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Providing an easy-to-access Time Clock device at all times is one of the most essential ingredients of implementing a successful attendance policy. For fixed location businesses, the Tanda Time Clock App installed on a tablet device is the best method to ensure that employees always remember to clock in and out of their shifts. Over 100,000 staff clock-in each day with their app installed on a dedicated tablet. Using a tablet is cost-effective and frictionless compared to other methods, e.g. a point of sale terminal, a PC, or old school attendance devices like fingerprint scanners. Here are a few of the many benefits of using a tablet: 1. A tablet is a dedicated device Providing a dedicated device means less excuses. Placing the Tanda Time Clock tablet in a location where employees congregate prior to their shift commencement is the best way to ensure employees remember to clock in for their shift. Unlike a PC or POS system, there is no room for excuse that someone else was using the device. Clocking in takes just a few seconds per employee, and unlike other software that runs exclusively on employee mobile phones, there is less room for unfortunate incidents that hinder employees from logging their attendance, such as losing their personal mobile device. Service interruption is also a possibility for other systems; since a PC or POS system also serve multiple functions, it can also become distracting for employees to actually remember to clock in from time to time. For an effective attendance policy, you want to ensure there is no confusion when it comes to legitimate reasons for not clocking in, such as someone else actively using your attendance device for purposes aside from clocking in and out. A dedicated device makes enforcing the attendance policy fair and transparent, and makes it easy for anyone in your team to log in their hours. 2. Tablets are cost-effective The global popularity of the tablet device has slashed prices worldwide. The first tablet to hit the market at a global scale, the original iPad, retailed for around $800. Today, consumers can get its competitor brand, Samsung, for around $160 a tablet. It’s now a lot more accessible for all business managers of any business size to acquire a device. Traditional workforce software vendors supply their own expensive branded devices, which they make money from, and strategically only their device will work with their software. Time and attendance software like Tanda makes no money from providing hardware, and gives clients the flexibility to select their own devices without hindering them from managing their workforce. 3. Tablets unlock additional functionality compared to old devices And because Tanda doesn’t limit employers the way they would maximise their device, there are also additional functionalities that can better help solve workforce management problems beyond recording attendance. For one, Shift Questions can record the reasons employees deviate from their roster, helping management identify the source of variances on timesheets. One such example might be when employees clock out later than their rostered finish time. It’s useful for the approving manager to know if that employee was directed to stay back, or had clocked off later for a different reason. With the Tanda Time Clock App, employees can be asked exactly this question, among many others, when clocking out later than scheduled. Another feature is Instant Onboarding, which allows a new employee to be rapidly deployed into Tanda by a manager using the Time Clock App, ensuring that new employees aren’t forced to hold parallel records until they are entered into the system. By getting rid of paperwork for the new staff, they’re able to get to work faster. Multi-breaks allows employees to easily nominate when they are taking breaks. This is especially useful to businesses where employees might take more than one break. Team picker allows employees to accurately record when they change team or department using the Tanda Time Clock. This keeps cost reports accurate, and ensures employees who receive different rates for different roles have their payroll calculated with the highest degree of accuracy. In terms of security, the Facial Recognition Auto-approval is an optional measure to save time and add security to the timesheet approval process. Tanda leverages facial recognition technology to build a profile of the employee, ensuring that clock-in photos are given an additional layer of verification. Ready to take advantage of Tanda and its features on tablet? Start your 14-day free trial today, no credit card required.
3 Reasons Why a Tablet Device is the Best Device to Clock-in
13 August 2019