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Time and attendance systems have been facing something of a challenge recently due to the new ways businesses tend to operate nowadays. It always used to be the case that workers would come in, put their ID card in to the system, sign a book or fill in a time and attendance sheet.
Regularly you would find that these solutions were prone to a wide variety of issues such as staff filling in time sheets for the time they'd like to have arrived for work, compared to the time that they really arrived, and even buddy punching where staff would punch their friends' cards for them, if they had yet to show up for work. More and More workers are completing their functions from mobile units, on the road, attending meetings elsewhere, or perhaps working in remote locations.
It is extremely problematic when dealing with these problems to achieve two things - firstly to identify accurately the hours actually worked by the member of staff, and next to get hold of that information efficiently and without hold ups, so that the time and attendance system can be kept up to date, and the data within being easily available to the various divisions that need it, such as HR & Accounts.
Fortunately for all excellent solutions exist, but they rely upon bringing time and attendance systems into the 21st century by employing 21st century data capture devices which will enable the data needed to be captured efficiently, accurately and transmitted effectively.
With mobile telephones, mobile communication, GPS, GPRS and wireless internet, transferring data between mobile workers and head office has never been simpler, as such it is now more than feasible to introduce time and attendance systems which are dynamic enough to be able to utilise a range of external devices that transmit an receive data remotely, transmitting relevant data from the member of staff working at another location to the head office, where it is automatically input to the time and attendance system, making the data as available as that entered by staff physically in the office itself.
As you might imagine, there is a vast range of excellent systems on offer for gathering all the attendance data from remote staff for inclusion in time and attendance systems, this includes the advandced and modern option of supplying a solution that allows staff to clock in using a web based interface on a remote wireless internet enabled PC, laptop, netbook, or a modern hand held instrument like an iPad or iPhone.
Even the phone based clocking system can be included for staff who for some reason haven't got access the the net, although with the widely available range of handheld terminals with GPRS data access, this is pretty unlikely to be required. GPS and vehicle tracking systems can be used to identify when remote units are actually on the move, heading to a location, client or customer, and this data can also be incorporated into the time and attendance system if required, to ensure that the business really is getting the value for money from its staff which it expects.
No doubt at all that having an accurate time and attendance system which is reliable and flexible enough to manage the changing nature of business in the 21st century is pretty much vital in order for the company to continue to provide a highly cost effective, accurate, efficient and competitive service to its customers and value for money to its shareholders.
For more information about time and attendance systems or to find out how the time and attendance system. provided by the ISYS Group has already enabled over 500 businesses in the UK to become more efficient, visit the ISYS Group website or one of the great resources below;
Some Great Benefits of A Brilliant Biometric Time And Attendance System
Guidelines on how to Revolutionise your enterprise by using a modern Biometric Time And Attendance System
