This is not about giving yourself applause or a pat on the back for being awesome . . . even though you most likely are. This is all about state-of-the-art biometric time and attendance technology:  The Handpunch.

Hand recognition, commonly referred to as a handpunch, technology introduced over the past decade, is very reliable in the biometric time clock arena. Unlike fingerprint or facial recognition biometric clock in and clock out systems, the hand punch relies on optical lasers to capture and image of the employee’s hand from the back (top). By reading the hand in this matter, you will eliminate buddy punching along with misreads or inability for scanning to take place at all.

The handpunch is ideal for environments where fingerprint or facial recognition biometric technology simply will not operate as intended. For example, you have a manufacturing facility with office, operations, and maintenance staff all using a time and attendance system. The fingerprint reader would be great for the office, but not so awesome on the factory floor. Minute debris on the employee’s finger, changes in temperature, humidity, moisture . . . well, you get the point. Even in a perfect, pristine office environment, biometric fingerprint time clocks are not always 100% reliable.  If there is resistance among your ranks to even use a time clock, technology that works 95% of the time will be an issue.

Handpunch technology is reliable because it does not rely solely on the employee's hand condition. Weather conditions, debris on fingertips, or other physical attributes cause frustration and errors when using regular biometric terminals. The handpunch terminal comes in four basic models all offering USB or Ethernet capability . . . higher-end terminals will also ring bells and buzzers with a programmable signal.

Here’s the real deal; payroll is your company’s largest expense. Buddy punching is your invisible cost center weighing in as much as $11,000 annually!  This is a real, measurable, immediate ROI solution! Unless your company is a payroll processor, paying staff to manually track time and attendance is a non-productive process. Why not invest in your company and employees? Compumatic, Icon, and Acroprint all offer software interface solutions paired with the biometric handpunch clock offering reporting and payroll feed automation.

Don’t let your employees give time and attendance the finger . . . get a “hand” on lost productivity and wages with a biometric handpunch.