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Payroll Software for Manufacturing Plants & Factories

SalaryBox is payroll software for manufacturing businesses — built for daily-wage workers, contract staff, rotating shift schedules, multi-plant operations, and the full weight of PF, ESI, PT, LWF, and TDS compliance. Mark attendance at the plant gate with biometric devices, AI selfie, or QR code. Auto-sync hours into payroll. Run statutory-compliant payroll for every worker — floor operator, supervisor, or contract labourer — in minutes, not days.

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Plant Gate · Shift A Live now
214Clocked in
12Absent
8OT flagged
RK
Ramesh Kumar
Machine Operator · Biometric
06:02 AM
PS
Priya Singh
QC Inspector · Selfie punch
06:08 AM
MV
Manoj V.
Supervisor · Shift B OT
+2.5h OT
5 Modes Attendance capture
5 Compliances PF · ESI · PT · LWF · TDS
Unlimited Plants & locations
1 Click Payroll & payslips
Manufacturing Reality

Factory Payroll is Complex.
Generic Software Makes It Worse.

A manufacturing plant runs three shifts, seven days a week, with a workforce that mixes full-time operators, contract labourers, daily-wage helpers, and salaried supervisors — all on different pay structures, all subject to the same statutory compliance rules. Most generic payroll tools were built for desk workers on fixed salaries. They have no idea what to do with a biometric punch at 5:30 AM, a rotating shift roster for 300 workers, or a state-specific Labour Welfare Fund deduction.

The result is manual reconciliation — hours cross-checked between paper attendance registers and spreadsheets, OT calculated by hand, PF ECR files prepared in Excel, and a payroll manager who dreads month-end. One missed deduction and you're facing a statutory penalty. One wrong pay calculation and your factory floor stops trusting you.

Manufacturing payroll demands a platform that handles multiple attendance modes at the plant gate, multiple pay structures for the same workforce, rotating and fixed shift schedules, and every statutory compliance — all without manual intervention. That's what SalaryBox delivers.

Three-Shift Attendance Nobody Can Track

Morning, afternoon, night shifts with rotating rosters, multiple daily shifts, and breaks that must be deducted — scattered across paper registers no one reconciles until month-end.

Daily-Wage, Contract & Full-Time — All Mixed Together

Hourly-rate helpers alongside monthly-salaried supervisors, with contract workers at daily rates — all under the same roof, all needing separate payroll logic.

Statutory Compliance That Changes Every Quarter

PF ECR files, ESI contributions, state-specific PT slabs, LWF rates, and TDS on the latest regime. Miss an update and you're facing penalties, not just corrections.

Why Manufacturers Choose SalaryBox

Every Feature Your Plant Actually Needs

All verified live features — no marketing fluff. Every capability below is available in SalaryBox today.

Five Attendance Modes

AI Selfie Punch-In, Biometric Device Integration, GPS Attendance, QR Code Punch-In, and AI Attendance Kiosk — one for every role on the plant floor.

Geofencing & Anti-Fraud

Unlimited geofences with customizable radius. Fake GPS Blocking. Verified Device Punch-In. Workers can only mark attendance from inside plant premises.

Rotating Shifts & Rosters

Fixed and rotating shift patterns, multiple daily shifts, monthly roster planning, shift time limits that block early or late punches, mandatory working hours, and break tracking.

Flexible Pay Structures

Monthly, daily, or hourly pay. Calendar-month, 30-day, or 26-day cycles. HRA, DA, LTA, and any custom allowance. Built-in templates or configure your own.

Full Statutory Compliance

PF with ECR file generation, ESI, state-specific Professional Tax, Labour Welfare Fund, and TDS on the latest regime — all automated every month.

Multi-Plant Payroll

Manage workforce, attendance, and payroll across every plant and location from one dashboard. Exportable reports by plant, by shift, by month.

Feature 01 — Attendance

Five Ways to Capture Attendance at the Plant Gate

Not every worker on a manufacturing floor is the same. Machine operators arrive at 6 AM and need a biometric device at the gate. Supervisors on the floor use AI selfie punch-in from their phones. Contract labourers reporting to a different section use QR code check-in. Field engineers at remote sites use GPS attendance. Any spare tablet near the security booth becomes an AI Attendance Kiosk — a face-recognition punch-in station that needs no extra hardware. All five modes feed into a single unified attendance log in real time, so you always know who is on the floor, which shift they came in for, and whether they punched in from inside plant premises.

  • Biometric Device Integration for plant-gate hardware
  • AI Selfie Punch-In with face verification for supervisors
  • GPS Attendance for remote site and field engineers
  • QR Code Punch-In for contract workers and temporary staff
Shift A Gate Log ● Live
Ramesh K.
Biometric
06:02
Priya S.
Selfie
06:08
Arjun L.
QR Code
06:11
Deepa M.
Biometric
06:14
Sunil R.
GPS verified
06:22
Shift A total 214 punched in
Feature 02 — Security

Geofencing & Fake GPS Blocking Stop Plant Attendance Fraud

In a large plant, it's easy for one worker to punch in on behalf of another who hasn't arrived yet. SalaryBox stops this with a combination of geofencing and device verification. Set an unlimited number of geofences — one per plant, one per section, one per site — with a customizable radius. Attendance can only be marked when the employee's phone is physically inside the defined area. Fake GPS Blocking detects and rejects any check-in made using a location-spoofing app. Verified Device Punch-In ensures attendance is only accepted from phones you have approved. Together these create a tamper-proof attendance record for every worker, every shift, without adding any friction to the real ones.

  • Unlimited geofences with customizable radius per plant or section
  • Fake GPS Blocking prevents location-spoofing apps
  • Verified Device Punch-In restricts to approved devices only
  • Multi-location support from a single dashboard
Plant Perimeter · Geofence Status
● Plant Zone A · 200m radius
Valid punch-ins 214
Fake GPS blocked 3
Feature 03 — Scheduling

Three-Shift Rosters, Break Tracking & Overtime Controls

Manufacturing plants run fixed and rotating shifts — Shift A, Shift B, Shift C — across seven days a week. SalaryBox handles every pattern: create fixed or rotating schedules for any team size, build monthly rosters in minutes, and manage multiple daily shifts without any manual effort. Set shift time limits to automatically block early check-ins and late check-outs that silently inflate overtime. Configure mandatory working hours so that a worker who leaves two hours early is correctly marked as a half-day. Enable break tracking to deduct unpaid break time automatically. Every hour captured correctly means every payroll calculation is right — and every statutory overtime threshold is applied accurately.

  • Fixed and rotating shift patterns — Shift A, B, C and more
  • Monthly roster planning for complex shift cycles
  • Shift time limits block early check-ins and late check-outs
  • Break tracking with automatic unpaid-time deduction
Weekly Roster — Production Floor
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Ramesh K.
A
A
B
B
Off
Priya S.
B
Off
A
A
B
Manoj V.
C
C
Off
A
A
Deepa M.
A
B
C
Off
A
Shift A Shift B Shift C
Feature 04 — Payroll & Compliance

Automated Payroll With Full Statutory Compliance — One Click

Every shift hour, approved leave, break deduction, and reimbursement auto-syncs from attendance into payroll. Set up each worker's pay structure once — monthly, daily, or hourly, with HRA, DA, LTA, or custom components — and SalaryBox runs the numbers every cycle without manual input. Statutory deductions are fully automated: Provident Fund calculations with ready-to-upload ECR files, accurate ESI contributions, state-specific Professional Tax deducted with the correct slabs for your state, Labour Welfare Fund at the right frequency, and TDS calculated against the latest tax regime. Salary advances and loans auto-deduct. Reimbursements attach to digital receipts. One click generates payslips for every worker and shares them on the app.

  • Monthly, daily, and hourly pay structures in one platform
  • PF with ready-to-upload ECR files every month
  • State-specific PT slabs, LWF, ESI, and TDS automated
  • Loans, advances, and expense reimbursements built in
October Payroll · Plant A Ready
Gross earnings (226 workers) ₹28,14,200
Provident Fund (PF) −₹3,37,704
ESI deductions −₹1,12,568
Professional Tax (PT) −₹45,200
TDS & LWF −₹28,400
Net take-home ₹22,90,328
Customer Stories

Manufacturing Teams Run on SalaryBox

From 50-worker workshops to 500-worker plants — manufacturers trust SalaryBox with attendance, shifts, and payroll every month.

We had 220 workers across two shifts and we were doing attendance on paper. Biometric punch-in with geofencing changed everything — we eliminated proxy attendance overnight and payroll reconciliation dropped from three days to three hours.
SK
Sandeep Kulkarni
HR Head · Auto-parts manufacturing unit
220workers on platform
3 hrsmonthly payroll time
Our PF ECR files used to take the whole compliance team two full days. Now SalaryBox generates them automatically the moment we run payroll. Professional Tax for our two different states is applied automatically — no more manual slabs.
NP
Neeta Patil
Payroll Manager · Garment manufacturer
Zeromanual ECR work
2 plantsfrom one dashboard

Start Running Manufacturing Payroll the Right Way

Free trial — no credit card. Set up your plant in minutes. Scale from one unit to a multi-plant operation when you're ready.

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  • Biometric, selfie, GPS, QR & kiosk attendance
  • Unlimited geofences with Fake GPS Blocking
  • 3-shift rosters with break tracking & OT controls
  • Monthly, daily & hourly pay structures
  • PF ECR, ESI, PT, LWF & TDS — all automated
  • Multi-plant dashboard with exportable reports
FAQ

Common Questions from Manufacturing HR Teams

Everything plant managers, payroll officers, and HR heads ask before going live with SalaryBox.

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SalaryBox is a leading payroll software for manufacturing because it handles the specific complexity of plant operations — multiple attendance modes at the plant gate (biometric, selfie, QR, GPS, kiosk), rotating and fixed three-shift schedules, daily-wage and monthly salary structures in the same platform, and fully automated statutory compliance covering PF (with ECR files), ESI, state-specific Professional Tax, Labour Welfare Fund, and TDS. Multi-plant operations run from a single dashboard.
SalaryBox offers five attendance modes so every type of plant worker is covered. Machine operators and floor staff use biometric devices installed at the plant gate or production section. Supervisors and managers use AI Selfie Punch-In with face verification from their phone. Contract labourers use QR Code Punch-In. Field engineers and remote site staff use GPS Attendance. Any spare phone or tablet can be set up as an AI Attendance Kiosk — an automatic face-recognition punch-in station. All modes feed into one unified log.
Yes. SalaryBox uses three layers of anti-fraud: (1) Geofencing — attendance is only accepted when the worker's device is physically inside the plant's defined boundary; (2) Fake GPS Blocking — location-spoofing apps are detected and rejected; (3) Verified Device Punch-In — only phones you have approved can mark attendance. Together these make proxy punching effectively impossible without anyone being physically present at the plant.
Yes. You can create fixed and rotating shift schedules, manage multiple daily shifts, and build monthly rosters for any size of workforce. Shift time limits automatically block early check-ins and late check-outs to control overtime spend. Mandatory working hours ensure half-days and short-working days are recorded accurately. Break tracking deducts unpaid break time automatically so payroll is always correct.
Yes. SalaryBox supports monthly, daily, and hourly pay structures within the same platform. You can choose between calendar-month, 30-day, and 26-day salary cycles per employee or group. Custom allowances (HRA, DA, LTA, and any component you define) can be added to any pay structure. This means a factory's salaried supervisors, daily-wage operators, and contracted cleaning staff can all be managed and paid through one payroll run.
Yes. Provident Fund is calculated and a ready-to-upload ECR file is generated every month. ESI contributions are calculated accurately per employee. Professional Tax uses state-specific slabs for all Indian states — no manual slab configuration needed when you operate across states. Labour Welfare Fund deductions follow state-specific frequencies and contribution rates. TDS is calculated against the latest tax regime. All statutory compliance reports are exportable and audit-ready.
Yes. SalaryBox is built for multi-location operations. Manage attendance, shift rosters, leave, and payroll for every plant from a single dashboard. Payroll can be run per plant or for all plants in one action. Reports break down workforce cost by plant, by shift, and by month — giving plant managers and finance teams the numbers they need without any manual consolidation.
Yes. Salary advances and loans are tracked in the system and automatically deducted from payroll on the schedule you define. Staff expense reimbursements — for transport, tools, or meals — are uploaded with digital receipts via the employee app, approved by managers, and included in the next payroll run. Nothing needs to be manually entered into payroll.
Yes. You can start a free trial without a credit card. The trial includes full access to all five attendance modes, geofencing, shift rosters and break tracking, leave management, payroll with statutory compliance, and the multi-plant dashboard. Most manufacturing teams start capturing live attendance from their plant floor on the same day they sign up.