CARMEL, IND. - December
3, 2009 - Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that Data Management
Inc., the manufacturer of TimeClock Plus employee time keeping software, has
taken employee tracking to the next level by adding the Schlage biometric HandPunch
GT-400 terminals to its integrated time and attendance solutions. The new terminals
are 20 percent smaller than previous hand geometry units yet include a large
ATM-style display. Eight programmable soft function keys provide increased ease
of use. The new unit comes standard with an Ethernet connection to greatly reduce
installation and communication costs by taking advantage of a company's existing
data network.
The HandPunch GT-400 is
extremely user-friendly, providing increased user acceptance. The platen features
a printed hand outline to ensure accurate hand placement while punching. The
platen, keypad and function keys of the HandPunch GT-400 are all infused with
an antimicrobial agent to ensure protection through the punching process.
The terminal's ATM-style
interface and large bright 3.8-inch display generate efficient, accurate, flexible
and dynamic data collection. With it, employees can easily follow prompts. Using
keys in association with the display, the HandPunch GT-400 provides information
like an ATM. As the user enters one piece of information, the terminal asks
for the next input.
Using these eight programmable
soft function keys surrounding the display, administrators can create the validation
tables, multi-level promptings, decision menus, and punch reviews that meet
their specific requirements. Function keys can be changed dynamically. There
is also a built-in relay for ringing a bell or locking a door.
The HandPunch GT-400 biometric
terminal can be configured to meet virtually any networking need or online operation
with its standard 10/100 Ethernet connectivity, eliminating the expense of installing
new cabling and accelerating data processing time.
Using biometrics to automate
the collection of time and attendance data can reduce buddy punching (one employee
clocking in or out for another), manual data review and correction time, and
payroll error. HandPunch terminals, which use hand geometry to increase reliability
and reduce privacy concerns over fingerprint and other biometric technologies,
are used in more biometric time and attendance systems than any other biometric
technology. Over 6 million people throughout the world clock in and out of work
with a hand geometry reader. Deployed properly, the Schlage hand reader can
deliver a payback in fewer than nine months.
For more information on
time and attendance using the HandPunch terminal, interested parties can go
to www.biometrics.schlage.com.
About Data Management Inc.
Data Management, Inc. develops
time and attendance solutions for employee labor tracking, providing solutions
that range from Enterprise class organizations with tens of thousands of employees
to growing businesses with fewer than 10 employees. The company was founded
in 1988 with the mission of designing, developing, and marketing high quality
time and attendance applications to help employers manage, control and report
employee labor in real-time, rather than allowing the capture of flawed employee
data to be delivered later as with less sophisticated polling-type time clocks.
Since 1994, DMI has deployed hand geometry in multiple applications, including
time and attendance, while pioneering the use of true "real-time"
hand scanner operations.