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SMP

Small organisations should not need a maze of forms, spreadsheets and private messages to run everyday people operations. Flat18 built Staff Management Portal around the practical work: attendance, leave, employee records, documents, benefits, compensation updates, messages and a clear history of what changed.

2 viewsOne shared system

A focused admin workspace and straightforward employee self-service.

1 trailFor every change

Decisions, corrections and updates remain easier to inspect later.

Plain EnglishAt the point of work

People can understand what is happening without HR-system theatre.

Three connected product stories

From fragmented admin to a calm, accountable operating rhythm.

SMP gives administrators and employees different views of the same organisation. The admin console helps the office manage work. The mobile app helps employees act on it. Private records and timely notifications help both sides stay informed without unnecessary back-and-forth.

01 / Admin console

Give the office one calm place to run the work that cannot be missed.

The admin console is the operational centre of SMP. It brings together the day’s attendance, leave requests, employee profiles, expiring documents, benefits, messages and reports, so an administrator can see what needs attention before it turns into a chase. Each employee also has a connected record for their attendance, leave, documents, benefits, messages, salary history and audit trail. That gives a manager the context to make a decision, without assembling it from a spreadsheet, inbox and filing cabinet.

02 / Mobile employee app

Make the employee experience useful at the moment work actually happens.

The companion mobile app gives employees a secure, direct route into their own day: sign in, check in or out, request leave, read messages, review documents, see benefits and keep their profile current. Location is used only when a person explicitly signs in or signs out; it is not background tracking. That means a shift can start with a clear action and an understandable result, while the employee retains a simple view of their own work information wherever they are.

03 / Benefits and compensation

Let people see the value of their employment discreetly and in good time.

Benefits should not be buried in a welcome pack, and salary changes should not arrive as corridor news. SMP lets an administrator assign company benefits to the right employee and lets that employee see their active benefits in their own signed-in area. Salary and compensation updates are posted against the employee record with an effective date and a note, then made available through the employee’s private records and notifications. The result is timely, role-aware communication that makes sensitive information clearer without putting it on a shared noticeboard.

Product surfaces

Designed around the routine moments that usually create follow-up work.

Each view removes a different uncertainty: what needs an administrator’s attention, how an employee can act for themselves, and where private employment information can be reviewed safely.

Admin console

See the day’s operations, then move from signal to action.

The dashboard turns a dispersed set of people tasks into a practical review queue: who is signed in, what attendance needs attention, which leave requests are waiting, which documents are expiring and where messages need a reply. Detailed employee views keep the decision, its evidence and the record together.

Mobile self-service

Let employees complete the next task without finding the office first.

From a secure signed-in home, an employee can check in or out, request leave, open messages and see their own documents, records and benefits. The app is built around explicit actions, especially for location-aware attendance, rather than persistent monitoring.

Private pay and benefits

Make important employment updates clear, personal and timely.

Benefits are assigned by the organisation and shown in the employee’s own account. Salary and compensation changes carry an effective date and explanatory note, while notifications and messages draw the employee back to the information without exposing it to colleagues. Sensitive updates are therefore clear to the person affected and auditable for the organisation.

The operational picture, shared clearly
Attendance, with context
Leave without the paper chase
Employee self-service, on the phone

Designed for everyday confidence

SMP gives an organisation a clear record of who did what, while giving employees a simpler, private way to see and manage their own work information, benefits and compensation updates.

Live productDiagnosis: fragmented people operationsSolution: role-aware admin and employee viewsOutcome: clearer records, private updates and fewer chasers

Flat18 designed and built SMP as a practical staff-management product, not a bloated HR suite. It helps a small organisation run ordinary tasks consistently, gives employees a useful mobile experience, and makes sensitive employment updates easier to receive privately and understand.

Problem found

Attendance, leave, employee records, benefits and salary communication often live in different places. That makes routine questions hard to answer and sensitive changes easy to deliver poorly.

Flat18 diagnosis

The issue was not a lack of forms. The product needed to show the right context to the right role, give people a useful self-service route, then preserve the decision without adding administration.

Solution shipped

We built an admin console and mobile employee app for attendance, leave, profiles, documents, salary records, benefits, messages, notifications and policy settings.

Customer value

Teams can see what needs attention, employees can act and check their own information, and private employment updates can arrive with the context and timing they deserve.

What Flat18 handled

  • Mapped the employee and administrator journeys from secure sign-in through attendance, leave, records, benefits, compensation updates and communication
  • Designed distinct admin-console and mobile experiences that make each person’s next action clear
  • Built location-aware attendance and correction flows that retain the reason for a change
  • Joined documents, salary updates, benefits, notifications and audit history into a coherent, role-aware product language

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