Time and attendance processes are used by many companies of all sizes in order to gather information about the amount of time employees spend on the job. The capture of an accurate time each employee reports to work and the actual hours they spend on the job is the most common tracking-method. A second method used by companies is to track detailed information on each job or work task that is performed during the day.
There were invented many tracking devices in the past years. These devices help ease the burden of manually recording time and attendance data on paper. The IBM-Company was originally called International Time Recorder, based in Endicott, NY. Today, the antique pendulum based wall clocks that were adapted to manually record data to paper based cards can be found in the market.
Time clock systems are still used by small companies because of their economical and easy to use design. It is easy: just plug the clock into the wall, set the time and you can start recording work hours. There are no special computer skills needed to utilize the equipment. These clocks are still produced by several leading American manufacturers and they are sold in the office products retail market.
There is an alternative to mechanical time clock systems or paper-based timesheets: Automated Time & Attendance Systems.
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