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Facial Recognition and Workforce Hardware
Proven hardware for accurate, secure workforce management
Ceequel® combines powerful workforce-management software with a range of reliable data-capture hardware designed for Time & Attendance, Access Control and wider employee interaction. Facial recognition is at the heart of our hardware offering. ELF Productivity was one of the earliest adopters of facial recognition within the UK Time & Attendance industry and now supports thousands of devices installed across customer sites. Our experience extends beyond supplying terminals. We configure, install and support hardware as part of a connected Ceequel solution, ensuring employee identity, working time, access permissions and operational activity are captured accurately.
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Facial recognition gives employees a fast and convenient way to clock in and out without using a card, fob or PIN.
Employees simply approach the terminal and are identified within seconds.
Facial recognition can help organisations:
- Confirm the identity of the employee clocking
- Reduce the risk of employees clocking for one another
- Remove the administration and cost of lost cards
- Improve clocking speed during busy shift changes
- Capture accurate attendance information in real time
- Provide a simple, contactless employee experience
Having adopted facial recognition technology early, ELF Productivity has extensive experience of deploying it across manufacturing, engineering, food production, warehousing and other demanding working environments.
Successful implementation requires more than installing a device. The terminal must work correctly with employee records, shift patterns, attendance rules and the wider workforce-management system. Ceequel brings all of those elements together.
Facial Recognition Access Control
Facial recognition can also be used with Ceequel® Access Control to manage entry into buildings and restricted areas.
The technology can control access through:
- Internal and external doors
- Turnstiles
- Offices
- Warehouses
- Production areas
- Secure rooms
- Other controlled access points
Permissions can be managed by employee, department, location, working pattern or time of day.
Using facial recognition for both attendance and Access Control provides a more connected approach to employee identification, site security and workforce reporting while reducing reliance on cards, fobs and PIN numbers.
Explore Ceequel Access ControlHardware That Does More Than Clock Employees
Selected Ceequel terminals can support more than standard clocking-in and clocking-out. Depending on the hardware and configuration, employees can also access elements of Ceequel Operational Intelligence and Employee Self Service.
Operational Intelligence at the point of work
Compatible devices can present job and operational information directly to employees and allow them to record activity as it happens. This may include:
- Selecting jobs and operations
- Starting and completing activities
- Recording completed quantities
- Declaring downtime and stoppages
- Reporting waste, scrap or rework
- Recording Work in Progress
- Confirming machine or resource usage
- Providing reasons for delays or variance
Capturing information at the point where the work takes place improves accuracy and reduces reliance on paper records, spreadsheets and retrospective data entry.
Employee Self Service
Compatible terminals can also provide access to selected Employee Self Service functions. Depending on the configuration, employees may be able to:
- View attendance information
- Check holiday entitlement
- Submit holiday requests
- Review upcoming shifts
- Access workplace information
- Complete authorised employee actions
This allows the terminal to become a practical workforce-information point rather than simply a clocking device.
Alternative Hardware Options
Although facial recognition is increasingly the preferred method of employee identification, different working environments may require different hardware. Ceequel can also support:
Proximity cards and fobs
Employees present a card or fob to record attendance. The same credential can also be used for Access Control and printed employee identification.
Mobile clocking
Authorised employees can record attendance through compatible mobile devices. Location information can also be captured where required, supporting remote and field-based teams.
Multifunctional terminals
Selected terminals can support additional workforce and operational processes, including department transfers, absence reasons, job selection, operational data capture, holiday requests and bespoke employee workflows.
Card printers
Compatible PVC card printers can produce employee, contractor and visitor identification cards containing photographs, departments, job titles and company branding.
Mobile Data Capture
Our productivity solution is aimed at any company, large or small, that needs to collect real-time information regarding the current location and activities of its field-workers. It may be as simple as recording the fact that the worker visited a location at a certain time, or more complex such as you need to record their in and out times, the job number they're currently working on, tasks completed, distance travelled, and any other relevant data.
Location-Sensitive, Mobile Phone Solutions
Mobile field-force solutions are nothing new, but ELF Productivity's are different:
Since it's based on a standard mobile phone, not a complicated and expensive device like a PDA, you don't have to waste time and money equipping your field-workers with an additional device. After all, when they already have one in their pocket that they know how to use they will take good care of it!
Its interface is incredibly easy to use; simplicity is ELF's guiding principle when it comes to the field-worker. Time spent trying to connect to systems and navigate around a mobile application is less time spent on the job! With ELF's solution, the user is permanently connected to the system and they have a few simple options displayed on their phone that can be quickly activated by a couple of key clicks
Location-sensitivity makes the user's life even easier. When the user visits their work location, the system automatically recognises where they are. This means the customer is already identified and only relevant tasks and information is shown to the user
GPS Position
When a field worker uses their mobile phone to clock in or out, the Ceequl records their GPS location using latitude and longitude. The company determines which option is available to each employee: geofenced or flexible clocking. With geofencing, employees can only clock in or out when they are physically within the predefined boundary of an authorised customer or work site. The flexible option is ideal for employees starting or finishing their day remotely or if visiting one-off or ‘floating’ locations that have not been predefined within the system. Their GPS position is recorded at the time of clocking to confirm their location.
Mobile clocking apps – There’s an APP for that!
We also have mobile and employee self service clocking applications, specifically designed for the iphone and Android range of phones.
Installed and Supported by Experienced Specialists
Selecting the right device is only part of a successful workforce-management project. Our service can include:
- Hardware specification
- Site surveys
- Network and infrastructure guidance
- Installation
- Device configuration
- Employee enrolment guidance
- System testing
- User training
- Ongoing technical support
With thousands of supported devices installed across customer sites, ELF Productivity has the experience required to deliver dependable hardware solutions for individual locations, complex manufacturing environments and multi-site organisations.
Connected Hardware. Connected Information.
Ceequel hardware can connect employee identity and activity with:
- Working time
- Shift information
- Attendance rules
- Access permissions
- Operational activity
- Employee Self Service
- Fire-register information
- Management reporting
The result is a more accurate, secure and connected understanding of your workforce.
Find the right hardware for your organisation
Speak to our team about facial recognition, Access Control, proximity devices, mobile clocking and multifunctional workforce terminals.
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