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Protecting staff and intellectual property

Access control is now an essential tool to have when it comes to the protection of your employees, company property and information. Not having an access control system in place means your potentially putting the well being of your entire organisation at risk. Elf Productivity’s Access Control system allows you to restrict access on a door by door basis.

Access control within a business does much more than just locking a door. It’s now seen as a vital tool to protect your employees, their private property and the data, records and intellectual property of your business.

If your company doesn’t have an Access Control system in place – then not only are you potentially putting the well being of your employees at risk – your entire business is at risk.

Elf Productivity’s Ceequel Access Control System revolutionises the way which companies secure their sites. The flexibility of Ceequel® Access Control enables you to proactively manage access to areas of your organisation. The software functions across LAN, WAN or even through the cloud – allowing for a single, company-wide Access Control Solution.

Access control within your business isn’t just limited to doors. Elf’s Ceequel® Access Control can be used to provide secure, authorised access to car park barriers, gate, lifts, power shutters, roller doors and turnstiles – restricting access to all parts of your organisation.

Elf Productivity’s IP based access control system works by using your current Cat5/6 networking infrastructure, providing for greater manageability and reduced support costs.

Integrating your Access Control solution with Elf’s time and attendance / Human Resource modules, enables you to manage all your business processes in one easy to use platform. Having one centralised solution means that you can provide your employees with one simple solution for all locations and divisions of your company.

Your Access Control system can be used as your company’s fire register as each door, barrier or turnstile etc can be set up to identify if a person is in or out of the premises. All information is collected in real time meaning fire registers are kept constantly up to date.

Fire register assembly points can be configured within the system and upon the sounding of the fire alarm an accurate employee lists can be sent through to designated fire marshals by email or sent through to network printers.

Your restricted doors would also be set up to automatically release when the alarm sounds.

If you would like more information on how access control can revolutionise the way in which your company secures their sites then contact us today!

Time & Attendance-Data Collection made easy by ELF Productivity

Elf Productivity Ltd understands the needs of every business and we thrive on helping you achieve your ideal set up. We listen to your business needs and use our industry expertise to help you choose the correct terminal for your working environment. We offer a wide variety of terminals that interact seamlessly with our time and attendance suite.

Every working environment is different some more than others meaning the collection of your employees time and attendance data can be a difficult task to handle for many organisations.

Here at Elf Productivity we understand the needs of every business and provide our customers with a clocking terminal that suits their environment and requirements. Each terminal has the capability to communicate in real time meaning your employees clocked status (in or out) is updated within Ceequel time and attendance in only a few seconds. The way in which your employee’s clock in and out can be fulfilled by various methods and is often decided by the way in which your organisation works.

Terminals are capable of communicating with each other in many ways meaning all employee data is up-to-date and available to access from any location. The most common way in which terminals communicate is via TCP/IP it is possible however to set them up so that they can work via Wi-Fi , GPRS,VPN and also 3G n 4G networks.

Terminal types and industry

Elf productivity specialises in several different types of terminals. Each terminal can be customised to your working environment and set up with your chosen method of clocking. Making sure your organisation has the correct terminal for your industry is of the up most importance to us. This is why we listen to your company needs and use our past experiences to suggest not only the most suitable terminals but also the most cost effective for your organisation.

Low cost terminals

Low cost terminals are ideal for companies within the office, clerical or admin profession who have simple clocking requirements. Elf’s iclock can be configured to display messages upon clocking or even be configured to display time and attendance data upon selecting a function key such as, number of remaining holidays, hours worked, overtime or flexi balance.

Mid-range terminals

Typically deployed in warehousing and distribution, these units are can also be utilised with hand held barcode readers for a low cost shop floor data capture solution. These hand held readers will help simplify the scanning of job sheets saving your shop floor managers time and money.

Touch screen industrial terminals

Touch screen data terminals utilise both Windows or Linux technology and are available with either a barcode, proximity or finger print reader. These terminals will allow your employees to access their personal records such as a graphical holiday screen, clock card times and also allows them to see who the first aider is within their department.

The main benefit of having a touch screen terminal is that it integrates well with shop floor data capture. Ceequel can be integrated with the vast majority of ERP systems allowing for live jobs and activities to be automatically uploaded in real-time, as well as select relevant operations and include information on quantity produced, scrapped and any downtime reasons. These terminals can also be used to view safety protocols ensuring all employees are up to date with current procedures and have accepted all changes to critical documents.

The front end screens on a touch screen terminal can be designed around your company’s individual requirements. This ensures that all data collected within your organisation can be streamlined in the relevant way.

Touch screen tablets

Elf’s software suite can be accessed of any device meaning it is possible for companies to set up industry standard tablets. This makes it possible for line managers to allocate jobs/activates and locations to their employees from out of the office and provides a way for employees to view their daily tasks without having to make numerous trips to the clock.

Biometric Terminals

The day and age of card based time and attendance is officially over and many companies have now chosen to implement biometric terminals in order to keep up with technology. At ELF we provide a choice of Biometric options including fingerprint, vein, face or hand recognition.

Access control hardware

Here at elf productivity we sell a large range of access control hardware. All access control systems are IP based meaning all data and media can be quickly passed through to the Ceequel time & attendance suite. Access control systems can be accessible via proximity card, fob or fingerprint

If you’re looking to implement a simplistic time and attendance system that can increase the knowledge of your employees and ultimately save money – contact us today!

Three Major Benefits to Access Control that Every Company Should Consider

Keeping customer and company data safe is every businesses top concern that is why many are striving for ways to make sure their information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. One way to do this by implementing an access control system that will limit who within your company has access to what information.

Employee and company data safety is one of a businesses top concerns. Companies are striving for ways to keep their employees safe and company information out of unauthorized hands. One of the ways that companies are achieving this is through Access Control.

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Three Big Reasons you need Ceequel Access Control for your Organisation

Making sure your many different business sites are secure may be the single most important job of your technology department. With data breaches on the up making sure your company’s data system is secure has never been more important. The problem with having really tight security on your network however, is that you risk locking your own employees out of information they need to complete their day to day jobs.

Securing your many different business sites may be the single most important priority of the information technology department at your organisation. With data breaches making ongoing headlines for unfortunate retailers and other companies across the globe, an even more discerning eye has been focused on corporate security.

One of the problems with having really tight security over your company’s resources is that some personnel do actually need to have access to your data. Preventing the bad guys from having access is absolutely necessary, but you still need to allow the good guys, who work for you, the necessary data and access to do their jobs. This is where the idea of corporate security morphs into the more correct term of access control.

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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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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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