Fingerprint Time Clock and Accountability

Let’s be honest, we have all done it; Had a classmate mark you as present when you were in fact absent,
or had a co – worker punch your time card when you were running late. The fact of the matter is people
want to do the right thing, but when there is not accountability, they can falter. Fingerprint time clocks
makes us be our best selves by encouraging us to show up on time, and accepting responsibility when
we can’t. It makes it easy to do the right thing, by removing the shortcuts and excuses.

The fingerprint door lock is another useful accountability tool. We would all love to believe that we are
immune to forgetting our keys, and that no nefarious entities can get them. The fact of the matter is, an
average 360,000 homes get broken into a year in the United States. Often by people who obtain or copy
keys. Don’t assume it won’t happen to you. Be secure with a fingerprint door lock. The futuristic look
of the lock alone is enough to deter most crooks. Now you do not have to worry about how many copies
of your keys are floating around when you move to a new home.


by FingerTec USA

Let’s be honest, we have all done it; Had a classmate mark you as present when you were in fact absent, or had a co – worker punch your tim...

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When There's A Will...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 3 Comments


A must-have at Tia's restaurant
My husband and I asked our 6-year old daughter about her ambition, and she replied us confidently. “I want to open a restaurant.” We were caught by surprise because we thought that she was going to give us a cliché answer like teacher, engineer and/or lawyer, as we both did when we were at her age. Apparently, this was not just a random idea of hers. She had thought this through and she has had several discussions with her 5-year old playmate, whom she’s going to employ as a manager. “The next step for me is to find a cook,” she told us. “Why don’t you cook yourself?” we asked, playing along as we went on. “I’m the owner of the restaurant, so I don’t cook. I just need to hire someone who knows how to cook delicious food.” Quite a clever strategy, we thought.
Her mind is set to open an Italian restaurant that serves a variety of breads, pastas and pizzas. The important thing is, her restaurant must have a menu for kids. Kids are always her priority since she was three. Once, we went to a place that served spicy food for kids and my daughter complained “This restaurant only thinks about money, they don’t care about kids” And we couldn’t agree more. How could you serve spicy fried chicken to kids? It doesn’t make sense, does it?
She has the location in place though she doesn’t know yet that property in Kelana Jaya could be pretty expensive by the time she’s ready. And she plans to open the restaurant on a 24-hour basis because when people need food, they have her restaurant to go to. I told her that she’s going to be very busy and the cost would be high to maintain a 24-hour restaurant. “Well, McDonald’s can do it, why can’t I?” another answer that we didn’t expect. In my daughter’s head, everything is possible if you put your mind to it. Her business sense amazes us. She wants to provide the best food and the best services to her clients at all times. She also told us that only relatives would get a 10% discount and parents can eat for free, while other clients must pay in full. Quite the joker, my daughter, isn’t she?
At FingerTec, providing the best products and the best services have been our constant goals all these years. We have new product line ups with technology improvements to meet customers very soon e.g. TimeTec, TimeTec Mobile, Face ID3, R2c. Also starting this year, we have introduced additional support hours for our online and email support, and we have been able to satisfy a lot of customers during those hours.
To take a step further, FingerTec is planning to offer a 24-hour support system very soon to serve our customers’ in different time zones around the world. Initially, we won’t be doing 24-7 system yet; but that’d be our ultimate goal. We are confident that we will be able to achieve this. After all, “If McDonald’s can do it, why can’t we?”

by Norana Johar, COO, FingerTec HQ

A must-have at Tia's restaurant My husband and I asked our 6-year old daughter about her ambition, and she replied us confidently. “I wa...

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Auto Add Break Rule Feature on Fingertec Biometric Time Clocks

Monday, 22 August 2011 , 0 Comments


One of the newest features for Fingertec biometric time clocks  is the Add Break Rule. Sounds like a mouthful and you may be a little confused as to what it does, but it's actually really simple and immensely helpful. The Add Break Rule works for someone who has a set schedule as far as breaks, whether it's lunch breaks, smoke breaks, or otherwise. Any time there is a break where someone needs to clock out, they won't have to worry and neither will you. The feature will automatically clock them out for breaks and add in the information in the end day's shift report.

This makes things easier for them because they don't have to worry about clocking out, they can save that precious time and go right off and break, enjoy their meal for lunch to the fullest. It helps you because it keeps things consistent, especially if they forget to clock out for breaks, which in human error, happens a lot. And by the end of the day, you can see exactly the right numbers, every time.

Just another reason why Fingertec biometric time clocks are so superior to other time keeping systems.


by FingerTec USA

One of the newest features for Fingertec biometric time clocks   is the Add Break Rule. Sounds like a mouthful and you may be a little c...

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Technology Transformation

I lost my digital camera, a Canon Powershot in my last trip to Hong Kong & Shenzhen in May. I didn't feel sorry, but in reverse, I felt relieved because I don't have to carry an extra charger and an adapter for the memory card to transfer photos into my notebook.

Of course, if your smartphone can do the job as good as a digital camera, why do you need to burden yourself with an extra device and some accessories for the same purpose? If you aren’t a professional photographer or enthusiast that needs a Nikon D90 plus its special lenses, you really can say goodbye to a digital camera. No doubt, when digital camera versus smartphones, we are almost certain that sales for the former decline and the latter prevail smartly as a result of technology convergence.

The Information Technology has started revolutions in many industries, ruthlessly killing and wiping out the dominant players of the old market. Even in photography industry, the two big names, Fujifilm and Kodak that once monopolized the film industry, have been buried forever in the history when photographs were no longer need to be developed, but simply downloaded from cameras and uploaded them to the computer or website or even send them to direct printing.

When the new players for digital cameras were still excited about the technology transformation that brought them lucrative profits, and flooded the market with all kinds of choices, suddenly the boon became a bane. The foray was from other industry players. When the cell phone makers started to include camera as a standard feature, and the boom of smartphone indirectly declaring the doom of digital camera.

Technology transformation is a cruel fact, fast reshaping the marketplace and creating new opportunities. At present, we witness the PC and Notebook sales in a stagnant stage; and a new tablet, or we can call it the enlarged version of smartphone, led by Apple iPad, followed by Blackberry PlayBook, Asus Eee Pad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom , HTC Flyer, Viewsonic ViewPad, HP TouchPad, Acer Iconia Tab, and plenty more, thoroughly sweeping the market. And Apple iOS and Google Android becomes the new dominant operating system replacing Microsoft Windows for the new breed of products.

The digital storage is in transition too. Floppy disk is a bygone. And under the cloud-computing concept that promotes cloud-drive, even CD, DVD or USB flash disk would soon extinct, when the new tablets and notebooks are shipped bare without such ports and drives.

We are fortunate to enter the security and office automation industry that transformation occurs much slowly. But we did notice some subtle changes like communication from RS 485 to TCP/IP, and some adoption of IT advancements that benefitted the industry.

As a market leader, you have to embrace and spearhead the technology transformation instead of sit back and wait for the changes. This year, we schedule to phase out some black and white models like AC100 and TA100. And for some models, the coreboard would be upgraded to a more powerful CPU to improve the speed and capacity. And to reduce the FRR and FAR in our readers are also continual effort to improve the algorithm.

And, I recently added a new paragraph in our Vision and Mission Statement, which stresses Technology Transformation as our major focus to envision our next 5-year roadmap perspective.

"To further strengthen FingerTec's global position, the third phase 5-year plan was introduced in 2010 with a transparent objective to achieve business and technology transformation. We aim to climb the vertical ladder to provide comprehensive solutions for access control market, and to employ cloud-computing technology for deployment in time and attendance industry. The use of Android platform and other Biometrics features such as face and vein recognition would be a part of FingerTec technology transformation plan to enhance our new product lines."

by Teh Hon Seng, CEO, FingerTec HQ

I lost my digital camera, a Canon Powershot in my last trip to Hong Kong & Shenzhen in May. I didn't feel sorry, but in reverse, I...

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New Job Costing Feature with Fingertec Employee Clock In Software

Monday, 15 August 2011 0 Comments

With the latest update on Fingertec employee clock in software, some new features have been added that are going to make your tracking of employees easier, more efficient, and more detailed than ever before. One of the newest features is Job Costing. What is it and how is it going to help you?

If your employees use a flexi-attendance schedule, you can now see all the details. That means they don’t just clock in and out once each for the entire day but they clock in and out for each task they perform. It’s a great way to see what tasks cost more time,  to calculate overtime for specific jobs completed, and to see how efficient your employee is being over all. Wouldn’t it be great to see their strengths and weaknesses, so you can assign tasks according to what works best for you both?

If you already have the employee clock in software, when you update to the newest version you’ll have this feature. And if you didn’t have it but this feature appeals to you, then Fingertec may be the perfect upgrade for your office. Keep better track of what’s going on during work and your job at the end of the day will be a whole lot easier!


by FingerTec USA

With the latest update on Fingertec  employee clock in software , some new features have been added that are going to make your tracking of ...

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New Job Costing Feature with Fingertec Employee Clock In Software

With the latest update on Fingertec employee clock in software, some new features have been added that are going to make your tracking of employees easier, more efficient, and more detailed than ever before. One of the newest features is Job Costing. What is it and how is it going to help you?

If your employees use a flexi-attendance schedule, you can now see all the details. That means they don't just clock in and out once each for the entire day but they clock in and out for each task they perform. It's a great way to see what tasks cost more time,  to calculate overtime for specific jobs completed, and to see how efficient your employee is being over all. Wouldn't it be great to see their strengths and weaknesses, so you can assign tasks according to what works best for you both?

If you already have the employee clock in software, when you update to the newest version you'll have this feature. And if you didn't have it but this feature appeals to you, then Fingertec may be the perfect upgrade for your office. Keep better track of what's going on during work and your job at the end of the day will be a whole lot easier!

With the latest update on Fingertec employee clock in software , some new features have been added that are going to make your tracking of e...

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If Only Sunnydale High Had Fingerprint Reader Software

Ever notice how every evil thing on the Hellmouth seemed to find it's way inside Sunnydale High School? No matter what Buffy did, demons, vampires, even hell hounds have found their way through the school hallways. But what if they had fingerprint reader software? Think about how many break ins they could stop. I mean, even vampires were able to waltz right through the front door, but they couldn't with a fingerprint door lock. Fingerprint door locks require not only a specific fingerprint, but also a warm hand. Vampires, as we all know, do not have body heat or blood coursing through their veins. They are, in fact, dead. A cold, dead hand isn't going to get them anywhere inside that school!

Having fingerprint door locks in your facility is going to protect it from unwanted intruders. Whether it's just someone trying to wander in to the wrong place by accident, or someone trying to break in, they won't get passed the verification. You can also set up specific rooms of your  building with locks, so only certain higher-up employees can access them. And maybe you can avoid a vampire or two from getting in there as well.



by FingerTec USA

Ever notice how every evil thing on the Hellmouth seemed to find it's way inside Sunnydale High School? No matter what Buffy did, demons...

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Casual Sales Approach

I encountered an unstable Internet access at my hotel in Paris and the problem wasn’t resolved until I left the country nine days later. My problem is, I couldn’t be totally shut off from the outside world, even during my family vacation.

Lo and behold! An Apple Store across the Paris Opera House, nearby the hotel where I stayed, saved me.

In the evening, after we completed our daily excursion, and emerged from the subway station, my daughter and I headed straight to the Apple Store. We picked our devices to go online from the many Apple Macintoshes, MacBooks, iPads, iPods that were displayed on the simple wooden benches, with each device being wired to a charger and a theft alert alarm.
Outside Apple Opera Store


Inside Apple Opera Store
Although the “customers” took most of the devices for all kinds of purposes, often times we managed to find ourselves the unoccupied iPad or MacBook Air to go online. My daughter went straight to Facebook, and me, got into the business of reading and replying tons of email. As long that there was no alarm being triggered from your unit, no Apple staff would come and bother you, or sales talk you into buying any of the products. After the store-closing hour at 8 pm, the WiFi signal was still strong for my smart phone to tap on it outside of their building.

The same experience we had in Carrousel du Louvre, where one of the high-profile flagship Apple Stores is located. Right after our Louvre Museum’s visit, the moment we stepped out of the historical and ancient artifacts, we indulged ourselves into the modern and technological artifacts the next.

The casual style in the Apple Store is appealing. Alas, the Apple retail outlets in Malaysia that are run by distributors, do not replicate the casualness of the Apple stores owned by Apple. Earlier this March, I missed my opportunity to enter the Apple Store in Ginza due to the earthquake that hit Japan so badly.

No cashier counter, no sales person cajoling around, the staff were wearing casual blue T-shirts, and they would only attend to your sales or technical enquiries as and when needed. In short, they let you minded your own business, be it listening to music, playing games, or doing some serious stuff with the Apple devices, renewing the typical rigid image we used to have for the conventional retail shops.

And the casual environment in the retail outlets that Apple created is able to generate sizeable income rather than “casual” money to compliment their serious business. According to a report, the largest Apple Store located on the Regent Street London was the first outlet opened in Europe in November 2004 and also the most profitable shop in London with the highest sales per square foot, taking £60,000,000 pa, or £2,000 per square foot.

The Apple Store’s current design with the wood tables and stone flooring, and Genius Bar for technical supports and repairs, were the collaboration results of some outside design firms and Apple’s in-house design team. Originally, the Apple Stores contained dedicated Point of Sale stations. However, in 2006, the new store design replaced the POS stations with the handheld EasyPay system.

I like the casual and cozy sales environment as offered by the Apple Store, where you are welcome by a nod and a smile from the sales person and he/she lets you walk around freely to browse through the shop without interruption. A shop that makes a sales person follows you around from the moment you stepped into the shop, disrupts your shopping experience the moment it happened.

Apple does not really need any sales person to talk you into buying their products; the casual atmosphere in the retail outlets that they shaped just fit to promote their products even more, and stretching their brand influence to a greater extent.

At FingerTec, our Sales and Marketing personnel are not tuned to conduct conventional sales, they are encouraged to help the partners understand the products, the brand, the support system, the value, and guide them to tap on our online resources to expand their business. They spend time helping resellers to produce successful installation stories, encourage them to create Facebook and Twitter for better communication with the local clients.

The casual approach never fails to deliver satisfactory sales performance for us. I always believe that a good brand doesn’t need a lot of convincing; it sells itself so to speak. And in reverse, too much of sales talk normally carry some hollow promises.

by Teh Hon Seng, CEO, FingerTec HQ

I encountered an unstable Internet access at my hotel in Paris and the problem wasn’t resolved until I left the country nine days later. M...

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