How 7CGI made client billing accurate and won back 33 hours a month
7CGI aimed to track task durations to assess their artists' efficiency and enhance billing accuracy. TimeCamp simplified timekeeping, pleasing both the artists and the founder.
Who 7CGI is
7CGI is a 3D rendering studio started by Abdullah Al Baki, an experienced 3D artist. He aimed to build a studio offering top-quality services at affordable prices. With this goal, he gathered a team with similar skills and ambitions, and 7CGI was born. Today, the studio is well-known for creating realistic images of furniture, clothing, architecture, and other products.
Industry: E-commerce agency
Employees: 20-49
Location: U.S.
Operating area: U.S. and Europe
Using TimeCamp: For project time tracking
Most-used features
- Desktop app
- One-click timer
- TimeCamp reports
Results with TimeCamp
33 saved hours
each month on timekeeping tasks
Client billing
more accurate and reliable
Time tracker
made simple for 3D artists
Abdullah Al Baki
Founder, 7CGI
“That was easy to implement TimeCamp. What we love about TimeCamp most is that it has a user-friendly interface, it is easy to maneuver and finds things. In creative work, you can't just compare how fast artists are based on a few tasks because it is a complicated and variable process. But you can take a look at a TimeCamp report and find out who is faster on average. And what is important, you can rely on this data because time reports don't lie.”
The billing problem 7CGI couldn't solve in Excel
3D visualization is a creative job, and seemingly similar projects may differ in the time needed for completion, which makes assessing project budgets and artists' effectiveness challenging.
| Before TimeCamp | After TimeCamp |
|---|---|
| Time tracked manually in Excel | Time tracked automatically as soon as the PC launches |
| Billable times missing or incorrectly filled out | Timesheets error-free |
| Timesheets seen as a nuisance, skipped mid-flow | One-click start-stop verification |
| Invoices loosely reflected the actual effort | Invoices accurate, with proof of work |
| No reliable data on artists' efficiency | Reliable insights into company performance |
| Before TimeCamp |
|---|
| Time tracked manually in Excel |
| Billable times missing or incorrectly filled out |
| Timesheets seen as a nuisance, skipped mid-flow |
| Invoices loosely reflected the actual effort |
| No reliable data on artists' efficiency |
| After TimeCamp |
|---|
| Time tracked automatically as soon as the PC launches |
| Timesheets error-free |
| One-click start-stop verification |
| Invoices accurate, with proof of work |
| Reliable insights into company performance |
How TimeCamp made timekeeping automatic
The artists started using TimeCamp on the desktop app, which tracks every task as soon as the PC launches. No more manual entry in a spreadsheet, no recalling how long each assignment took. To keep data accurate, they click the start-stop button next to each assignment.
What 7CGI gained
33h
saved each month
1h 40min
saved per day, whole team
5min
saved per artist, daily
20
artists on TimeCamp
- Timesheets error-free
- More accurate invoices
- Proof of work when clients inquire
- Fair, accurate billing that fuels 7CGI's reputation
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