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With IR Recognition Systems Biometric HandPunch, Bowling Center Strikes Over 90% of Payroll Prep Time
CAMPBELL, CA August 06, 2003 – IR Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand's (IR) Security & Safety Group's Electronic Access Control Division (EACD), today announced that all nine locales of Don Carter All Star Lanes in three different states use biometric HandPunch terminals to clock its 700 employees in and out, saving the corporation between 400 to 500 hours of payroll preparation time per year.
The HandPunch eliminates the expenses associated with employee badges and fraud caused by buddy punching. Instead of having to fill out or punch timecards, employees simply place their hands on the HandPunch. It automatically takes a three-dimensional reading of the size and shape of the employee's hand and verifies the user's identity in less than one second.
"We wanted to have a time clock system that would keep people honest," reports Adam Wyse, proprietor and general manager of Don Carter All Star Lanes-Dallas West. "The HandPunch was recommended to us by our Human Resources Department. We had been using a magnetic stripe system but the HandPunch assures the person checking in is physically there. That eliminates buddy punching."
People First provides payroll service for the nine Don Carter Lanes, which include six in Florida, two in Texas and one in Louisiana. The HandPunch units interface with Gatekeeper payroll software.
"We wanted to eliminate time cards and automate both security and payroll," explains People First President Barbara Flynn. "We also wanted to positively identify the person checking in and selected the HandPunch technology because we feel it is less invasive than other biometrics such as fingerprint and iris scan. Today, payroll is run in seconds rather than hours."
"Before the HandPunch, it took us about three hours to calculate payroll manually," remembers Wyse. "Now, we can do the entire payroll in 15 minutes. I can pull all punches, merge data, produce a time and attendance report, run overtime reports and analyze data quickly. The HandPunch has saved me a lot of time, effort and inaccuracies. I can even edit problems before payroll is run."
Each Don Carter All Star Lanes locale employs between 50 to 80 people. The HandPunch is usually placed in the back of the hallway leading to the equipment where only employees have access. Each employee has his/her own code, which is keyed into the HandPunch. They then present their hand to the HandPunch and are clocked into work. Upon leaving work, they repeat the process. Managers at each location create the database and then upload the information to the People First corporate office where the payroll is run.
"We like the system because it functions well," emphasizes Wyse. "We did the installation ourselves and the set up was very easy. I simply ran a phone line and it worked."
About IR Recognition Systems
With over 70,000 hand geometry units throughout the world reading millions of hands each day, IR Recognition Systems, founded in 1986, is the pioneer of hand recognition technology used in access control, time and attendance and identification applications. The company is the world sales leader of biometric verification devices and serves an international clientele from its headquarters in Campbell, Calif. The hand geometry website is www.handreader.com. Phone is 408-341-4100. Recognition Systems is the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand Corporation's Security & Safety Group's Electronic Access Control Division. The Ingersoll-Rand website is www.irco.com.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For a downloadable, high-resolution photograph of the HandPunch at Don Carter All Star Lanes, go to www.brighamscully.com and click Photographs/IR Recognition Systems.
People First is located at 1389 NW 136th Avenue, Sunrise, FL 33329-9955. Phone is 954-846-8400. Barbara Flynn's email address is .
Adam Wyse can be reached at 214-358-1382 or .
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Bill Spence
IR RECOGNITION SYSTEMS
408-341-4100
Tom Brigham
BRIGHAM SCULLY
818-716-9021
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