Payroll Software for Manufacturers — How Steelhead and Inova Make Payroll Easy
Payroll built for manufacturers, connected to the shop floor: Steelhead and Inova handle overtime, approvals, and tax filing so payroll takes minutes, not hours.
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Payroll Software for Manufacturers — How Steelhead and Inova Make Payroll Easy | Steelhead ERP
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Payroll Software for Manufacturers — How Steelhead and Inova Make Payroll Easy | Steelhead ERP
Date published
July 24, 2026
Duration
3:15
Video type
Overview / Demo
Audience
Manufacturers and job shops evaluating payroll providers; finance,
HR, and operations leaders
HR, and operations leaders
Video summary
In one sentence
Steelhead's payroll integration with Inova takes employee hours straight
from the time clock to paycheck, with automatic overtime math,
tax filing, and full traceability back to the shop floor.
from the time clock to paycheck, with automatic overtime math,
tax filing, and full traceability back to the shop floor.
What this video covers
It opens with the pain of manual payroll: exporting timesheets,
re-entering hours in a separate system, and hoping nobody missed
an overtime calculation or a shift differential.
Then it shows what happens when payroll runs inside Steelhead
instead: hours flow in directly from the time clock, payroll math
is handled automatically, and every dollar stays traceable back to
the shop floor.
The walkthrough moves through the Timesheets dashboard (review, flag,
and approve hours), into Payroll (add extra earnings, submit payroll),
then over to Inova to process deductions, tax filings, and final pay.
It closes with configuration options — automatic overtime categorization,
custom unusual-hours thresholds, employee self-service in Inova, and
automatic general ledger mapping for Steelhead Accounting customers.
re-entering hours in a separate system, and hoping nobody missed
an overtime calculation or a shift differential.
Then it shows what happens when payroll runs inside Steelhead
instead: hours flow in directly from the time clock, payroll math
is handled automatically, and every dollar stays traceable back to
the shop floor.
The walkthrough moves through the Timesheets dashboard (review, flag,
and approve hours), into Payroll (add extra earnings, submit payroll),
then over to Inova to process deductions, tax filings, and final pay.
It closes with configuration options — automatic overtime categorization,
custom unusual-hours thresholds, employee self-service in Inova, and
automatic general ledger mapping for Steelhead Accounting customers.
The challenge
Manufacturers doing payroll outside their ERP re-key timesheet data
by hand, catch overtime and shift-differential errors too late (if at
all), and can't trace a number on a pay stub back to the punch
that produced it. Payroll becomes a manual reconciliation exercise
every single pay period.
by hand, catch overtime and shift-differential errors too late (if at
all), and can't trace a number on a pay stub back to the punch
that produced it. Payroll becomes a manual reconciliation exercise
every single pay period.
What you'll see in this demo
• Timesheets dashboard: pay schedule and period selection, hours
broken out by regular time, overtime, and time off per employee
per day.
• Overtime handling: highlighted overtime hours, Assign Overtime
(individually or all at once), automatic splitting between
regular and overtime pay.
• Review and approval: warning flags on hours that need a second
look, per-employee or bulk approval with comments.
• Payroll: approved hours flow in automatically, add extra
earnings, review by pay period, Submit Payroll.
• Inova processing: deductions, tax filings, and final pay
handled in Inova; employee self-service for pay stubs, tax
documents, direct deposit, and withholding.
• Domain settings: configurable overtime thresholds (daily,
weekly, biweekly) and custom "unusual hours" flags (e.g. under
30 minutes or over 12 hours).
• Steelhead Accounting integration: bank withdrawals, individual
earnings, employer taxes, and benefits mapped automatically to
the general ledger.
broken out by regular time, overtime, and time off per employee
per day.
• Overtime handling: highlighted overtime hours, Assign Overtime
(individually or all at once), automatic splitting between
regular and overtime pay.
• Review and approval: warning flags on hours that need a second
look, per-employee or bulk approval with comments.
• Payroll: approved hours flow in automatically, add extra
earnings, review by pay period, Submit Payroll.
• Inova processing: deductions, tax filings, and final pay
handled in Inova; employee self-service for pay stubs, tax
documents, direct deposit, and withholding.
• Domain settings: configurable overtime thresholds (daily,
weekly, biweekly) and custom "unusual hours" flags (e.g. under
30 minutes or over 12 hours).
• Steelhead Accounting integration: bank withdrawals, individual
earnings, employer taxes, and benefits mapped automatically to
the general ledger.
How the demo flows
• Hook: pain questions about manual timesheet exports, overtime
errors, and traceability, then the promise of hours flowing
straight from the clock to payroll.
• Timesheets dashboard: select pay schedule and period, review
hours, assign overtime, clear warning flags, approve individually
or all at once.
• Payroll: approved hours pull in automatically, add extra
earnings, review the pay period, Submit Payroll.
• Inova: log in to process deductions, tax filings, and final pay.
• Configuration: set overtime thresholds and unusual-hours flags
in domain settings so categorization happens automatically
going forward.
• Employee self-service: pay stubs, tax documents, and direct
deposit updates handled in each employee's Inova profile, no
HR request needed.
• Close: for Steelhead Accounting customers, paid payroll maps
automatically to the general ledger; CTA to see a sample pay run.
errors, and traceability, then the promise of hours flowing
straight from the clock to payroll.
• Timesheets dashboard: select pay schedule and period, review
hours, assign overtime, clear warning flags, approve individually
or all at once.
• Payroll: approved hours pull in automatically, add extra
earnings, review the pay period, Submit Payroll.
• Inova: log in to process deductions, tax filings, and final pay.
• Configuration: set overtime thresholds and unusual-hours flags
in domain settings so categorization happens automatically
going forward.
• Employee self-service: pay stubs, tax documents, and direct
deposit updates handled in each employee's Inova profile, no
HR request needed.
• Close: for Steelhead Accounting customers, paid payroll maps
automatically to the general ledger; CTA to see a sample pay run.
Payroll configuration options
Two domain settings do most of the work: an overtime threshold
(daily, weekly, or biweekly) that automatically splits and groups
regular time, overtime, and PTO/holiday hours; and an "unusual
hours" rule (e.g. flag anything under 30 minutes or over 12 hours)
that surfaces outliers on the timesheet report automatically, so
nothing slips past approval unnoticed.
(daily, weekly, or biweekly) that automatically splits and groups
regular time, overtime, and PTO/holiday hours; and an "unusual
hours" rule (e.g. flag anything under 30 minutes or over 12 hours)
that surfaces outliers on the timesheet report automatically, so
nothing slips past approval unnoticed.
Full transcript
Speaker
Voice over / Host
Transcript
[00:00] Is your payroll system working for you, or are you doing all the work?
[00:04] Welcome to Reel Talk, featuring Steelhead's payroll integration with Inova,
closing the gap from clock-ins to paychecks.
[00:11] How are you paying employees today?
Are you manually exporting timesheets and re-entering them elsewhere?
Are your complex pay rates, overtime, and shift differences causing errors
because nobody manually caught them?
Could you trace a number from your last pay run back to your shop
floor if you had to?
[00:27] Imagine your system doing all that work.
Employee hours flow in right from clocked time.
No export, no re-entry, no manual handoff.
[00:35] Payroll math is handled automatically from the floor up, so miscalculations
aren't eating into your margins.
And every hour is fully tracked, traceable from the pay run back to
the floor.
[00:46] [navigates to Timesheets dashboard] So logging into Steelhead here in the
Timesheets dashboard, select your pay schedule and payroll period, and every
employee's hours for that period show here.
Regular time, overtime, time off, broken out by day.
[00:58] Managers and supervisors would have already looked over these hours and
made any corrections necessary, but just in case there are any last-minute
checks that you have to do, Steelhead highlights any overtime hours worked.
[01:08] [clicks Assign Overtime] Just click Assign Overtime, or you can assign
all overtime here, and that will split the hours between regular and
overtime so that they're paid accordingly.
[01:17] Warnings flag hours that need reviewing. We'll look at that configuration
shortly.
[01:21] [clicks the check mark, approves hours] Just click the check mark once
reviewed, click Save, and then you can approve each employee's hours
individually, or you can approve all at once here.
[01:31] Leave any comments if needed and click Approve.
[01:36] [navigates to Payroll] You'll then jump over to Payroll and everything
you just approved pulls in here automatically, so you're not having to
check and recheck everything.
[01:42] Add extra earnings if needed at this time, then just check your pay
period and your payroll.
You can expand to view details, then click Submit Payroll here.
[01:53] [logs in to Inova] From there, log in to Inova to process the
payroll, where your deductions, tax filings, and final pay are all taken
care of for you.
There are many ways to configure the payroll process to your needs.
[02:04] Here are a couple which make things even easier.
[02:07] [opens domain settings] Automatic categorization. In domain settings, you set
your overtime threshold daily, weekly, biweekly.
[02:14] From there, Steelhead automatically splits regular and overtime hours,
and when operators log PTO or holiday time, those automatically flow
through already grouped correctly.
[02:21] Another domain setting, you tell Steelhead what unusual looks like for
your shop.
Flag anything under 30 minutes or over 12 hours, for example.
[02:31] Anything outside those bounds will get flagged on the timesheet report
automatically, so nothing slips past approval unnoticed.
[02:38] And your employees don't need to come to HR for a pay stub or
to update their direct deposit.
Each person has an Inova profile with self-service access to pay stubs,
tax documents, payment setup, and withholding preferences, all connected to
the same payroll data that started on your floor.
[02:53] And if you're on Steelhead Accounting, once payroll is paid, you're not
wasting time re-entering anything.
Steelhead adds bank withdrawal, individual earnings, employer taxes, and
benefits, all mapped to your general ledger.
[03:05] Make your payroll easier with Steelhead and Inova.
[03:07] If you want to see what your next pay run could look like,
click the link below.
[00:04] Welcome to Reel Talk, featuring Steelhead's payroll integration with Inova,
closing the gap from clock-ins to paychecks.
[00:11] How are you paying employees today?
Are you manually exporting timesheets and re-entering them elsewhere?
Are your complex pay rates, overtime, and shift differences causing errors
because nobody manually caught them?
Could you trace a number from your last pay run back to your shop
floor if you had to?
[00:27] Imagine your system doing all that work.
Employee hours flow in right from clocked time.
No export, no re-entry, no manual handoff.
[00:35] Payroll math is handled automatically from the floor up, so miscalculations
aren't eating into your margins.
And every hour is fully tracked, traceable from the pay run back to
the floor.
[00:46] [navigates to Timesheets dashboard] So logging into Steelhead here in the
Timesheets dashboard, select your pay schedule and payroll period, and every
employee's hours for that period show here.
Regular time, overtime, time off, broken out by day.
[00:58] Managers and supervisors would have already looked over these hours and
made any corrections necessary, but just in case there are any last-minute
checks that you have to do, Steelhead highlights any overtime hours worked.
[01:08] [clicks Assign Overtime] Just click Assign Overtime, or you can assign
all overtime here, and that will split the hours between regular and
overtime so that they're paid accordingly.
[01:17] Warnings flag hours that need reviewing. We'll look at that configuration
shortly.
[01:21] [clicks the check mark, approves hours] Just click the check mark once
reviewed, click Save, and then you can approve each employee's hours
individually, or you can approve all at once here.
[01:31] Leave any comments if needed and click Approve.
[01:36] [navigates to Payroll] You'll then jump over to Payroll and everything
you just approved pulls in here automatically, so you're not having to
check and recheck everything.
[01:42] Add extra earnings if needed at this time, then just check your pay
period and your payroll.
You can expand to view details, then click Submit Payroll here.
[01:53] [logs in to Inova] From there, log in to Inova to process the
payroll, where your deductions, tax filings, and final pay are all taken
care of for you.
There are many ways to configure the payroll process to your needs.
[02:04] Here are a couple which make things even easier.
[02:07] [opens domain settings] Automatic categorization. In domain settings, you set
your overtime threshold daily, weekly, biweekly.
[02:14] From there, Steelhead automatically splits regular and overtime hours,
and when operators log PTO or holiday time, those automatically flow
through already grouped correctly.
[02:21] Another domain setting, you tell Steelhead what unusual looks like for
your shop.
Flag anything under 30 minutes or over 12 hours, for example.
[02:31] Anything outside those bounds will get flagged on the timesheet report
automatically, so nothing slips past approval unnoticed.
[02:38] And your employees don't need to come to HR for a pay stub or
to update their direct deposit.
Each person has an Inova profile with self-service access to pay stubs,
tax documents, payment setup, and withholding preferences, all connected to
the same payroll data that started on your floor.
[02:53] And if you're on Steelhead Accounting, once payroll is paid, you're not
wasting time re-entering anything.
Steelhead adds bank withdrawal, individual earnings, employer taxes, and
benefits, all mapped to your general ledger.
[03:05] Make your payroll easier with Steelhead and Inova.
[03:07] If you want to see what your next pay run could look like,
click the link below.
Taxonomy tags
Steelhead product area
Payroll and timesheets
Feature / module
Timesheets dashboard; overtime approval; Payroll; Inova payroll
processing; domain payroll settings; Steelhead Accounting general
ledger mapping
processing; domain payroll settings; Steelhead Accounting general
ledger mapping
Workflow category
Timesheet review and approval; payroll submission; payroll
provider integration; configuration; accounting integration
provider integration; configuration; accounting integration
Topics covered
Payroll software for manufacturers; payroll integration for job
shops; timesheets to paycheck without manual entry; overtime and
shift differential calculation; Inova payroll processing; employee
self-service pay stubs and direct deposit; automatic general ledger
mapping for payroll
shops; timesheets to paycheck without manual entry; overtime and
shift differential calculation; Inova payroll processing; employee
self-service pay stubs and direct deposit; automatic general ledger
mapping for payroll