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Now There’s a Portable Option for Access Control Using Facial Recognition Software

Facial recognition software was once bulky and complicated and even the modern day PC tools are often difficult to use and do not work well when deployed to remote sites. Inferred imaging can often be influenced by light emanating from background sources which can often become a problem although standard which facial recognition software recent developments in technology now give businesses better options.

In ancient days, people thought that humans were able to see because our eyes projected light. While we know today that this is a gross misstatement of fact, we also know that our faces actually do produce infra red radiation, a long-wavelength kind of light invisible to the human eye. We can only detect infra red radiation as heat, but modern computers can use this light to produce an accurate image of a human face. This capability has revolutionised facial recognition technology, making it a useful tool for access control, time and attendance, and a number of other tasks.

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Should You Integrate Your Human Resource Software With Your Other Systems?

Many companies benefit highly from having one solutions for all of their business processes. Our Ceequel human resource software provides your company with the option to integrate your HR software with time and attendance, shop floor data capture and any other systems that manage your business processes. You have the option however to used our human resource management system by itself.

Many businesspeople find that they benefit greatly having a “one stop shop” solution for a variety of business processes. Using human resource software from Ceequel gives your company the opportunity to integrate your human resource software with your shop floor data capture system, your time and attendance system, and other systems that manage your business process software. However, you can also let your human resource software stand on its own – and some business owners prefer it this way.

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Making Sure Your Access Control System Adapts to the Unexpected

Visitors who are unauthorised and unexpected can often play havoc with your security system and sometime mean your business is in violation of security regulations. Having an access control system in place can prevent any event that would lead to a security breach from happening as they adapt to unexpected circumstances whilst also making sure your businesses security isn’t compromised.

In many ways, the purpose of an access control system is to prevent the unexpected from interfering with your company’s work. Unexpected and unauthorised visitors can play havoc with your operation and mean that your company is in violation of security regulations. However, access control systems can’t prevent every event that could lead to a security breach. Instead, they must adapt to unexpected circumstances without compromising your business’s security.

One extremely common circumstance that will require your access control system to adapt is an employee’s losing an access card. If your access control system can’t adapt to this circumstance, a simple mistake can turn into a time-consuming replacement process or even a security breach. When selecting access control software, make sure it makes it easy for you to cancel lost cards and issue new ones.

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Time and Attendance Issues for Businesses: Increasing Productivity with Time and Attendance Software

Having a non computerised time and attendance solution provides your employees with the ability to take time off here and their as they know you are not able to fully track which employees are working at any one time. A computerised system requires your employees to clock in and out everyday and collects this data within a system all managers have access too.

Time and Attendance is one of the most important aspects of keeping your business productive. Employees can sometimes take advantage of the fact that you may or may not notice when they come to work. Many businesses do have “clocking in” procedures in place but even these can be thwarted by asking a friend to do it for them or other ways.

There are other problems, too, regarding incentives to get people motivated to attend more regularly. Working mothers often call in with sick children. Some workers have health problems or other issues that get in the way of their regular attendance. Those things do happen and people do have problems, lives, and responsibilities outside of the work place.

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How Employee Self Service Could Simplify the Time Management and Payroll Process

Allowing your employees to keep charge of their own schedules and management of time makes them less likely to take unnecessary sick days as they feel empowered. Providing them with the ability to view their time and attendance data as well as request holidays or sick days allows them to take full control over their time at work. Employee self service is a virtual platform that will allow your employees to do this and more.

Employees who feel empowered to take charge of their own schedules and time management are more likely to not call off or to take unnecessary sick days. The ability to look up their time and attendance, request holidays or sick days, and to know their attendance balances gives them the power to take real responsibility for their time and work.

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Using Software to Solve Common Problems with Shop Floor Data Capture

Having the ability to switch between tasks can often be a huge headache within manufacturing companies as it makes it almost impossible for the employer to track which of their employees is doing what task and for how long. Implementing a shop floor data capture system will allow you to track what your employees are up to at all times as well as help to solve the common problems that appear when workers often switch between tasks.

Technological advances and shifting market demands have made flexibility more important than ever before for manufacturers. Your employees’ ability to switch quickly from one task to another is an incredibly valuable feature of your company. However, this flexibility can be a double-edged sword. Keeping track of which employees are working on what projects, and for how long, can be a nightmarish task in the modern manufacturing shop. Fortunately, the right Shop Floor Data Capture technology can make it easy for you to solve a few of the most common problems that arise when employees must frequently switch tasks

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Elf Productivity Ltd announce UK partnership with Kaba Ltd

Here at Elf Productivity we are pleased to announce our recent partnership with Kaba Ltd (UK and Ireland) who are a leader within their market for the production of workforce management and security solutions. This partnership provides us with the ability to combine our expertise when it comes to workforce management in order to provide cost-effective solutions.

Elf Productivity Ltd are pleased to announce a partnership with Kaba Ltd (UK and Ireland), a market leader in workforce management and security solutions. This relationship enables the two organisations to combine their expertise in offering workforce management systems that deliver cost-effective business solutions across all market sectors.

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Streamlining of Business Processes

Having a reliable time an attendance system in place can be used as a way to make sure your management expectations are taken seriously and consistent. By providing you with information about the hours worked by each of your employees as well as overtime and lateness you have full visibility of what what your workforce is up to. This provides you with the ability to spot in the early stages any absence patterns that are beging to creep in.

By installing a reliable and scalable time and attendance system, not only can you ensure calculation of hours worked, absence monitoring, overtime hours and lateness, it can also be used as a tool to ensure management expectations are transparent and consistent across the workforce.
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Time and Attendance Software – Why it matters

With the unemployment rate currently standing at a staggering 8.3% of the economically active population and more small companies going out of business every day, keeping track of your company costs has never been more important. Having a fully functioning time and attendance system within your business will not only help you track your businesses costs but show you where within your organisation you could save some money.

According to the Office for National Statistics for February of 2012, the unemployment rate was a staggering 8.3% of the economically active population. At this time, the average remuneration for an employee, across the private sector, was £430 per week. With more and more small companies going out of business in these hard economic times, it is important to keep a tight track on all costs for your company, and save money wherever possible.
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Elf Productivity. A Ceequel Overview

Managing your employees time and attendance is crucial when it comes to the making or breaking of your businesses. Time and attendance systems allow you to monitor your employees total hours worked or number of hours worked on a single project. These hours can then be compared against standard hours and if employees have worked over their contracted hours bonuses can be calculated easily.

Time Management

Time management is a key area of any business and can make or break a new or developing organization. Time and Attendance systems are there to assist the monitoring of employees time, this can be as simple as calculating the total amount of hours worked or actually calculating the number of hours worked on a particular project, job or activity. These hours could then be compared to a standard and potentially a performance and bonus could also be calculated.

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