Most Reliable Biometric Time and Attendance Systems

Attendance is the act of attending work, and attendance systems are the ones which keep track of the attendance. In companies, attendance systems are used to keep track of the attendance of the employees. They are used to track the working hours from the working days of the employees. The system of attendance is transformed from manual to automatic. These automatic systems are known as time and attendance systems.

Time and attendance systems usually record the start time and stop time of the employees, along with lunch hours, breaks, vacations, festivals, holidays and leaves. Keeping a track of all these allows a company to exactly measure the working hours of a given employee and thus accurately calculate their wages, over times, punctuality rate and other related things. Northampton Time Recorders Limited (NTR) offers various time attendance systems like card calculating systems, basic time recorders, time stamps, biometric clock systems and PC linked systems.

The card calculating systems use time cards or clock cards. Time cards are put into time clocking systems to record the arrival and departure timings of an employee. They are prepared to show the number of hours an employee has worked during a given period. There are different kinds of time cards for different card calculating machines. Northampton Time Recorders Limited (NTR) offers card calculating systems which are fully automatic time calculating systems which use the bar codes in the cards to calculate the time elapsed between the arrival time and the departure time of the employee.

Other systems like time recorders and biometric clock systems are attendance clocks which use dedicated inputs to identify individual employees and mark their clock in and clock out timings. These inputs can be proximity cards, PIN numbers, finger prints or any other type of biometric recognition. These clock systems contain data which can be later obtained in the form of reports and spreadsheets.

What are the Time Recorders?

Basic time recorder systems are starter systems which are cost affective, simple in operation, and with clear digital displays. Northampton Time Recorders Limited (NTR) offers systems with single or double colour printing, where double printing is used to highlight lateness or anomalies of other kinds. Also, these systems come with an inbuilt battery.Also; they can automatically change hours for summer and winter seasons. They can auto reset date and time after power cuts and come with a bell ringing facility.

Another type of time recorders that Northampton Time Recorders Limited (NTR) provides is time stamps. Time stamps are electronic time stamps and job cost recorder systems. These systems normally use the dot matrix printer to automatically print in the selected print formats. They usually come with perpetual calendars and full battery back-ups and are ideal for applications where time stamping of document is required.

The third type of time recorders are card calculating machines which are fully automatic time calculating systems which use the bar codes in the cards to calculate the time elapsed between the arrival time and the departure time of the employee. Northampton Time Recorders Limited (NTR) provides systems which usually deliver their output on the next day and can be used for about 50 to 150 employees depending on whether it is in calculating mode or non-calculating mode.The card calculating systems use time cards or clock cards. Time cards are inserted into time clocking systems to record the arrival and departure timings of an employee. They are prepared to show the number of hours an employee has worked during a given period. There are different types of time cards for different card calculating machines. Northampton Time Recorders Limited (NTR) offers various kinds of time clock cards along with different types of machines compatible with these cards.