Access & attendance
Biometric Attendance System
Fingerprint, face, palm and card terminals chosen for your workforce and site.
- Fingerprint
- Face
- Palm
- RFID card
- Accurate punch records for every shift
- The right reader for the site — fingerprint for offices, face or palm for dusty floors
- Harder to cheat than a register or a shared card
Choose the reader
Match the reader to the workforce
Best forOffices, shops, schools
Watch forWorn, wet or dusty fingers
Best forContactless, large headcounts
Watch forDirect sunlight, wrong height
Best forDusty and industrial sites
Watch forHigher device cost
Best forVery fast queues, gloves on
Watch forShared cards — add PIN or face
Specifications
At a glance
- Reading methods
- Fingerprint · face · palm · RFID card · PIN
- Brands supplied
- ZKTeco · Hikvision
- Reports
- Punches, lates, early exits, short hours, overtime, multi-branch
Exact capacity and connectivity are confirmed per model with your quotation.
Applications
Where it’s used
Works with
Part of a connected system
In depth
Technical information
Detailed guidance on biometric attendance system from our survey and installation team.
Choosing the right reading method
The technology must match the workforce and the environment. Fingerprint devices that work perfectly in an office fail daily in a textile mill or on a construction site.
| Method | Works well | Struggles with |
|---|---|---|
| Fingerprint | Offices, shops, schools — low cost per user | Worn, wet, dusty or chemically exposed fingers |
| Face recognition | Contactless, fast, good for large headcounts | Direct sunlight and incorrect mounting height |
| Palm / vein | Dusty and industrial sites, gloves removed | Higher device cost |
| RFID card | Very fast queues, works with gloves | Cards get shared — pair with a PIN or face check |
| Mobile / GPS | Field staff, sales teams, site supervisors | Depends on the employee's phone and signal |
For factories we usually specify face or palm readers at the main gate with card backup; for offices, fingerprint with face as a secondary option.
What the system records and reports
- In and out punches per employee, with device, date and exact time
- Shift rules: fixed, rotating, night, split and flexible shifts
- Late arrival, early departure and short hours, calculated against each employee's roster
- Overtime, separated into approved and unapproved
- Leave and holidays, so absence is distinguished from unpaid leave
- Multi-branch consolidation, with head office seeing every location
- Exception reports that show only the records needing a decision, rather than thousands of rows
Devices we supply
- Hikvision face terminals, where attendance and door access share one device
- Access-control versions that also release a door lock or turnstile
Where we install
- Factories, mills and industrial units with shift-based workforces
- Corporate offices and head offices with several branches
- Hospitals, clinics and laboratories
- Schools, colleges and universities, for staff and students
- Construction sites and remote field locations
- Retail chains with staff spread across many outlets
Implementation
- Survey — headcount, shift patterns, entry points and peak-minute throughput at shift change.
- Device selection — reading method and quantity chosen for the environment and the queue.
- Installation — terminals mounted at the correct height, power and network cabling, door interface where required.
- Enrolment — employees registered, which is the step most projects underestimate; we plan it by department.
- Rules configuration — shifts, grace periods, overtime policy and holidays entered to match your actual policy.
- Training and support — HR trained on enrolment, corrections and reporting, with ongoing service.
What affects the price
- Reading method — fingerprint is the least expensive, palm and face terminals cost more
- Number of devices and locations, and whether each needs a door interface
- Employee count, which affects device capacity and licensing
- Cabling, network availability and power backup at each point
FAQ
Common questions
Our workers have damaged fingerprints. What then?
Common in textile, chemical and construction work. We specify face or palm readers there, or card plus face where speed matters at shift change — and we check this during the survey.
Can we stop buddy punching?
Biometrics make it much harder — a colleague can’t present someone else’s finger or face. Card-only systems can’t, so we pair cards with a second factor where it matters.
Next step
Tell us your headcount and shifts
We’ll recommend the right readers and how many you need at shift change.
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