Schlage Biometric HandPunch GT-400 Hand Scanner
The HandPunch™ GT-400 is one of the most important solutions for effective workforce management. With the HandPunch you can improve record-keeping accuracy, mitigate risk, increase employee productivity and provide greater peace of mind for yourself and your employees. Coupled with the AMG Employee Attendance Software, the HandPunch GT-400 delivers tangible benefits every day. In fact, when used properly the initial cost of the HandPunch GT-400 can be paid back in less than nine months.
Annual Maintenance Agreements available for the HandPunch GT-400 AMG Employee Attendance Software Package.
Increased up-time – upgrade remotely by downloading new firmware and application functionality through an Ethernet connection; there is no need to remove the device from the wall or disrupt productivity.
Improved serviceability – remote diagnostic capability allows for troubleshooting maintenance without removing the device from the wall.
Employee self-service kiosk – programmable, ATM-style kiosk has soft keys and a large display field that allows information like lists and personal messages to be displayed.
Real-time communication – access information in real time with push technology only on the HandPunch GT-400.
Open architecture design – Linux-based operating system ensures programming flexibility on the HandPunch GT-400.
Antimicrobial protection – antimicrobial coating embedded in the platen, keypad and plastics inhibits the growth of bacteria.
How the HandPunch Works -The HandPunch GT-400 biometric hand reader uses the size and shape of each employee’s hand for verification, so it’s fast, easy and efficient. The user’s hand can still be read even if it’s dirty, wet, greasy, dusty, swollen or dry, making it an effective solution in a wide range of applications. The HandPunch GT-400 biometric hand reader also provides a host of benefits for your business.
Reduced Payroll and Administration Costs – because the HandPunch GT-400 biometric hand reader punch-in and punch-out data is read and recorded at the point of entry, translation of timecards is eliminated, along with any discrepancies between time worked and time reported.
Eliminates Time Fraud – since every user’s hand is unique, the HandPunch GT-400 biometric hand reader eliminates costly and fraudulent “buddy punching.”
More Productive and Informed Workforce – verification takes place in about one second; during that process the communication panel can display relevant messages to employees, promoting communication with management.
AMG Employee Attendance Software Package 50 Employees, 2 Users (Expandable)
AMG Employee Attendance Software is a user-friendly time and attendance software application which is completely menu-driven. AMG attendance tracking software has graphical menu items, settings, configuration wizard, employee entry wizard, color-coded and image-coded notations that makes system users of any computer skill level to feel at ease and comfortable while working with the application.
AMG Time Mangement software accompanies automated calculations of employee times and wages, which is the primary feature of the system, will have results for your company with many benefits. For instance, better control of labor force and improvement of work productivity. Moreover, AMG Time Management Software will assist you in decision-making processes, as far as the system's reports can help you to monitor department and job costs, identify most efficient and inefficient employees, and provide lots of other information, which is, certainly very useful and valuable information for the company's senior management for making right decisions.
HR Functions
AMG time management software enables performing such HR functions as tracking employee attendance, employee earliness and tardiness, transfers from one department to another and from one job to another, assigning schedules, applying rounding to In and Out punches, calculating overtime, and calculating employee time and wages.
Payment Policies
With AMG Time Management Software you can create as many policies as you need. By configuring policies you are given a possibility to define holiday payment rules, overtime payment rules, and also exceptions to be reported. AMG Time Management Software supports 3 levels of overtime and also 3 modes of overtime calculation, which are Daily Overtime, Weekly Overtime and Consecutive Days Overtime.
Shifts
AMG time recording software is further more designed to support as many shift groups as you need, which can include also many individual shifts. The system is designed as well to support flexible shifts, which have no fixed start and stop times. The system is also designed to support an assigning schedule with a floating shift, which assumes that the system will use the Shift's Cutoff value to find the closest shift and automatically assign an employee to that closest shift.
Comprehensive Reporting System
Approximately 30 reports are included in the system, which can be generated for any employee and for any time period you need. Generation of each report is designed to be an easy process of a maximum 3 steps. Besides being displayed on the screen, reports can also be saved as different file formats (.doc, .xls, .pdf etc.), printed or automatically sent to any e-mail recipient.
Payroll Export
AMG Attendance System enables generating payroll reports which are to be used by 3rd party payroll systems. These reports can also automatically be sent to any e-mail recipient. The following payroll exports are being supported by AMG Attendance System:
Settings Configuration Wizard
Settings configuration wizard is designed to help first-time users to configure system's main settings by giving detailed step-by-step instructions and showing the right order of configuring system's settings.
Bell Ringing
This module allows creating bell schedules according to which devices will be activated to ring a bell. The schedule defines days of the week, time of the day and duration of the ring.
Fixing Wrong Transactions
The system tracks all transactions with wrong badge numbers, wrong department codes, and wrong job codes. This can be fixed later by assigning them to the correct ones.
Device Polling
This module enables polling information from data collection devices, and also synchronization of changes in PC´s date and time with devices.
Badge Transfer
Using this feature, AMG Attendance System users are given a possibility to transfer employee info included in devices (badge number, biometric data, etc.) from one device to another. This feature helps prevent performing double work. Once you have created a badge by any device you can easily transfer it to other devices.
Auto Processes
Auto Processes feature is a powerful tool for efficient use of time, as it enables automating the execution of some daily tasks. Each user can define any schedule for execution of tasks according to his convenience, as this information is being stored locally on the user's PC. The tasks being supported by AMG Attendance System are as follows: Running File, Polling Device, Optimizing Database, Running and automatically sending Report and Database Backup.
Benefit Accruals
This module allows assigning an employee a benefit time, such as vacation time or sick time, and automatically calculates the balance of that benefit time.
Security
Security of the system is being ensured by authorization of users with the help of their unique User names and Passwords. System administrator and all those users who have the same permission can also limit some users access to the system by not granting permission to its some features or by allowing to access employee data for only certain divisions and groups.
PC Clock
PC Clock allows employees to perform all time clock actions at their PC. As far as it can completely imitate the performance of data collection devices, this feature can help you to ensure the continuing work of the system in case there are some problems with data collection devices and data cannot be captured from them.
Database Optimization
AMG Attendance System offers a database management tool, such as database optimization, which will ensure efficient use of server hard disk.
Database Backup and Restore
AMG Attendance System provides also a database backup and restore tool, which is a very valuable tool for archiving the data of the system and minimizes the risk of losing the information.
Employee Messaging
AMG Attendance System can enable displaying any message defined by you at data collection terminals after employee validation.
Status Board
This module is a good control tool which gives the supervisors a possibility to find out what employees are doing at the current time or at any moment in the last 99 hours. It defines the following 5 statuses: Working, Absent, Outside, Lunch and Break.