Israeli Supermarket Hetzi Henam Stocks 14 Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems Biometric HandPunches at Its 6 Stores
More than 1,300 Employees Clock In and Out with Their Hands
November 8, 2006
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Israeli Supermarket Hetzi Henam Stocks 14 Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems Biometric HandPunches at Its 6 Stores
More than 1,300 Employees Clock In and Out with Their Hands
CAMPBELL, CALIF. – November 8, 2006 – Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that Hetzi Henam, a privately-owned Israeli supermarket chain, is using 14 biometric HandPunch terminals to control access and input time and attendance for more than 1,300 employees at its six store locations in Israel. 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 readers eliminate the need for employees to carry a badge, thus eliminating the problem of lost or forgotten badges. They provide more accurate information about who is working and when.
“Hetzi Henam supermarket chain was looking for a solution that would eliminate ‘buddy punching,’ the practice of employees clocking in and out for each other,” avails Yona Flink, CEO of OptiSec, the system integrator, who also installed its Da Vinci time management and access control software. “They additionally needed a system that would reduce the need to manually record worker’s hours when the badges were forgotten, damaged or lost. Too much money was being spent on issuing new badges and replacing old ones.”
Although the supermarket chain first considered fingerprint technology, the fingerprint readers were unable to verify users with damaged, dirty or dry fingerprints. They also discovered that they had to keep the fingerprint sensor clear and clean or it would perform poorly or not at all in the grocery and meat and fish departments.
“HandPunch biometric readers handle demanding environments and increasing user volumes with ease while providing impeccable reliability,” continues Flink. “The HandPunch readers proved to have a dramatically lower rate of false rejects. Their value grows as the number of users and transactions increases. At the supermarket, biometric handreaders were the only solution.”
The Hetzi Henam supermarket chain uses a total of 14 HandPunch readers with four used at the company’s largest branch: one in the green grocery department, two readers for supermarket employees, and one for the meat and fish department.
Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems was named a recent recipient of the Application Market Penetration Leadership Award for access control and time and attendance applications in Frost & Sullivan’s study, World Biometrics Market. Website is www.recognitionsystems.ingersollrand.com.
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.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: For a downloadable, high-resolution photograph of a HandPunch reader, go to www.brighamscully.com. Click Photographs/Schlage Recognition Systems.
For more information…
Bashar Masad Tom Brigham
INGERSOLL RAND RECOGNITION SYSTEMS BRIGHAM SCULLY
408-341-4133 818-716-9021
bashar_masad@irco.com tbrigham@brighamscully.com
259-110206
Israeli Supermarket Hetzi Henam Stocks 14 Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems Biometric HandPunches at Its 6 Stores
More than 1,300 Employees Clock In and Out with Their Hands
CAMPBELL, CALIF. – November 8, 2006 – Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that Hetzi Henam, a privately-owned Israeli supermarket chain, is using 14 biometric HandPunch terminals to control access and input time and attendance for more than 1,300 employees at its six store locations in Israel. 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 readers eliminate the need for employees to carry a badge, thus eliminating the problem of lost or forgotten badges. They provide more accurate information about who is working and when.
“Hetzi Henam supermarket chain was looking for a solution that would eliminate ‘buddy punching,’ the practice of employees clocking in and out for each other,” avails Yona Flink, CEO of OptiSec, the system integrator, who also installed its Da Vinci time management and access control software. “They additionally needed a system that would reduce the need to manually record worker’s hours when the badges were forgotten, damaged or lost. Too much money was being spent on issuing new badges and replacing old ones.”
Although the supermarket chain first considered fingerprint technology, the fingerprint readers were unable to verify users with damaged, dirty or dry fingerprints. They also discovered that they had to keep the fingerprint sensor clear and clean or it would perform poorly or not at all in the grocery and meat and fish departments.
“HandPunch biometric readers handle demanding environments and increasing user volumes with ease while providing impeccable reliability,” continues Flink. “The HandPunch readers proved to have a dramatically lower rate of false rejects. Their value grows as the number of users and transactions increases. At the supermarket, biometric handreaders were the only solution.”
The Hetzi Henam supermarket chain uses a total of 14 HandPunch readers with four used at the company’s largest branch: one in the green grocery department, two readers for supermarket employees, and one for the meat and fish department.
Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems was named a recent recipient of the Application Market Penetration Leadership Award for access control and time and attendance applications in Frost & Sullivan’s study, World Biometrics Market. Website is www.recognitionsystems.ingersollrand.com.
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.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: For a downloadable, high-resolution photograph of a HandPunch reader, go to www.brighamscully.com. Click Photographs/Schlage Recognition Systems.
For more information…
Bashar Masad Tom Brigham
INGERSOLL RAND RECOGNITION SYSTEMS BRIGHAM SCULLY
408-341-4133 818-716-9021
bashar_masad@irco.com tbrigham@brighamscully.com
259-110206