World’s Largest Marine Corps Base Controls Payroll Costs Using Biometric HandPunch Units
HandPunch Units Cut Overtime Costs, Eliminate 'Buddy Punching' at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base
April 27, 2006
CAMPBELL, CALIF. – April 27, 2006 – Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base is using its Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems biometric hand geometry technology to track the time and attendance for its civilian employees at two mess halls on the base, which is located in Twentynine Palms, Calif., about 60 miles east of Palm Springs. Since being installed, the HandPunch units have saved about $2,000 per month in payroll costs by limiting overtime and eliminating "buddy punching."
The HandPunch automatically takes a three-dimensional reading of the size and shape of a hand and verifies the user’s identity in less than one second. Biometric terminals eliminate the need for an employee to carry a badge, thus eliminating the problem of lost or forgotten badges. Biometric time clocks also eliminate “buddy punching,” the practice of employees clocking in and out for each other. They provide more accurate information about who is working and when and help a company eliminate intentional or unintentional mistakes.
"We use the HandPunch units as a ‘double check’ when people sign in and out for work at our mess halls,” said base Locksmith Jim “Glenn” Glendenning. "In other words, we use them so that nobody can cheat on their time and have somebody sign in and sign out for them. They are working very well.”
The HandPunch units are connected to a network that ties them into a payroll processing system. Employees use a PIN code, along with their hand, to clock in and out for their shifts.
David Hasty, a civilian employee who manages one of the mess halls, reports that the HandPunch units are more than meeting our expectations at the halls.
“We are very pleased with the HandPunch terminals,” Hasty sums up.
About Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies
Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies Sector is a leading global provider of products and services that make environments safe, secure and productive. The sector’s market-leading products include electronic and biometric access-control systems; time-and-attendance and personnel scheduling systems; mechanical locks; portable security; door closers, exit devices, architectural hardware, and steel doors and frames; and other technologies and services for global security markets. Website is www.securitytechologies.ingersollrand.com.
Ingersoll Rand is a leading diversified industrial company providing products, services and integrated solutions to industries ranging from transportation and manufacturing to food retailing, construction, and agriculture. With a 135-year-old heritage of technological innovation, we help companies worldwide to be more productive, efficient and innovative. In every line of our business, Ingersoll Rand enables companies and their customers to create progress. For more information, please visit ingersollrand.com.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: For a downloadable, high-resolution photograph of a HandPunch unit, go to www.brighamscully.com. Click Photographs/Recognition Systems.
The HandPunch automatically takes a three-dimensional reading of the size and shape of a hand and verifies the user’s identity in less than one second. Biometric terminals eliminate the need for an employee to carry a badge, thus eliminating the problem of lost or forgotten badges. Biometric time clocks also eliminate “buddy punching,” the practice of employees clocking in and out for each other. They provide more accurate information about who is working and when and help a company eliminate intentional or unintentional mistakes.
"We use the HandPunch units as a ‘double check’ when people sign in and out for work at our mess halls,” said base Locksmith Jim “Glenn” Glendenning. "In other words, we use them so that nobody can cheat on their time and have somebody sign in and sign out for them. They are working very well.”
The HandPunch units are connected to a network that ties them into a payroll processing system. Employees use a PIN code, along with their hand, to clock in and out for their shifts.
David Hasty, a civilian employee who manages one of the mess halls, reports that the HandPunch units are more than meeting our expectations at the halls.
“We are very pleased with the HandPunch terminals,” Hasty sums up.
About Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies
Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies Sector is a leading global provider of products and services that make environments safe, secure and productive. The sector’s market-leading products include electronic and biometric access-control systems; time-and-attendance and personnel scheduling systems; mechanical locks; portable security; door closers, exit devices, architectural hardware, and steel doors and frames; and other technologies and services for global security markets. Website is www.securitytechologies.ingersollrand.com.
Ingersoll Rand is a leading diversified industrial company providing products, services and integrated solutions to industries ranging from transportation and manufacturing to food retailing, construction, and agriculture. With a 135-year-old heritage of technological innovation, we help companies worldwide to be more productive, efficient and innovative. In every line of our business, Ingersoll Rand enables companies and their customers to create progress. For more information, please visit ingersollrand.com.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: For a downloadable, high-resolution photograph of a HandPunch unit, go to www.brighamscully.com. Click Photographs/Recognition Systems.