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FingerTec in Healthcare Chain of UAE
| From its inception in 1975, NMC Healthcare has evolved into an integrated healthcare company with a wide network of hospitals, medical centres, and pharmacies across the UAE. Over the years, NMC Healthcare has earned reputation as a world-class medical institution synonymous with genuine care, concern and commitment. The NMC Group has many offices, medical centers, hospitals etc. across the UAE. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the Human Resource department wanted a centralized attendance and overtime report to be available whenever required in the HQ. The challenge was that they have many offices spread across UAE. The hospitals and the HQ hold the majority number of staff, whereas in other locations, the staff was less. Rotating shifts within the healthcare centers and hospitals were also a factor to take into account when implementing this system.
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| As the scale of the installation was going to be vast, Q-Line, the local dealer of the main distributor, which is Magnum Connect, suggested a pilot run on few departments where they provided TA103TC and connected them to the TCMS V2 software through VPN. They customized the TCMS V2 reports to be integrated via 3rd party with their existing payroll system ERP. At the success of the 2-week pilot, Q-Line then proceeded to install all 45 units of the TA103TC in the first 5 centers of the NMC within Abu Dhabi. This was just the first stage; the 2nd and 3rd stages of installations are due to start in the coming year, with a total of up to 200 units to be installed within the entire NMC group in UAE.
Magnum Connect was appointed as the official distributor of FingerTec items in the UAE since 2010. Based in Dubai, the company has appointed several dealers such as Q-Line locally to represent them in the different emirates of the UAE. |
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Hamad Medical Corporation Equipped
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| Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is the premier non-profit healthcare provider in Qatar. Founded in 1979, HMC has rapidly developed medical facilities capable of providing advanced diagnosis and treatment of diseases that previously could only be managed in overseas medical institutions and faculties. |
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As all hospital environments, the Al Wakra branch of Hamad Medical Corporation found themselves spending too much effort on keeping track of their staff attendance and payroll. After consulting several firms, they came to us at World Connection for a solution to automate the attendance of their employees. A few discussions later, we decided that the best system for them to use would be FingerTec TA200 Plus together with the TCMS V2 software. The units were installed, and the relevant personnel managing the system were put through a training session to learn how to use the system. We find that a lot of our clients, including the Al Wakra branch of HMC, are very pleased with terminals produced by FingerTec, as they are localized in the Arabic language and format and has a very large variety of features through their software. Our implementation doesn’t just stop here, however. One of our biggest and most ambitious master facility plans, which includes building and equipping three state-of-the-art hospitals and a research center will be soon be delivered by World Connection at Hamad Medical City, and we have our fingers crossed! |
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Central Bank of Iraq Affixed with FingerTec
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First it was the Central Post Office, and now the Central Bank of Iraq; Ain Al-Zulal, our esteemed FingerTec distributor in Iraq, always manages to seize the right opportunities for implementing FingerTec’s time attendance and access control solutions.
The Central Bank of Iraq was established as Iraq's independent central bank in the year of 2004. With the primary objective of the bank being to ensure the domestic price stability and foster a competitive market-based financial system in the country, the bank was, at the time, looking out for the best way to automate the staff attendance information while having to spend only little time and effort in compiling reports at the end of the month. |
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| The Central Bank of Iraq was established as Iraq's independent central bank in the year of 2004. With the primary objective of the bank being to ensure the domestic price stability and foster a competitive market-based financial system in the country, the bank was, at the time, looking out for the best way to automate the staff attendance information while having to spend only little time and effort in compiling reports at the end of the month.
Previously, in an annex building to the bank, Ain Al-Zulal had already installed 3 units of the FingerTec i-Kiosk 100 Plus. The current management of the bank then inspected and tested this device, and decided to go ahead with installing more units, as the terminal was user-friendly, effective, plus it had access control functions which can be implemented in the bank.
Now, the Central Bank of Iraq is equipped with another lot of i-Kiosk 100 Plus devices, with at least 1 device on each floor, and one unit installed outside of the bank for verification of guards and other employees who are constantly on the go. As a result, the staff takes a shorter time to verify their attendance, which reduces congestion during the start and end of working hours. Training was conducted for those who will be using the system, and more importantly for those who will be administrating and overseeing the system, to teach them how to perform the basic functions, generate and analyze reports, and conduct a few troubleshooting steps.
Ain Al-Zulal is proud to announce the addition of this installation to their customer list, as they hope to secure more projects based on this trusted reference. |
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FingerTec Manages Staff of Le Meridien, Lagos
| Le Meridien is one of the world’s renowned hotel companies, with a portfolio of more than 100 luxury and upscale hotels in over 50 countries worldwide. Located in the hot spot cities of the world, Le Meridien hotels provide top-notch quality when it comes to hospitality. Recently, FingerTec products caught the eye of the Le Meridien in Lagos, Nigeria as a time attendance solution for their hotel. |
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| It all began during one the largest security shows in Africa, the IFSEC West Africa 2012. The event itself was held in the Le Meridien Hotel, and while making their rounds in the exhibition, the management staff of the hotel spotted Rapid Vigil’s booth, which offered total attendance and access solutions. Being in a hotel industry, many of the employees in the hotel work within specified shifts, to ensure that the hotel services function round-the-clock. Currently the hotel was using the manual time punch cards to sort out their staff attendance.
After seeing what FingerTec terminals and the software could do, the hotel decided to equip their premises with the FingerTec AC100C, and the R2 & R2i units for their main management office. Using the TCMS V2 to manage and analyze reports, the best part about using FingerTec, according to the management, was that they could get rid of all their manual punch cards, which can be a real messy ordeal to deal with.
Rapid Vigil has been a FingerTec partner since the year 2005, and is the official and exclusive distributor of the FingerTec brand in Nigeria. Emphasizing on training and support, the company has grown far since, and is one of the top security solutions companies in the country.
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FingerTec USA Simplifies Time Attendance
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| 2012 for FingerTec USA has been an eventful one, having achieved goals we set in our milestones, and securing a number of prestigious installations along the way. One of our exciting developments for this year has been our inclusion in many hotels nationwide, with the Holiday Inn being one of those clients. |
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Holiday Inn is an iconic chain of 3-star budget hotels, which started out in America and currently has close to 2000 chain nationwide. The brand also has made its name internationally with its hotels located in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Having recently celebrated its 60th Anniversary, the Holiday Inn was one of the first hotel chains to introduce online booking and air-conditioning in their guest rooms; a feature now standard in most hotels.
Being in the hotel industry, most of their employees work on shift that tends to rotate now and then. These shifts and unconventional working hours can be managed easily with the extensive TCMS V2 time attendance software which can be programmed to handle rotational shifts, and generate duty rosters per month. When approached by the hotel to implement a time attendance system, the solution came straight to our minds: the AC100C. The simple set up and ease of installation specifically on the AC100C has led to many sales prior to this. |
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| To quote Rajiv from Texas Holiday Inn “I love how easy it is to set up and run my own reports. With FingerTec USA there is no need to pay crazy monthly fees or have a bookkeeper keep track of the hours, our FingerTec terminals do it all.”
Through our excellent customer service and constant upgrading of FingerTec devices we have become the trusted brand in time and attendance in America as well as internationally. We’re also proud to announce that FingerTec systems have been even installed in the governmental offices of the Parks & Recreations Department in Tennessee. Launching many new resellers this year ranging from Saskatchewan, Canada to Puerto Rico to California, the FingerTec brand has truly made its made its mark here in America. |
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FingerTec Securing Zambian Breweries
| Zambia is a country that has been known to have well-organized agricultural sector and paired with the favourable climate and soil conditions to produce
good yields, Zambian Breweries has much flourished in the brewery industry using all home-grown ingredients.
Delija Dynamics, a reseller of FingerTec South Africa, secured a project with the Zambian breweries. Zambian Breweries Plc (ZB), National
Breweries Plc (NB) and Heinrichs’ Beverages (HB), who are all leaders in the Zambian beverage industry have merged to proceed with this project at their Lusaka and Ndola sites. |
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Focusing on giving long-term solutions with excellent support and enthusiasm to their clients throughout South Africa, Delija Dynamics have now installed a total of 90 FingerTec Terminals with an amount of 3500 staff on hand to be matched for this project of Zambian breweries.
They continue to install more FingerTec Q2i and FingerTec TA100C readers to improve their overall solution and help minimize the cost and time spent on staff management.
They always try to think ‘outside the box’ and were able to assist them by using the Access Control method at their canteen to monitor the number of meals given to staff daily as they clock in. |
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| With the efficiency of technical support provided they have been able to offer outstanding support to their clients. With multiple communication methods via E-mail, Skype and Teamviewer, it has made software updates simple and swift.
Delija is committed to Excellence and will continue to have the FingerTec brand as their core business! They mentioned that “the simplest of enquiries are dealt with promptly and with the committed support from FingerTec Worldwide, we have a dedicated team behind us”.
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South American Shipping Country Sealed
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| Naviera Transoceánica S.A.C. is one of the most important shipping companies in Peru and in South America, with a large fleet of merchant ships. It is Peru's leading shipping company with a tradition of over 50 years in the service of domestic shipping. |
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Bioequipamientos, our FingerTec reseller in Peru, was involved in the implementation of an access system in Naviera Transoceánica S.A.C. The FingerTec installation was completed in May of this year in the office of Naviera Transoceánica S.A.C. at Edificio Macros in Lima, Peru. The entrances of the office were equipped with FingerTec H2i, while the exit readers were the i-Kiosk 100. It was requested by the client that the installation be made this way as they required the use of the function keys on the i-Kiosk 100 for event logging and intermediate exits. |
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| The installation was performed on the two double-doors of the office which were made of tempered glass. Mr. Luis Sanchez, the General Manager of Bioequipamientos, mentioned that the installation was a little tricky since the office architecture was designed like a boat-like structure, meaning that most of its surface consisted of wood veneer. However, their technicians managed to make it an impeccable installation and that the elegant and striking colors of the i-Kiosk 100 screen reader helped much, as it went well with the design of the office. |
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| The interior view of the front door. |
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To date, the FingerTec H2i and i-Kiosk 100 devices have presented no problems and the system works perfectly. With the help of the TCMS V2, the shipping company can now easily process the attendance and whereabouts of their staff, which is rather helpful in an industry which requires a lot of staff mobility. Mr. Sanchez continued to add that Naviera Transoceánica S.A. plans to install FingerTec across its fleet of merchant ships to control its staff assistance at sea sometime in the future. |
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Royal City Hotel, Kenya Implements FingerTec
| In a hotel environment where workforce administration is a complicated task with shift rotations and various roster implementation around the clock, hotel managements worldwide are looking for ways to abridge the process while at the same time reducing cost and increasing productivity of every employee. With this in mind, FingerTec time attendance and access control terminals have been the system of choice for Kenya’s 3-star hotel, Royal City Hotel chains located in Kisumu city in the western part of the country. |
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| Prior to the installation of FingerTec system, the hotel implemented manual book-recording system for all their staff’s attendance, which was proven ineffective with many loopholes that had been causing the management monetary lost at the end of the day. Smoothtel Data And Solutions, FingerTec esteemed reseller in Kenya introduced them to FingerTec AC900 and TA100C system into two of their hotel chains, both in Kisumu City. |
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The FingerTec AC900 units were installed to control door access of authorized areas and the FingerTec TA100C was chosen to record and track the attendance of all the hotels’ staff. With the installation of the FingerTec terminals for workforce management, the data of every employee can easily be recorded and tracked using TCMS V2, FingerTec’s application software bundled with every product. The data automation offered by TCMS V2 makes it easier to handle such dynamic human resources and not to mention cost effective.
Royal City Hotel is the second installation of FingerTec systems that Smoothtel Data And Solutions had done in a hotel environment. FingerTec biometrics is the preferred choice as it does not only provide reliable system, the support is always available and the Global Warranty Policy is established well to deal with international clients. |
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FingerTec Installed in Maldives Retail Giant
| Tasmil Pvt Ltd, the partner of FingerTec in Maldives, has successfully installed FingerTec time attendance systems in one of the retail giants in Maldives, Damas Company Pvt Ltd. Damas is one of the most reputed business names in the Maldives offering a wide array of products and services for households and businesses. The Company serves a broad base of customers across different industries catering to their needs and demands and an expanding swath of consumers and corporate customers across the country ensuring availability and access to products and services that continue to enhance their lives.
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| Damas chose to use FingerTec TA200 Plus combined with the advanced time attendance processing and analysis ability of the TCMS V2 to manage the attendance of their staff, by installing the units at each of their branches. The model was chosen due to its classy exterior, and its extensive multimedia functions which allow the user to display their own wallpapers and screensavers for branding purposes. Also with the workcode function, the TA200 Plus is ideal for a retail environment like Damas.
FingerTec’s partner, Tasmil Pvt Ltd, will offer all the services, of installation and training for using FingerTec products. With an automated system in place, the Damas Company Pvt Ltd. will not have to spend too much time on monitoring attendance and payroll processing of their staff. With this successful project, Tasmil hopes to extend their business profile in the region of Maldives, especially in the tourism sector, which is the country’s leading industry. |
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Air Maintenance Estonia Equipped with Face ID 2
| With a staff of 200, Air Maintenance Estonia (AME) is an Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organisation. It is a company that is dedicated in keeping their customers’ aircraft in top shape throughout the entire flight. They have been in the business of maintaining aircrafts since 1995.
Their office is equipped with all sorts of modern communications, but what they didn’t have was an automatic time attendance system. Previously everything was based on merely trust and a lot of paperwork, but since the company is constantly growing, they are looking for innovative ways to upgrade and automate the system for the convenience of their staff and administration. |
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| Energiatehnika Llt. our partner in Estonia, offered the solution of recording their staff’s time attendance with the FingerTec Face ID 2 that has dual verification method of facial recognition and fingerprint. The new improved algorithm of FingerTec’s facial recognition technology ensures a fast and accurate process of enrollment and verification. Their staff now no longer needs to record it manually as all will be collected by the TCMSV2 software that is bundled together with the reader.
Air Maintenance Estonia values the dedicated hours that their workers put in working on the airplanes and have accepted this solution by installing 4 units of Face ID 2 at their location in Tallinn Airport. Now, even if their workers hands are full or greasy from maintaining an aircraft, all they have to do is stand in front of the Face ID 2 – the contactless solution goes a long way in industries such as this one. “The right data is everything today because everybody knows nobody gets richer by signing checks for services they dont understand. Luckily, FingerTec products offers a huge amount of valuable data to understand workers services,” mentioned Mr. Mart, Marketing Specialist of Energiatehnika Llt. in passing. |
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Major Vehicle Dealer Installs FingerTec Card System
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Since 2008, Bioequipamientos, FingerTec's partner in Peru, has been working hard to put FingerTec on the map. As an integrator and distributor of the leading brands in the development of the biometric equipment to control door access and time attendance, it has become Bioequipamientos' priority to make sure their clients can save money, reduce absenteeism, encourage punctuality and increase security with FingerTec machine installation. Maquinarias y Vehículos de los Andes S.A.C. is a Peruvian company operating for 4 years. Their business operations mainly involve selling cars, buses and trucks. They are one of Lima's representatives of worldwide quality brands such as Mercedes Benz, Chrysler and Jepp among others. |
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| A month ago, Bioequipamientos had the opportunity to work with Maquinarias y Vehículos de los Andes S.A.C. The vehicle company was in need of implementing a door access system in their office in Edificio Lin Tower, wherein the entry and exit of personnel would be controlled by a reliable machine. They required that such a machine would also enable recording details of access to the facilities, control tardiness and overtime calculation for its employees. After thinking over their requirement, Bioequipamientos suggested FingerTec Kadex, and went to install the system along with FingerTec door access accessories in a short time.
Luis Sanchez, the General Manager of Bioequipamientos, mentioned that the FingerTec Kadex system has been installed for a month without having any inconveniences or difficulties on the part of Maquinarias y Vehículos de los Andes S.A.C. “With FingerTec’s Kadex, I was able to prove to our client, Maquinarias y Vehículos de los Andes S.A.C., that its reliable and effective quality of controlling door access and recording time attendance need not be expensive and high maintenance,” ended Mr. Sanchez. |
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FingerTec Time Attendance Installed in FMCG Algeria
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| Employees of SARL FMCG verifying their attendance at the FingerTec TA100C |
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SARL FMCG is a well-established multinational consumer food distribution organization based in Algeria. It facilitates distribution throughout the North African and the Middle Eastern regions, specializing in fast-moving consumer goods. Distributing a variety of foods such as canned food, health and functional foods, milk & dairy products, as well as snack foods, SARL FMCG prides itself on conquering the extensive local market as the main supplier of consumer food. The headquarters of the company recently took notice of the growth of the company, as well as in the number of staff. They recognized the need of the company to use an automated system to monitor and control the 32 employees’ time attendance in FMCG headquarter premises. The HR department manager was previously using the manual method (signing in the attendance registry) of attendance recording which was consuming a lot of time & effort from the HR manager when it came to processing the data and releasing payroll every month. |
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| CHABAKAT, our reseller in Algeria was consulted for an effective system that could meet their requirements. After extensive discussion and presenting the various options to SARL FMCG, Chabakat was given the green light to install the FingerTec TA100C bestselling time attendance system combined with TCMS V2 software to create a complete hardware and software system. With much delight to the HR manager, now the working hours of the 32 employees as well as all the related activities such as work orders, vacations, holidays, etc., was able to be recorded, monitored and analysed each month in no time, and required much less effort and manpower. |
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Garment Factory Fixed with FingerTec Systems
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| Some of the brands marketed under PT Surya Multi Laksana |
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PT Surya Multi Laksana runs a garment factory in the third largest city in Indonesia, Bandung. They produce quality T-shirts and retail an assortment of their clothing line under brand names such as Logo, Body Talk, Bomb Boogie and Ninety Degrees.
Being a environment with staff working through different shifts, the factory needed a system which would allow them to automate the recording of the shift attendance of their staff. Previously having used a few FingerTec terminals, the company was determined to continue with the brand, and proceeded to contact PT Retailindo, who suggested a cost-effective system solution. The H2i is a perfect time attendance and access control solution for factories as well as small businesses alike, as it has the standard basic features of most biometric terminals, plus a few additional perks here and there without being too extravagant, thus cutting down on costs. |
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| In this case, PT Surya Multi Laksana installed 13 units of FingerTec H2i, but only used the units as a time attendance device to start with. A simple voice-guided terminal, the H2i doesn’t have any external keys or buttons that can confuse users, thus ensuring the system runs smoothly day-in and day-out. The FingerTec terminals have also been installed in the headquarters and several branches throughout Bandung.
“Opting for the H2i always leaves room for an expansion of the system in the future to include access control features without having to fork out a another big installation sum; that is why we suggested that model,” mentioned Ms. Nesya Claudia from the Marketing Department of Ritech when asked to comment about their installation. |
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Governmental Body Installs FingerTec R2
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Established by the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau’s (MyCEB) role is to further promote and position Malaysia internationally as the preferred destination for meetings, incentives, conventions, exhibition including major events. Located in the heart of the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, the MyCEB’s list of services include event promotion, facilitating International events, while also providing business owners with consultation services on events.
Just like all offices, to function efficiently, the MyCEB needed a system from which they could monitor their staff attendance and working hours, as well as basic access control for the company’s basic security. After approaching FingerTec’s reseller, PC Mart Sdn Bhd with these requirements, the IT solutions company suggested to them none other than the FingerTec R2. |
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| The R2 is one of FingerTec’s best-selling models featuring multiple verification methods i.e. fingerprint, card, and password verification, plus a whole lot of additional features such as short message display, vast capacity memory, and more. “At PC Mart we are always at ease when proposing a FingerTec product to our clients as the product is robust, reliable, and comes with a very satisfactory after-sales support,” mentioned Mr. Goh Kiang Hock when asked about the installation.
PC Mart is one of Malaysia’s leading FingerTec reseller located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. To date, they have countless corporate clients for time attendance and access control systems, all who are satisfied with their products and services. |
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Omnisport Updates FingerTec Models for Use with TimeTec
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Since Omnisport was founded in 1954, its name has become synonymous with quality, experience and strength as well as specialized customer care. To date it has 35 stores nationwide. Managing the best of international brands, Omnisport is the only store in El Salvador to have a Sony Center as part of their showroom.
In 2007, Omnisport had TA102 terminals installed in their main office. With Grupo Ejje’s assistance, Omnisport was informed that there were newly launched and more modern FingerTec models and new TCMS V2 updates that could upgrade the time attendance system they were using not only in the main office but also in their other branches as well. |
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| To date they employ TA102 for time attendance and R2 for access control. Their aim was fundamentally to have a time attendance system to count on that would allow them to centrally manage the branches located throughout El Salvador. To make the most of the TCMS V2 software’s capabilities, Omnisport designed an interface to integrate the TCMS V2 with their own payroll system.
As of this moment, Grupo Ejje is now assisting Omnisport with migrating their previous black and white screen TA102 models to the colour screen TA100C series so they can start using TimeTec, an advanced web-based version of the FingerTec TCMS V2 and this application has vast potential for use in SMEs or even large multinational companies (MNC).
As a growing company with the mission to provide their customers with the best technology articles, Omnisport is now living up to their own motto by using FingerTec, and TimeTec in the future, as their time attendance and payroll management. With their self-integration with their payroll system, Human Resources management couldn’t get any easier. |
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FingerTec Installed in Kenyan Hotel
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FingerTec has taken on another hotel, and this time it is in Kenya, near its capital, Nairobi.
Kirimara Springs Hotel is one of the most preferred hotel in the town of Nanyuki, about 300 meters from the equator, along the Nanyuki - Nairobi highway. The hotel offers splendid panoramic views of the snow-capped peaks of Mt. Kenya right from the reception area, the hotels main lounge and the guest rooms, and it is this mountain that Kirimara Springs hotel derives its name from. Having used a manual book-recording version of time attendance recording, the hotel was in need of a more quick and automated way of handling this task, so that more time can be spent on other aspects of this slowly expanding hotel. This is when Smoothtel Data and Solutions Ltd. came into the picture, proposing the popular and best-selling TA100C color time attendance model. |
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| Together with the TCMS V2 bundled software for FingerTec time attendance management, now the staff of Kirimara Springs Hotel use their fingerprint to log in and out of their respective shifts, instead of their previous logbook method, and data can be easily collected and processed for the hotel’s Administrative department’s convenience! |
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Luxury Homes to be Secured with FingerTec
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| The Face ID 3 unit installed in one of the villas. |
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Chang An Villa is a top luxury 5-storey residential which is located at Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The villas feature a There are total 15 units of villas, all include an exotic backyard and peaceful ambience, each costing a minimum of NT$ 1 million each, and will be secured with top security equipment & access control system.
The access control system is none other than FingerTec’s latest revolutionary face recognition terminal, the Face ID 3.
After Find-U Technologies Corp, the distributor of FingerTec products in Taiwan, drew up a comparison among a few brands of access control biometric devices, the owner of one of the villas selected FingerTec Face ID 3 as their main access control system in for his own villa unit. The same Face ID 3 was installed at the basement car park entrance for additional security of their vehicle. |
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| “My family and I like the face recognition system Face ID 3, as it has provided me with a keyless access system. From now on, I don’t have to worry about keeping or losing any of my keys”, commented the villa owner.
As a result, the management of Chang An Villa will now be proposing and installing the FingerTec Face ID 3 to each of the other villa residences, due to its reliability and user-friendliness, which does not require much technical knowledge to operate. |
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| [永安豪景]是台灣省桃園市區內最頂級的獨棟豪宅社區; 15棟獨立的五層樓豪宅,除了在前庭後院種滿了奇花異木綠草外,還使用了最頂級的建材與最高科技的監控門禁設備,每棟造價至少一億新台幣,豪宅的主人們都是非常成功的企業家,對生活的品味與素質不僅要求很高,對安全與便利性更是挑剔無比!
因此第一棟選用Face ID3臉部辨識門禁機的屋主,光鈦國際工業股份有限公司的蔡董事長,經過多方比較,立即毫不猶豫地決定選購八駿科技股份有限公司大力推薦的Face ID3臉部辨識門禁機,因為他公司的門禁感應是Mifare卡, FaceID3也可以順利讀取; Face ID3的觸控螢幕操作更是便利好用! 蔡董事長希望先從他的豪宅安裝啟用Face ID3後,公司的門禁考勤也全面升級更新為Face ID3!
[永安豪景] 地下一樓是停車庫,是最適合Face ID3的使用環境, 但一樓大門口雖有屋簷,恐怕有狂風暴雨會淋濕,但是蔡董事長仍堅持該處也要安裝Face ID3; 所以八駿科技費心地裝設了特製的防水罩,確保門禁功能正常發揮!
每天下班車子到達[永安豪景], 駛入地下一樓的5個停車位空間的車庫,是屋主每天進入其家門的重要路徑; 屋主早已習慣Keyless的高級車,希望下了車可立即進入家門享受豪華舒適的居家; 所以不用麻煩找出感應卡或伸手碰觸指紋或按密碼的話,絕對是首選的Face ID3臉部辨識門禁機! |
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FingerTec Installed in Logistics Company
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Konsortium Logistics Berhad was incorporated 25 years ago as a container haulage company with a modest fleet of 15 prime movers and 60 trailers serving only the northern states of Peninsula Malaysia. Recognizing the growing demand for logistics services in the region, KLB then expanded its operations to serve the Port Klang region, and now is one of the leading integrated logistics service providers offering a complete range of solutions in automotive, government, industrial manufacturing, and so on.
Having used a traditional punch card system for the past years, Konsortium Logistics Berhad decided it was time to update their system to a more automated one. This is where Bumi Engineering And Consultancy Sdn. Bhd. came into the picture. |
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| “The client contacted us requiring an automated time and attendance system for their company. We suggested the FingerTec Q2i for two main reasons; Firstly, if they want to upgrade their system to include access control in the future, they wouldn’t have to change the system, and secondly because FingerTec products are user-friendly, warranted, and supported round the clock should there be any technical difficulties,” mention Mr. Azfar, Managing Director of Bumi Engineering And Consultancy Sdn. Bhd. Now, a total of 24 FingerTec Q2i has been installed in all Konsortium Logistic branches in Peninsular Malaysia, effectively monitoring and automating the attendance data of their 1500 employees. |
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| The Q2i unit at one of the Konsortium branches. |
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FingerTec Replaces Card System in Steel Manufacturer
| Galvanissa, a company under Grupo Ferromax, is the number one corporation selling iron and ceilings in Central America, with their superior quality brand and innovative service. Galvanissa distributes exclusively under its specialized chain called Megaservicios and its branches throughout the region.
Before implementing FingerTec, Galvanissa utilized a card marking system which immensely complicated personnel time and attendance management. At Grupo Ejje’s suggestion, they signed on the project of replacing the card system with FingerTec biometric terminals, at a stage-by-stage plan to avoid major interruption in HR processing. |
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| Galvanissa’s operation facility. |
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| “Galvanissa is relieved FingerTec’s TCMS V2 has improved their calculation for their staff’s working hours and decreased time investment in manually tallying information,” mentioned Ms. Ana Beatriz Espino, Business Consultant of Grupo Ejje SA de CV.
Currently Grupo Ejje has helped them install a total of 80 FingerTec TA102 and 3 FingerTec TA100C machines in their main offices, plants, and branches throughout El Salvador.
Galvanissa also designed an interface to integrate TCMS V2 with their payroll system and are very pleased with the quality equipment, compatibility, and technical support provided by Grupo Ejje. Their goal of having a system that allowed them to centralize information in all their branches in El Salvador had been well implemented. |
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5-Star Hotel in Jorden Fitted with Face ID 3
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| The view from Kempinski Hotel |
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Kempinski Hotel Ishtar is a 5-star lavishly decorated hotel, located just minutes from the shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan. Offering luxurious hospitality in the grand European style, the hotel will now be known for its efficient staff management as well.
The IT Manager and HR Manager from Kempinski were looking for a time attendance system to be implemented, to ease staff monitoring and payroll calculations. Getting recommendations from our resellers, JDS and Sky Software, the Kempinski Hotel Management decided to follow these recoomendations and employed us at Euro Jordan Trading Co. to implement FingerTec’s facial recognition system, the Face ID 2. As JDS and Sky Software are two companies known for their excellent hotel solutions, they had integrated a HR and Payroll solution for the hotel with the FingerTec devices, using the provided SDK by FingerTec. |
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| With this efficient combination for hotel solutions in place, we hope to be able to extend our clientele base to other top hotels, while working closely with JDS and Sky Software for a seamless integration.
Jordan is popular tourist destination, with travelers coming from all over the globe to see the waters of the must-see Dead Sea for themselves. Also known as the Salt Sea, its surface and shores are 423 meters below sea level, making it Earth’s lowest elevation on land. And if you are looking for accommodation with style in the area, why not check out the Kempinski Hotel Ishtar just around the corner? |
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Tasmil Pvt Ltd Officiates Maldives Showroom
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Tasmil Pvt. Ltd specializes in providing Security and IT solutions in the Maldives since 2006. As a fairly new partner of FingerTec since 2011, we do not only offer access control and time attendance solutions, but also system designing, installation and maintenance of camera systems, LAN networks, and Cable TV networks for residential areas, offices and resorts and so on.
Now we proudly announce the opening of our first showroom in Maldives. Located in the city center of Male, the showroom contains all the product range offered by Tasmil Pvt Ltd including FingerTec’s range of items. The function of the showroom is to display to the end-user the reality of the products they’ll be receiving in their installation, instead of using the usual empty display casings used in normal retail outlets. |
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| An official launch was held for the opening of the showroom, with media coverage from two major daily newspaper and TV station at the launch. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was done by former Human Rights Commissioner, Mr. Mujthaba, who was the guest of honor at the event.
Tasmil Pvt. Ltd remains at the cutting edge of the access control technology through high quality solutions which FingerTec products provide, to meet the unique needs of our customers. We deliver the highest standards in workmanship and products quality in security integration together with the latest IP technology backed by our experienced technical team.
And now with the showroom all set up and ready to go, we, at Tasmil Pvt. Ltd., hope we’ll be able to provide our clientelle with a more personalized service of choosing their preferred product for installation. |
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Vietnamese Bank Installed with R2 and Kadex
| Habubank founded in 1989, is one of Vietnam’s largest and successful investment bank. With a mission to provide customers with a comprehensive range of packaged and personalized products that meets the high standards of their customers, Habubank is known for going the extra mile to maximize shareholders’ values, maintain high growth of profitability and a sound balance sheet. |
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Now Habubank will also be able to maintain the same standards for its staff. Searching for a system that could save human resource efforts, store personal information of the staff, automatically record transactions and centralize data into 1 center, Habubank turned to Futech Technology JSC to source for such a system. After much thought and deliberation, FingerTec R2 and Kadex seemed to be the suitable choice, and was recommended by Futech to the bank.
All together, 25 readers were installed by Futech, all in strategic entry points of the staff at Habubank. They preferred to use another software specialized to the banking industry to retrieve and monitor the records, however, and Futech assisted in this by linking and centralizing the FingerTec devices using the provided SDK with the iWach Pro 3.0 software. |
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| “All in all the show was a success. We were happy to hear that so many people recognized the brand straight away and all our marketing efforts are paying off with quite an immediate effect,” commented Ms. Monica Meimaris, Director of FingerTec SA. |
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| 05 July 2012 |
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Bank and Café System Implemented by
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| Banco BIC headquarters. |
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Banco BIC is a privately owned Angolan bank, consisting of domestic and foreign investors. They are an institution that seeks to cover the national market retail, and also devote themselves as a privileged partner in Angolan business. The expertise of their staff is based on more than 30 years of banking experience in Angola, thus constituting a team of specialized professionals, dedicated and qualified for the national market as well as in the international arena.
In September 2011, the TecNet Angola won the tender to implement the time attendance system at one of the largest banks in Angola, the Banco BIC. The contract involved 140 units of AC100C, FingerTec’s multimedia colour time attendance terminal. The implementation began with 75 agencies in Luanda.
TecNet Angola quickly implemented the system to the Banco BIC agencies in Luanda, however they noticed a few hiccups when it came to power sourcing, compatibility of fingerprint templates and compatibility of FingerTec’s data with other systems. However those problems were swiftly managed and solved by TecNet Angola, and by the end of 2011, TecNet was asked to create a system with the terminals that would be able to record each Banco BIC's employee's consumption in the restaurant of the bank's headquarters. |
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| These nationwide installations allowed TecNet to travel around and get to know their country better! |
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| TecNet Angola then implemented a software system that operates in line with the AC100C terminal to verify consumption by each employee. This software then exports data collected by FTDP to a third party application, thus automatically deducting the total restaurant consumption from the wages of employees. |
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"At this point we have reached the number of units initially indicated in the contract. Now implementation is expected to reach 200 branches throughout Angola. It's been a very interesting work that has allowed us to travel across the country and know this beautiful country that has a quite heterogeneous geography," added Waldemar when asked about the status of the project. |
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| The AC100C in one of the Banco BIC branches. |
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Quarry Production Uses FingerTec for Time Attendance
| Sunway Group Sdn. Bhd. needs no introduction to many a locals. Being a large and self-sufficient conglomerate which specializes in building townships, Sunway Group’s most famous attraction is the Sunway Lagoon Theme Park, which has received several awards among the Asia Pacific region for being a top tourist attraction. |
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After getting into contact with one of FingerTec’s active local resellers, PC Mart Sdn. Bhd., the Quarry took the suggestion to install one of the best-selling models by FingerTec, the TA100C.
Several training sessions had to be set up to teach the admins and the superiors on how to use the TA100C, as well as how they can optimize its usage with the TCMS V2 bundled software. Now, post implementation, Sunway Quarry has an easier time monitoring and keeping track of attendance, allowing them to focus their time and energy on getting the job done. |
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| A Sunway Quarry staff clocking in at the TA100C. |
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| “FingerTec products are very easy to use, being straightforward in its features. Its marketing power is rather strong and supportive which makes it easy for us at PC Mart to promote the products,” mentioned Mr. Goh Kiang Hock, Managing Director of PC Mart Sdn. Bhd. |
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Toyota in Sydney Uses TimeTec for Attendance Management
| Needless of an introduction, Toyota Motor Corporations is one of the world's largest vehicle manufacturer. Toyota conducts its business in over 170 countries worldwide, and Australia is just one of them. Now, Sydney City Toyota, Toyota Japan’s flagship dealership for Australia, has implemented FingerTec terminals and TimeTec Web for and efficient and automated time and attendance management system. |
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| Spread over 4 sites in Sydney City and with over 290 employees, managing time and attendance for Sydney City Toyota has previously been a challenge. And with nearly 40 managers in over 20 departments requiring the ability to manage the time and attendance for the staff within their Toyota and Lexus dealership, Sydney City Toyota looked to FingerTec Australia to provide a solution through their partner Unipay Australia. Unipay Australia, the leading payroll software choice for new car dealerships, then partnered with FingerTec Australia to provide a complete Time & Attendance and Payroll solution for Sydney City Toyota.
Over 11 TA200 plus and TA103 terminals are now located throughout the 4 sites in Sydney City to make it easy for employees to clock on/off for work. All terminals are TimeTec enabled and transmit the time and attendance data in real-time to the TimeTec Web server. And with the password login feature on TimeTec Web, all 40 managers were given the ability to simultaneously login to the FingerTec Time & Attendance system and manage their employee’s work hours easily. |
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| The building of Sydney City Toyota. |
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| Once the weekly time and attendance data has been collected and calculated in TimeTec Web, the Payroll Officer in Toyota can easily export the data from TimeTec in the Unipay Australia format to integrate it with the software. |
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The project is currently at its beginning phase, with further expansion of FingerTec and TimeTec implementation being planned for in the coming months. Future integration will take place in the next 6-12 months with additional TA200 Plus terminals being added to the Service Department’s mechanic’s bays, enabling Toyota mechanics to clock on/off Repair Orders.
This job-costing integration is made possible thanks to the real-time data transfer of TimeTec Web online attendance solution by FingerTec and the common MySQL database that TimeTec Web utilizes. We hope to secure more clients with this type of integration in the future, after securing and completing a powerful reference such as Toyota. |
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FingerTec Installed in Vietnam
National Cinema Center
| The National Cinema Centre (NCC) in Hanoi is a familiar address for those who love cinema and keeping up with the latest movies in the capital city. The NCC does not only show the latest released movies, it is also a venue for premieres, local and international film festivals, and also contains an arcade entertainment center for those who can’t get enough of gaming. |
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The management of NCC was interested to improve their current staff management and parking management using some automated card access control devices. Prior to this, they were using a manual time card punch method to record staff attendance, while their parking system was all manually handled, which became extremely tedious especially during an event where a visitor loses or accidentally tears a ticket. |
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| The National Cinema Center in Hanoi. |
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We at Futech Technology JSC, proposed a system that would cover both staff and parking management which they gladly welcomed. As of now, the management section of the building has been installed with 14 sets of FingerTec Kadex & i-Kadex which are centralized with the TCMS V2 software while the parking area of the building has been installed with a system consisting of 6 pieces of Kadex, 24 units of fixed-box cameras, and 6 computers installed with Futech’s iParking software to monitor and manage the system. With the TCMS V2, the management can now easily generate reports and integrate their payroll processes to save time, plus the security and restrictions of both the offices and parking areas have been significantly improved. |
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| “The implementation of this system has really saved the NCC a lot of time and money. Previously, the parking area of the building would have a traffic jam at the 10-lane exit due to the manual parking ticket checking process. Now 6 lanes is all they need for a smooth-running exit with the help of the automatic number plate recognition system,” mentioned Mr. Bùi Xuân Tường, Distributor Manager of Futech Technology JSC. |
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Engineering Firm Equipped with FingerTec
| PT SMOE Indonesia, one of the SembCorp Marine’s offshore engineering and construction facilities located in the Kabil Industrial Zone on Batam Island, Indonesia not very far off from Singapore. In their 39 years in business, the company has been catering to oil and gas companies in over 20 countries, offering a complete range of solutions to meet their production needs. |
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| The company has recently adopted and implemented FingerTec fingerprint time and attendance solution. Workers and employees are required to scan their fingerprint for daily attendance. There have approximately 1,500 workers, of which 20% are SMOE workers and employees, and the rest being sub-contractor workers, and monitoring attendance for payroll purposes was becoming too tedious for them to keep up with prior to this. Following this, they sought our company’s services, SmartSys Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to propose a system that allows them to eliminate the amount of workload that was currently being carried out. As a result, a total of 18 units of FingerTec TA100C were deployed in the three locations within the company premises, namely, the entrance of the two guard houses, as well as the building lobby. The system was also integrated with the time attendance management software, the TCMS V2 to centralize all the 18 units of devices, and the system went live in mid-May for the company to use. This project was initiated by SMOE Singapore and it achieves the goal of providing a high availability and low maintenance of a fingerprint time and attendance platform in the long run. |
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| PT SMOE Indonesia’s main facility. |
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FingerTec Powered Up in the National Grid Corporation of Philippines
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A fully private corporation, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, also known as NGCP, won the franchise to operate and maintain the country’s transmission network in the biggest government auction conducted in efforts to reform the local power sector. As the system operator of the power grid, NGCP balances the demand and supply of electricity to serve efficiently all of its customers such as generators, private distribution utilities, electric cooperatives, etc.
The NGCP recently had built a new substation, or as referred to in the industry as a “remote site”. This remote site contains newly developed buildings to be used as offices and for facilities to manage and operate their substation. All the controls, communication equipment and security devices are to be located in this building. |
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| Therefore, SNCe Technology as a consultant of Nu Skin (Malaysia), recommended that they change their current system to FingerTec as firstly, all FingerTec models support the common and economical TCP/IP & USB connection with encrypted data log. Seven units of FingerTec Kadex card time attendance and access control system was successfully installed in their Klang branch (BBT) alone. In the near future, they will be installing FingerTec Kadex in all their branches and centralizing them to the headquarters via VPN, starting with the newest branch in Sibu, Sarawak.
Equipped with the TCMS V2, the management at Nu Skin Enterprises were satisfied with the quality of the product, the software, and the installation made by SNCe Technology’s team. SNCe Technology was a FingerTec’s resellers in Malaysia since last year, and is expanding fast with installations in several offices in the heart of KL, such as the recent one in NTP World Forum. |
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FingerTec Installed in Nu Skin Enterprises
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Nu Skin Enterprises is a leading direct-selling company that distributes premium quality beauty products and services through three core brands — Nu Skin, Pharmanex, and Big Planet. The Nu Skin brand has a line of more than 100 premium skin treatment and other personal care products, and is available in over 40 countries worldwide.
NuSkin currently has 6 branches in Malaysia, of which only 3 branches were connected back to the headquarters in Kuala Lumpur with their existing access control system. As an expanding company that had recently launched another branch in the Klang region, the company needed to update their system, connecting all branches back to their headquarters. The problem arose, however, when their current access control system was not able to connect using the TCP/IP connection, hence increasing the cost of expanding the system. Nu Skin was also not very happy with the quality and support that was provided to them by the current system, as they had experienced many problems in the state branches of Melaka and Johor. |
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| Already having a branch installed with access control and time attendance systems in Singapore, the NGCP approached our partner Eurogel, who then consulted us, Calvelo Engineered Systems, requesting and requested for a similar product for NGCP's new building. After some inquiry, we found that the FingerTec R2 will be suitable for the company, as it is even more advanced than the one installed by their branch in Singapore.
The company also required that the terminals be HID card compatible and that it comes with a comprehensive time attendance and access control software. After sealing the project, Calvelo Engineered Systems installed 32 units of R2 in the new building of the NGCP. As the areas secured by the R2 is of high security, all the R2 units were set to receive 2-3 methods for verification depending on the priority of the secured area. And with the TCMS V2 software which allows extensive time attendance and access control customization and management, and also inter-branch centralization, a FingerTec system was just the solution for the NGCP. |
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Mauritius Commercial Bank Secured with H2i
| Mauritius Commercial Bank (Maldives) also known as MCB Maldives, began its operation in Male on 4th May 2008. MCB Maldives aspires be the ideal banking and financial partner of corporate clients, regardless if they are already establish or just beginning. As the Maldavian economy continues in growth and development new branches are erected to serve the growing economy. The Bank Manager of MCB Maldives wanted to change their previous security equipment, and after a brief research and explanation by our newest Maldivian reseller, Astech Maldives Pvt Ltd., they decided to go with FingerTec. |
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| The installation took place on the ground floor where the vault is located, substituting the previous security unit they had. This new branch of MCB Maldives was installed with two units of Fingertec H2i terminals by our new Maldivian partner, Astech Maldives Pvt Ltd. They also had it equipped with bolt locks to secure it further and added exit buttons where necessary.
For now the terminals are only being used for Access Control as they have yet to install the TCMS V2 software as they are not monitoring the Time & Attendance of their employees. |
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