For a long time, the humble Bundy clock did a reasonably good job of helping businesses to keep track of employee time and attendance, especially since there weren’t a lot of alternatives. However, there is a lot that a mechanical time clock can’t do; for instance, keeping your company’s facilities secure from uninvited guests through biometric time and attendance systems or the use of proximity cards. Even though a robbery during business hours probably isn’t that great of a concern for most businesses, there are other threats which are more likely to affect the typical company which are equally serious.

Keep Your Business and Employees Safe

Identity theft is a crime which is becoming increasingly common with each passing year and along with corporate espionage, it’s something that you may want to watch out for if you own or manage a business. If your manufacturing plant, offices or other facilities are large enough that you can’t see everyone who comes into or leaves your company’s property, then you can increase your corporate security through upgrading to biometric time clocks and modern time and attendance software.

As an added benefit, biometric clocks do much more for your company than simply increase the level of security at your company’s facilities. As it happens, making the switch away from a Bundy clock to something a little more 21st century can also save your firm an enormous amount of money by streamlining your company’s workforce management.

A biometric time clock can serve as part of a very effective access control system. Since your staff need to use unique identifiers of some sort (fingerprint, PIN code or proximity sensor key tab) to clock in and out as they enter or leave your offices or plant, it’s easy to keep track of who’s been coming and going and when and where they’ve entered your facilities. Additionally, these logins can be logged by your time and attendance software for an easily auditable record if there is a security breach at your firm.

It’s also to integrate cameras with your biometric clocks so that you can see who’s clocking in or out. This can put an end to employee time theft, since no one is going to want to clock in for their coworkers when they know that someone could be watching them while they punch in or out. The video feed from the camera can be streamed over the web, so you or a security officer from your company can keep an eye on things, even from outside of the office.

If you want to keep your company safe from identity theft, time theft, the prying eyes of your competitors and of course, common thieves, installing a biometric clock in place of your Bundy clock and using time and attendance software is a big step in the right direction. While no security system is 100% effective, upgrading your workforce management procedures this way can go a long way towards keeping your company’s facilities and your employees safe and secure.