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10 Reasons Why Your Office Needs BIOMETRICS Door Access System
Keys and cards are so 1999; in moving forward, biometrics technology is gaining popularity the world over. For the uninitiated, biometrics technology is the technology that utilizes your body parts to identify who you are. Fingerprint and face matching technologies are the most commercialized biometric technologies for identification purposes and the most stable of them all. Time attendance, door access control, border control, crime investigation are amongst the common area of biometrics technology usage these days. As security issue is becoming dominant in the workplace, FingerTec presents reasons why your office door access control requires BIOMETRICS and its automated system.
1. Go For Genuine - There’s a minutiae room for error or mismatch in biometrics technology. The FRR (False Rejection Rate) and FAR (False Acceptance Rate) are dismissible. The fingerprint has been proven to be unique and even twin studies revealed that twins have different fingerprints and face recognition technology rides on accurate 3D verification. When the biometrics data matches the real person, the accuracy is indisputable.
2. Definite Data Accuracy – Having biometrics technology linked to carefully designed management software like Ingress, all daily door transactions are automated and saved accurately in the system, providing you with comfort knowing that all collected data is true and accurate.
3. Tokenless Lifestyle – Deploying biometrics as a door access solution for your company does not require personnel to carry tokens around such as cards and keys. All you need to do to get access is to scan your fingerprint or face. However, some companies might deploy biometrics plus card for added security but biometrics alone can get you through the day without much hassle.
4. Easy User Management – Biometrics technology spells convenient when it comes to enrolling credentials into the system. For FingerTec system, a user needs to enroll for biometrics data once and this data can be delegated to other devices easily rather than enrolling in every door and access points. The easy management of users is one of the factors why you should deploy FingerTec Biometrics system.
5. Change is Easy - Fingerprints are plenty for one person and when something happen to one of the fingerprint templates, it’s not expensive and hard to change the template from one finger to another, making the system flexible and enduring.
6. Economical Buy – Biometrics system or specifically FingerTec system is a great investment because the product comes bundled comes bundled with Ingress software that is loaded with various sought-after security features and more. The devices are warranted and support is available all year long, without any extra charges from the manufacturer.
7. Robust Device – FingerTec offers 3 years limited warranty and it had been proven that FingerTec products can stand for years if it’s being used within the normal usage. Some of our clients have used it for more than 10 years without a hitch. We don’t recommend banging the machine or pour it with water.
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| This is the real picture of FingerTec R2 which has been used for 5 years to date in United Kingdom without any hitch, come rain, sunshine and snow, and apparently it's been used as ashtray too. |
8. Saves Plenty of Time – Human resources are expensive and when a system can produce all data and information automatically and accurately, it saves a lot of employees’ productive time which can be used in other areas of importance. And with a system like FingerTec, the data can be retrieved and viewed in real time and this is essential for security.
9. System Scalability – Living in today’s expensive world, scalability is the key to any system implementation. With FingerTec door access system, you can buy devices in stages and add later depending on the need of your organization. Mix and match of devices are also possible with FingerTec system. The ability of FingerTec system to be integrated with other security solutions is another plus point to choosing a system.
10. Reaching ROI – Bottom line for any system implementation is the return on investment. The FingerTec door access system provides detailed data of access activities which are saved in the system and be accessed in real time as well.
FingerTec has been in the market for 15 years, providing time attendance and door access solutions to various small companies to enterprises around the globe. Take a peek into FingerTec industrial applications, http://www.fingertec.com/accesscontrol/industrial_applications.php and to view FingerTec range of biometrics door access system, http://www.fingertec.com/chart/modelselectionguide/index_ac.html
Ingress is bundled with all FingerTec door access devices without extra charge.
Debunking 7 Common Time and Attendance Myths
The system used
to monitor employee’s time and attendance have
been around for ages with the likes of time clocks, also known as bundy clocks
to Biometric automated systems.
But this doesn’t mean that everybody views the
importance of time and attendance equally. Some companies do not believe
in investing money in something that they themselves can
easily manage and some believes in giving space
and trust to their employees.
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| Biometrics machine like TA500 is not intrusive and can record attendance in less than 2 seconds |
Let’s view the Seven
Common Time and Attendance Myths and it’s time to take proactive measures to take control of time!
Myth # 1 - Time
attendance is not suitable for small companies
You have 8 employees and all of them have the
same wide-eyed, innocent Puss in Boots gaze and you believe wholeheartedly
that they will never cheat you. Get your instincts in
check because no matter how nice your employees are, dishonesty is so elusive that you wouldn’t notice the consequences to your
business even though it could be paramount. The smaller your company is, the
more each and every staff plays an important role in your operation. Imagine a
restaurant that has not enough servers or with the cook that’s late, or a
bakery that needs to be opened by someone who is an hour late, who’s paying the
price for that tardiness?
Myth # 2 - Conventional
time clocks are the best way to go
Why do you need to invest a large sum in
automated Biometric time and attendance systems
when you can cut corners and reduce the
investment to only 20% by having a conventional
Bundy clock which does the same thing? This is
where we’ll tell you, it’s a big NO! NO! NO! Having a conventional time clock means that you will need someone to process it
manually at the end of the month which means more time and cost plus you are
exposed to dishonesty and cheating through
buddy-punching where your staff gangs up to
cheat the company’s time by switching cards amongst themselves. At the end of
the day, the conventional time clock only gives you 20% of what you need
because it can only manage to stamp time on the attendance card and nothing
else. Hence, it will end up costing you more in the long run.
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| Cut unnecessary costs and errors that eat a hole into your company's bottom line. |
Myth # 3 - Compliance
can be achieved easily without Time and Attendance Systems
Please do not overestimate the power of
your staff and underestimate the importance of compliance because labor law
compliance is not easy and the risk of non-compliance is costly for any company.
Compliance is when your company abides by the labor and employment law of the
country as well as by the company policies. Any
non-compliance could expose your company to an expensive lawsuit so better to be careful than sorry.
Myth # 4 - Time
and Attendance is every employee’s peeve
Nobody likes to be monitored and if we
install time attendance, the employees will hate us. However,
if there were no foul doing, why would the employee detest the system? The
company has to be on top of the game at all times, keeping everybody involved
in check to maintain smooth operations. Time
attendance is not designed to make employers monitor
employees like hawks but
it does give a clear view of what’s happening on the human capital investment
side of the business. The employer needs
to strike a balance and make the employee understand the benefits of having time attendance systems, not only for the company but also for the employee.
Myth # 5 - Time Attendance is only good for shift workers
It is indeed good for shift workers because
settings can be done automatically and correctly but it is also beneficial for any
9 to 5 companies because apart from being able
to monitor staff attendance activities, the time
and attendance system can produce a detailed record of each staff’s time
attendance which can be integrated with a third
party solution to improve payroll and the overall system.
Myth # 6 - Time
Attendance doesn’t generate ROI
Each employee has an investment price tag
and believe it or not, each one provides a different return to the company. And
this is where the time attendance systems comes
handy. How much do you pay for overtime? How much do you pay for extra breaks
and tardiness? Take for an example an employee costs USD10 dollar an hour and
if he were to come 15 mins late everyday for a month, he has cost the company
USD55. Later he takes another 15 mins extra during breaks and 20mins in total
for smoking, the company has just lost USD128.
Let’s calculate easily here and determine for yourself how much you have
lost over the years: https://www.timeteccloud.com/roi_calculator
Myth # 7 - Automated
Time Attendance is costly and a waste of time
Refer to point no.5 and you will know that time attendance is a worthy investment
and it actually “saves” a lot of company time!
By having an automated time and attendance
system, each staff knows that they are kept in check by this system and that
their time calculation is accurate based on the settings that complies with the
labor law and company policy. The company can do so much more with the time and
attendance data to get more out of their human capital investment.
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See the big picture and make the right investment in an effective Time Attendance solution. |
To get more information about a Biometric
automated time and attendance system, go to www.fingertec.com
and review TimeTec Online Attendance System at www.timeteccloud.com for a reliable, affordable and effective
system.
Finger Scanners Coming to Schools
Schools around the country are making use of fingerprint scanners to increase their security and reign in on truants. These devices, which only cost about $30 per student (though this cost can vary depending on a school’s size), make attendance-taking more accurate and save schools money in administrative costs.
Finger scanning in the classroom is faster than the traditional roll-call of attendance. It is easy for a friend to yell “present” for someone while the teacher blusters through the attendance list. This is a problem not only in terms of kids missing class, it can be a safety issue too. If a child is missing, the school needs to know as soon as possible, and a finger scanner allows for that. Scanners also allow for tighter control the of teachers and staff, ensuring no one is entering the school under false pretense.
Schools are only starting to make use of fingerprint time clocks. The future may see the practice extended to parents entering the school, school buses and more. It is hard to argue with a technology that saves money and allows a safer environment. Some parents have, however, raised concerns about privacy and how fingerprints and other recorded information are stored and shared.
Business Model
In the biometrics industry, I was once introduced to this findbiometrics.com website, a portal covering news of the industry. Because its revenue model is based on sponsored ads, it publishes mostly positive business news boasted mainly by the project-based biometrics companies, rather than their journalists’ own coverage. I found the website was not of much use to me. Read more to learn why.
Are You Living Online Yet?
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| Nobody smiles when they have to queue like this |
This has become a lifestyle of sorts, particularly for city-dwellers and urbanites. People shop for garments, gifts, electronics items, all kinds of tickets, and even groceries straight from the Internet. For example, I just ordered a bunch of things from Tesco online during my lunch break, which will be delivered right to my doorstep, saving me valuable time. See, people look for convenience because time is a great factor.
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Cloud Applications - Constantly Upgradings!
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| It's 2013, and a lot has changed |
Business is strange, sometimes. We recently received an email from Business Software Alliance (BSA) demanding a complete list of all licensed software that the company uses.
We used to be a BSA member quite some years ago to protect our software copyright, but we cancelled the membership after the arrival of the Internet Age. Honestly, I didn’t realize that the organization is still alive and kicking in enforcing licensed software for every company. Do I think that software copyright is no longer important? In fact, it’s the contrary. But because software has evolved since the Internet era, piracy raids seem so outdated.
Keeping Holiday Productivity High With FingerTec
During the holiday season, the time clock
becomes more akin to an exam that you did not study for – the incentives to
cheat it are higher. Employees want more time off, employers offer higher
compensations for those working during the holidays, and everybody’s affected
by the usual holiday spending. In other words, workers feel the extra pinch
during the holiday season and want to take advantage of the higher wage offered
during the period but do not want to spend too much of their holiday at work. What a conundrum! Bearing that in mind, some
would assume that it is in some way
okay to cheat the time clock. The lackadaisical enforcement of workplace rules
during the holidays only adds to the potential for time theft.How Legal is Biometric Technology?
Biometric time clocks and employee clock-in software is changing the face of our workplaces. Who has not asked a coworker to clock in for them when they're running late? Most companies using the technology gain an additional level of security, what with today's political atmosphere, but how legal is it for a company to gather the biological information of an employee?Tuesday, 23 October 2012
What Are Fingerprints?
Looking at a glass cup you just had in your hands you notice you left a number of fingerprints on it. You examine each closely and you find yourself fascinated by what you see. But what are fingerprints exactly? Let us talk about that.A fingerprint is an impression on a surface left behind by friction ridges on the surface of a finger. A friction ridge is a raised portion of the skin that is made out of a series of connected ridges. Prints are left behind due to the natural sweat from the eccrine glands of the finger. If you have ever been fingerprinted for government or work-related purposes, ink can also be used to create a fingerprint.
Friday, 19 October 2012
Biometric Scanners: You Are the Key
In a few words, biometric scanners work by scanning your finger, hand, and/or face and matching it against authorized users and then either allows or denies you entry. This is not the wave of the future, this is part of the here and now! Biometric scanners improve security exponentially when combined with other security measures like security cameras. This relatively new technology surpasses old-fashioned lock-and-key doors because the key is actually you.While keys can be stolen, copied, and then used for nefarious purposes, that cannot be done with your finger. The sensitive equipment in a scanner can reliably recognize each person's unique physical signature. Another thing to note about traditional doors, their locking mechanisms can be picked by a determined thief. By manipulating the tumblers in normal lock with the right tools, the door is as good as open. Fingerprint scanners remove these two weaknesses from your security system.
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Proper Accountability With Time Clock Software
Old systems employees use to clock in and out of work are archaic and are easily manipulated. Anyone can take any other punch card and use it, either by accident or as a "favor" for fellow employee. At the end of the day, there is no real guarantee that the employee whose name is on that punch card is the one that has been clocking in and out every day and at the appropriate times. A biometric scanner removes all doubts because it requires the unique fingerprint of each person to clock in and out of work. There is no way to get around it.
by FingerTec USA Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Improving Security Through Fingerprint Scanners
Fingerprint scanners offer a number of advantages over the traditional lock-and-key doors. For one thing, a person's fingerprints cannot be duplicated reliably and thus cannot be used to open a door protected by a scanner. Typical keys can be copied and there are any number of ways to gain access to the key itself, either by stealing it or making a copy and then returning it.
As already mentioned keys can be lifted off a person or found and then copied by any thief; your finger cannot just fall off. Also, there is no need to worry about someone removing your finger and using that because scanner technology is so advanced and sensitive that it can tell the difference between a "living" finger that is still attached and one that is not.
As you can see, the innate safety features in a fingerprint scanner puts it well above normal doors.
by FingerTec USA Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Looking Into Fingerprinting's Ancient Past
Nowadays, fingerprints and fingerprinting is a common form of identification; we have to be fingerprinted for various official purposes and many companies use fingerprint scanners to identify, verify, and authorize personnel access. But how was fingerprinting used in the distant past? Let us find out.Pottery found in the ancient civilizations of Babylon, China, Egypt, Greece, Minoa, and Rome have had fingerprints found on them. Fingerprints have also been found on bricks and tiles. In certain cases, prints were deeply embedded into the clay as a sort of maker's mark. Ancient Babylon used fingerprints in conjunction with written signatures on contracts. Around 246 BCE, Chinese officials would impress their fingerprints onto seals for official documents, much like signet rings were used to seal wax-sealed letters. When paper became prevalent in China, they would impress their hand print onto documents alongside their signatures.
In law enforcement, the first time fingerprints were used as evidence was as in China around 300 CE; it was used to identify a thief. Over 300 years later in 650, Chinese historian Kia Kung-Yen would proclaim the usefulness of fingerprints as a means of identifying individuals. Persian physician Rashid-al-Din Hamadani would reiterate this point when he said "Experience shows that no two individuals have fingers exactly alike."
by FingerTec USA Monday, 10 September 2012
Accounting Made Simple with New Time Clock Software
New time-clock software works wonders for the Accounting department. It allows them, in cooperation with the Human Resources department, to keep track of when employees clock in and out of work. Combine this with a fingerprint scanner and your company has itself a very efficient and very reliable system to see which employees are making appropriate use of their allotted time.Using both of these systems, Accounting will have a much easier time with payroll. Also, they can make sure each employee receives the exact amount of money owed to them, nothing more and nothing less. Overpayment is a waste of money and if not accounted for, can have serious consequences on the company's bottom line. Underpayment is a surefire way to create surly workers; this is especially true if it happens often and to more than one employee.
Time-clock software eliminates the inefficient and unreliable old punch-card system that has been traditionally used by companies for decades. They can easily be manipulated to an unscrupulous employee's favor, and Accounting will never be the wiser.
There is newer and better technology out there. Upgrade your attendance system to one of our affordable biometric time-clocks. In the end, you will save both money and time.
by FingerTec USA
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Replace Archaic Time-Clock Solutions
Business owners and companies are always looking for ways to speed up their workforce and make workflow more efficient. Being more efficient means both cutting costs and earning more money. A relatively simple solution is to upgrade employee time-clock methods. The old-fashioned way is by using a card to punch in. Some businesses use even more basic forms of clocking in: bosses make note of when their employees come in or the employee writes it down on the schedule.The problem with the first way is that it is easy to "game" the machine. A friend or colleague can game the system by taking his friend's punch-in card and punching it himself, regardless of whether or not the friend showed up for work on time --if he showed up at all.
The second method is not reliable in the least. What if your supervisor is not at work one day? You have to tell someone else who will let the supervisor know, and that wastes time and money. Simple human error is another reason the method is not viable. Your boss might forget to make note of you coming into work.
To combat the problems these two archaic systems create, consider upgrading to a fingerprint time-clock system, which is easy to use and reliable.
by FingerTec USA Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Managing Employee Activity With Clock In Software
Employee clock in software allows a company to understand what employees are doing broadly without stifling them minutely. If you are asking employees to account for their time to the minute that will begin to cut into time they can be working for you. Instead it is better to accept daily shift reports that suggest completed work loads as opposed to minute to minute details.
Knowing you have solid people working for your company is important but on some level, even with micromanaged accountability, that is a leap of faith. The broader understanding of what all of your employees are doing is one of the great benefits of employee clock in software. You can know if anything goes wrong while allowing workers to keep doing right.
by FingerTec USA Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Science Fiction? No, Just Another Day on the Job
A common trope in science fiction is imagining the advanced methods the future will employ to ensure security. Retinal scans, palm scans, body scans, facial recognition, and even DNA analysis have all been explored as replacements for key cards and pin codes. In the film Gattaca, Ethan Hawke's character must supply blood samples every day to enter his job. In the film "Minority Report," based on the work by prophetic science fiction writer, Philip K. Dick. facial recognition software is prominent. Yet, these technologies are no longer mere fantasies, nor are they absurdly expensive hypothetical prototypes. Rather, facial recognition software and components are both very real and entirely affordable. What hasn't changed in the transition from sci-fi to reality is the power of the technology's utility.
FingerTec USA offers an innovative addition to the biometric employee clock in software business with its revolutionary FingerTec USA Face ID 2, a device that recognizes users with a single look. Users need only to glance in the direction of the device for it to verify identity, without the need of any keys, codes, touches, gestures or personnel. It's a fully automated attendance system that makes "buddy check-ins" irrelevant, greatly increases efficiency, comes at an affordable and competitive cost, and declares any business that uses it as a cutting edge enterprise.
The Face ID 2 isn't science fiction, but it is fantastic.
by FingerTec USA
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
A Fingerprint Attendance System Increases Productivity
How so? Think about the two other popular forms of clocking into work. One way is to clock in using a punch card system that uses a physical card to keep track of when an employee comes into work and then clocks out. There are ways to manipulate this attendance system, namely having a fellow coworker simply take your punch-in card and clocking in for you when you are not even at work. This works just the same as if you needed your friend to clock you out. Unless somewhat is keeping track of each individual employee - which may be an HR nightmare - this is not a reliable system.The second attendance system that sees a lot of use is by logging into a computer program and then logging out at the end of the day. It is essentially the same thing as using physical punch cards but in a virtual space. Again, to game this system all a person really needs is the login information of the person that needs to be in the system.
A fingerprint attendance system removes the disadvantages of the previously mentioned systems. Since fingerprints are unique to each person, that person would have to clock in and out themselves in order to be credited for their work. There is no way of beating this system.
by FingerTec USA Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Your Attendance System Needs to Be Up-to-Date
As an employer you are going to make sure you have a way to track what time your employees come in; what time they leave; when they take their breaks; and when they have lunch. This means incorporating an employee clock-in system for your business. In this way, management and the Human Resources department will be able to accurately gauge what time everyone comes and goes and then figure out payroll for hourly employees. This will also help in figuring out how many sick days and/or vacation days need to be divvied out to workers. That said, you should also make sure to have an up-to-date system to make sure everyone is being correctly and accurately accounted for.Having the most current clock-in software and hardware possible will ensure an easier time managing your employees' progress. Your Human Resources department will also greatly appreciate it because it means greater efficiency and ease in gathering all that data and collating them into something they can work with. A new system will also remove the possibility of employees gaming the system and clocking in and out without getting their work done.
Having a new system to track the hourly progress of employees ensure accurate accounting and the efficiency running if your business.
by FingerTec USA Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Take Advantage of Fingerprint Door Locks
Having fingerprint door locks installed in your company's building or facility will improve your overall security immensely. While most businesses use standard doors secured by locks and keys, having a fingerprint lock raises the bar for making your building as secure as possible.For one thing, typical doors that use a key can be picked by manipulating the inner mechanisms of the lock. Once they get the tumblers locked in place they can open the door and have a field day. With the keys themselves, they can be lost, copied, and even stolen. Besides the inconvenience of replacing a lost key, keys obtained through nefarious means means easy access to rooms that need to be protected as best as possible.
A fingerprint door lock has neither of these problems. There is only ever one key for such a lock and it is your finger, which is unique to you and there is no way you can possibly lose it through sheer carelessness. Another advantage of a fingerprint lock is that your fingerprint cannot be copied. Also, there are no mechanical devices for an expert thief to manipulate in the hopes of unlocking the door.
By using a fingerprint lock you will be able to protect your business effectively.
by FingerTec USA Tuesday, 19 June 2012
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