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Biometric handreaders reduce payroll costs

IR Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand's (IR) Security & Safety Group's Electronic Access Control Division (EACD), has announced that 85 Venezuela-based McDonald's restaurants are cutting payroll costs by up to 22% annually after incorporating IR Recognition Systems' biometric HandPunch terminals to record time and attendance.

Fast food HandPunch

The HandPunch terminal eliminates expenses associated with employee badges and fraud caused by buddy punching. Over 3400 employees at 85 McDonald's restaurants in Venezuela have been enrolled with the HandPunch over the past four years. On average, the system generates over 7500 transactions each day, resulting in over 2,5 million 'punches' annually.

"McDonald's moved to biometrics because they wanted to verify that the employee clocking in was really that person," says Jose Ramon Casal of Caracas-based Electronica Quantum, which installed the systems. "Students make up about 90% of the McDonald's workforce in Venezuela. They were frequently punching one another in to cover for exams or other school-related events."

Instead of filling out or punching timecards, employees simply place their hands on the HandPunch. It automatically takes a three-dimensional reading of the size and shape of the employee's hand and verifies the user's identity in less than one second.

"McDonald's worldwide success has been built on being fast, convenient and affordable. These are the same key factors that have made our handreaders the most widely used biometric in the industry. That is why they chose handreaders over other biometrics," reports Bill Spence of IR Recognition Systems. "With major fast food retailers such as McDonald's realising such tremendous cost savings by using our handreaders, others are soon to follow."

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