Tell your employees you love them this Valentine’s Day!

Did you know you can display messages, reminders or alerts to your staff as they clock in/out of work through Mitrefinch’s wall mounted Time andAttendance terminals.

You can easily set the system up to display messages to particular groups of employees, specific department, or your entire workforce.

This provides you with a quick and easy way of informing staff of upcoming company functions or training events.

In addition, boost employee morale by acknowledging them on particular days or holidays like today - Valentine’s Day! 

There are many more interesting little functions available in our automated time and attendance system, visit our website to find out more or feel free to contact us directly on +61 2 8762 7888 or sales@mitrefinch.com.au 

Despite increasing adoption Biometric misconceptions still rife

A recent feature on AM, ABC Radio's flagship current affairs program, regarding a Melbourne Local Council’s plans to track employees' work hours with biometric technology garnered some interesting debate surrounding data privacy and security.

AM revealed that the City of Monash in Melbourne's south-east is considering vein scanning technology to capture time and attendance information for up to 100 library staff, including casuals.

The technology will capture the vein patterns in a person's fingers and store them as a template for future scans.

But while biometric technology like iris, fingerprint and vein scanning was once reserved for Hollywood and the stuff of sci-fi movies, isn’t it becoming more commonplace now?

With Public Sector agencies and corporate organisations around the country, such as Woolworths, already using biometric technology to check and verify the identities of their staff and record work hours. Even patrons at popular theme parks and venues, such as the Coogee Bay Hotel, are now required to present their fingers! (Read More: "You want a drink? Give us your fingerprints”)

So what’s the problem?

Judging by the feedback from the AM talk back show and the subsequent comments voiced by readers on ABC News, the vast majority are worried about privacy issues.

"They're concerned about where this information is going to be stored, what will happen with the information when they leave council, who owns the information, what's the legal ramifications," said Igor Grattan, Australian Services Union assistant branch secretary.

Indeed, this is an all to common reaction we, as Biometric Time and Attendance providers, come across when speaking to prospective clients and unions alike.

As Phil Scarfo, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing at Lumidigm Inc. explains, “Though most biometrics systems rely solely on templates, or mathematical representations of the physical characteristic, the general public is not aware of this fact. It is the misperception that people are storing fingerprint images in databases that creates concerns related to privacy.” (Read More: What’s behind the biometric template?)

As such, our presales process involves educating users and management that the multi-spectral biometric technology we utilise doesn't actually collect and store fingerprints.

Instead, when an employee enrols via our biometric clocking terminal, the system saves a mathematical representations of the fingerprint and reproduces this as a template. The template is then checked against those stored by the reader, for a possible match. If one is found, the employee’s registration is accepted - otherwise it is rejected.

Contrary to popular belief, this biometric template cannot be reconstructed back to the original fingerprint image.

If you would like to read more about common biometric misconceptions check out: “Dispelling the Myths About Biometrics: Misguided beliefs about biometrics should be investigated for proper understanding of the technology")

Isn’t it time you considered biometrics?

Biometrics can significantly improve the ROI associated with implementing an automated Time and Attendance solution. By utilising this technology oganisations can:

• Enhance site security – as no one without the proper identity is admitted, misplaced cards and staff borrowing “swipes” to gain access to controlled areas is no longer an issue
• Reduce time and attendance fraud – cut out ‘buddy clocking’ practices, where one employee clocks on for another
• Eliminate costs associated with physical ID card production and proximity fobs
• Facilitate accurate reporting – in the unfortunate event of an emergency supervisors have an up-to-the-minute view of exactly who is onsite/where they are located

Visit our website today for more information on our Biometric Time and Attendance systems.

Or feel free to join in the conversation on our Facebook page and Twitter.

Eliminate Time Theft in your business with a Biometric Time and Attendance Solution

Keeping track of staff worked hours can be a tedious task for any business. Add to the fact that left unsupervised, some staff may be ‘buddy punching’ or clocking in for their colleagues, adding thousands of unearned dollars to your payroll costs each year.

Fortunately, there is an answer to all of your problems!

While your staff may have found a way to cheat your current time management system, switching to a biometric time and attendance solution can eliminate buddy punching and time theft within your organisation once and for all.

Biometric Time Clocks guarantee that your employees must be present to clock in/out of work. With the touch of a finger, they can quickly log and verify their attendance, instantly improving the accuracy of your attendance records.

By eliminating ‘buddy punching’, you will notice a signification reduction in payroll and overhead costs and a subsequent increase in employee productivity. In addition, Biometric Time Clocks can bring extra security to your business by ensuring that imposters cannot force their way onsite.

Utilising the very latest biometric technology, Mitrefinch’s Biometric Time Clocks use multispectral imaging to capture accurate and high-quality images by exposing the fingerprint surface and subsurface at the same time.

This pioneering technology ensures that Mitrefinch’s Biometric Time Clocks can capture and enrol employees even when skin surface features are absent or hard to distinguish due to age, dirt, finger pressure, and skin or environmental conditions.

The unique ability to provide universal fingerprint capture eliminates costly administrative problems and security risks that occur when employees can’t register on conventional fingerprint devices.

Think you may have a problem with ‘buddy punching’ in your business? What are you waiting for?

Contact Mitrefinch today for a free consultation and find out how our clients are already reaping the benefits of a Biometric Time and Attendance System.

Call 1300 844 831 or visit http://www.mitrefinch.com.au/

New biometric technology can cut out imposters

How can you be sure that your premises are truly secure? How can the common problem of imposters or ‘spoof’ fingerprints be combated? Conventional biometric readers can be circumvented, as they capture only the image of the fingerprint ridge surfaces that come into contact with the sensor. These ridges are easy to imitate using common household products and ingredients.

In response to this issue, the new Mitrefinch biometric readers harness Lumidigm's multispectral imaging technology, which differentiates between living flesh and non-living flesh or other synthetic materials. The latest Mitrefinch biometric clocks will allow you to tighten up security and help ensure that imposters are unable to force their way onsite.

Mitrefinch is a leading provider of Time and Attendance systems and Access Control solutions. Contact Mitrefinch today on 1300 884 831, email sales@mitrefinch.com.au or visit us online at www.mitrefinch.com.au for more information on how are customers are benefiting from using biometric time and attendance systems

Mitrefinch take Biometric Time and Attendance to the next level

As part of a continuing commitment to new product innovation and development, Mitrefinch are pleased to announce that they are now incorporating Lumidigm’s patented multispectral imaging technology into their biometric time and attendance terminals.

The introduction of Lumidigm’s pioneering technology represents a major advancement for the biometric time and attendance industry. By capturing high-quality images, Lumidigm’s Mercury Series fingerprint sensors provide accurate enrollment and verification for all users, even when fingerprint ridges are hard to distinguish due to genetics, age, dirt, finger placement, or environmental conditions such as moisture, temperature and bright ambient light.

For Mitrefinch’s customer base, Lumidigm’s sensors will eliminate common real world performance problems that occur when users can’t enroll on standard fingerprint devices, which often leads to user frustration, an increase in system costs, lower productivity and can breed resistance to universal biometric technology adoption.

"The integration of Lumidigm technology greatly enhances the overall application of Mitrefinch's biometric time and attendance solutions", said Allan Murdoch, Mitrefinch Australia Business Development Director. “The robustness of the Lumidigm Mercury sensor allows our customers to have a biometric solution in environments where standard fingerprint readers were not previously feasible.”

Commenting on the partnership, Lumidigm’s Director of Business Development, Seth Miller, said, “Mitrefinch was quick to understand the value of Lumidigm technology and incorporate it into their advanced customer solutions. Time & attendance is an important market for Lumidigm and Mitrefinch is an excellent partner in that space”.

The Mitrefinch biometric time and attendance terminal with integrated Lumidigm Mercury technology will be available in Australia from July.

ABOUT LUMIDIGM
Headquartered in New Mexico, Lumidigm Inc. is a biometric company dedicated to enabling convenient, secure, and reliable identification and verification. Lumidigm provides biometric identity management for civil ID, point-of-sale, time & attendance, physical and logical access, and portable electronic device applications. Lumidigm’s technology advantage is protected by numerous United States and International PCT patents and applications.

For more information see: www.lumidigm.com