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description: Streamline the timesheet management process, improve compliance with labor union regulations, and reduce costs with Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization.
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# Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization

Streamline the timesheet management process, improve compliance with labor union regulations, and reduce costs with Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: All editions of Field Service Plus for Energy &amp; Utilities, and all editions of Asset Service Lifecycle Management</td></tr></tbody></table>

- **[About Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.aslm_tmsht_learn_about_timesheets.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Enable mobile workers to input and manage their time, even when they are offline. Enable supervisors, time clerks, and crew leads to bulk edit and approve timesheets. Drive compliance with labor laws and union rules, flag non-compliant timesheet entries and automate meal allocations with Business Rules Engine. Gain insights into operations and costs with a unified view using data from Enterprise Resource Planning systems, fleet management systems, labor union rules, and projects.
- **[Setting Up Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.aslm_tmsht_setting_up_timesheets.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Enable Salesforce Field Service, set up permission set groups and assign them to users, review recommended access levels for Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization objects, create a timesheet template, set up flows, and add the Timesheet component to your Field Service Mobile app.
- **[Manage Timesheets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.aslm_tmsht_manage_timesheets.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use the Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization app to track and manage employee hours, especially the hours of your field technicians. Supervisors can approve and review timesheets, and ensure accurate record-keeping and payroll. Use timesheet data to generate reports with insights into labor costs, project efficiency, and resource allocation trends.
- **[Use Timesheets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.aslm_tmsht_use_timesheets.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Field technicians and crew leaders can use the Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization app to review their timesheets, create new timesheets, and perform more timesheet-related tasks.
- **[Agentforce for Timesheets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.aslm_tmsht_agentforce_for_timesheets.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Boost the efficiency of your technicians by integrating the assistive and autonomous AI capabilities of Agentforce into your business in Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization. Technicians and crew leads can use Agentforce to self-serve and quickly resolve their timeheets-related queries.
- **[Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization Setup with AI Tools](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.aslm_tmsht_timesheets_labor_cost_optimization_ai_tools_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    With an AI agent working headlessly through a command-line interface, a Salesforce admin configures Timesheets and Labor Cost Optimization for Field Service without clicking through each Setup node manually.