesforce into ZEP, reduce errors and avoid duplicate data maintenance.

“Central master data maintenance ensures that employees only see the projects/processes that they can also book. And if all master data is correctly maintained, the invoice is created with two mouse clicks.”

Stephen
SD&C GmbH

“Central master data maintenance ensures that employees only see the projects/processes that they can also book. And if all master data is correctly maintained, the invoice is created with two mouse clicks.”

Stephen
SD&C GmbH
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Flexible hourly and daily rates

Adjustable hourly and daily rates per employee, customer and project

Flexibly define and manage hourly and daily rates for employees, customers, and projects. Maintain an overview through automated calculations and central overviews.

“Automation does a lot of work for us that we had previously done manually.”

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GrowthSquare GmbH

“Automation does a lot of work for us that we had previously done manually.”

martin
GrowthSquare GmbH
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More than 2,000 companies already rely on ZEP

The time tracking of choice — from startups to large corporations.

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“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

julia
HR manager

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

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CIO

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

stefan
district manager

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

philip
IT consultant

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

johannes
Head of Success

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

julia
HR manager

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

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Thorsten
CIO

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

stefan
district manager

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

philip
IT consultant

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

johannes
Head of Success

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

Julia
HR Manager

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

Johannes
Head of Success

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philipp
IT Consultant

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

Julia
HR Manager

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

Johannes
Head of Success

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philipp
IT Consultant

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager

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Bookable modules

Invoicing

Automated and Personalized Invoicing

Generate expenses directly from projects, automatically send the personalized invoice to the customer and 100% e-invoicing compliant.

Proposals

Create and send standardized offers centrally

Create and send offers quickly and in a standardized way with uniform templates, approval rules and direct email delivery.

Document Management

Securely store and organize important documents

Find all important documents securely in one place with structured folders, keywords and versioning.

Locations & Departments

Record working hours at departments and locations

Record working hours centrally and assign them directly to departments, branches and locations.

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Ticket System for Projects and Support Requests

Divide projects into tasks, receive support requests directly as tickets and record working hours directly on tickets and tasks.

Absences & Overtime

Centrally manage overtime, absences & vacations

Manage, Approve, and Monitor Overtime, Absenteeism, and Vacation Requests all in one place.

Revenue & Costs

Cost control through comparison of turnover and costs

Define your prices, compare planned sales with internal costs and thus get a clear overview of project profitability.

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Integrate ZEP into your setup

We ensure that ZEP is in harmony with the rest of your IT infrastructure.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions and answers about ZEP.

How does ZEP Professional simplify travel expense recording and billing?

ZEP Professional enables central administration of hourly and daily rates per employee, project and customer. By integrating billing rates directly into the system, administrative costs are reduced and the error rate is reduced. The flexible adjustment of rates to the specific requirements of projects or customers ensures transparent and error-free travel expense reporting.

How does ZEP Professional support project controlling and the evaluation of working hours?

ZEP Professional provides detailed recording of working hours, which enables a precise evaluation of the hours booked for projects and processes. It reduces the effort required for manual entries and offers comprehensive project reporting functions that optimize the tracking of project progress and workload. This gives project managers a clear basis for decision-making for better management and resource planning.

How does ZEP Professional make it easier to plan and manage project hours?

With ZEP Professional, fixed or dynamic planning hours can be stored for every project and process. The software offers central management of planning hours, including target/actual comparisons and notifications when time quotas are exceeded. This increases transparency, reduces administrative costs and enables flexible adjustment to dynamic project requirements.

How does ZEP Professional support precise and efficient project time recording?

ZEP Professional enables detailed recording of working hours at customer, project and sub-project level. It distinguishes between billable and non-billable times and makes it easier to allocate working hours to specific projects and processes. Centralized recording and clear identification avoid inaccuracies and loss of information, which leads to improved billing and project overview.

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ZEP is powerful, easy to use and can adapt to your needs. See for yourself!

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