The Problem: Usually fingerprint time attendance machine is used in the administration of employee attendance worldwide.

Becoming a best alternative to very time-consuming and traditional card punching and checking system, time attendance machines are matchless to record, document and process the employees` attendance at the workplaces with its most accurate and comprehensive set of management database.

Time attendance machines offer two-way process wherein employees first mark their attendance by putting their thumb on the terminal (fingerprint reader) then open the door or open the door first, then mark their attendance through said fingerprint time-attendance machine.

The Solution: My idea is to install a thumb or palm reading system in door itself by replacing the two-way process (which I have discussed above).

Door handles can be easily turned into terminal (fingerprint readers). So, just by opening the gate through its handles, employee can easily mark their attendance and all related function like daily recording of employees` arrival and departure times will be performed in normal ways. This new reinvented machine could be also termed as “Palm Reader” instead of fingerprints reader.

The recommended one-step procedure will not only save employee time but also minimize the overall time duration wasted in fulfilling such an unproductive task on regular basis.

Thus, there will be no need at all to queue up for just a regular task of marking attendance.

This post was submitted by Farman Ghani.