Facts about Biometric Time Clocks

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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Many companies are losing a lot of money because of poor employee attendance monitoring, pilferage and theft. Many devices, such as employee time clocks, have been created over the years to help solve these corporate problems. However, employees seem to find ways to circumvent these attendance clocks and other security gadgets. There are many instances when an employee would ask a colleague to register his attendance for him to cover for his tardiness or absence. These conventional types of time clocks or swipe cards are hard to monitor.

In order to remedy proxy punching and some security issues, many organizations are now using biometric time clocks, a type of electronic time clock. The popularity of biometric time clocks has risen these past few years because of its reliability in monitoring staff attendance.

How biometric time clocks work

This type of electronic time clock is an identification system that uses human imprints, such as palm, fingerprints, retina and even voice. Biometric time clocks are generally composed of three main parts: scanner, a device that verifies the authenticity of human imprint; software, which converts the verified or scanned data into digital format; and database, where collected human imprints are kept in digital format.

Benefits of biometric time clocks

The main advantage of biometric time clocks over conventional time clocks is its reliability. Employees cannot ask anybody to register their attendance for them. They need to be physically present, so it would be hard for them to cheat. Biometric time clocks have also helped in making attendance report very easy. You just print the data stored in the biometric device and you get the attendance information you need. Biometric time clocks can store huge amount of information in their database.

Aside from helping monitor the attendance, biometric time clocks are also used as additional security measures because human imprints are hard to forge or duplicate. You can install biometric time clocks in areas where only few people are authorized to enter.


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