Report on Attendance Management Programs: Types and Implementation

This report provides a comprehensive overview of attendance management programs, examining various types, including time cards, biometric systems, online software, and web page login stations. It delves into the factors organizations consider when choosing and implementing these programs, such as the nature of work, office locations, technological advances, and employee retention. The report emphasizes the importance of attendance management in preventing employee time theft, tracking employee records, and streamlining payroll processes. It also highlights the benefits of adaptable working examples and flexible attendance policies for improving employee engagement and productivity. The report concludes by summarizing the key aspects of attendance management and its impact on organizational efficiency.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Types of Attendance Management Programs............................................................................2
Choices of Implementation........................................................................................................4
Conclusions................................................................................................................................5
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
The attendance management program is the major and crucial process of preventing employee
time with a machine system and track all the records of employees that links to departures, working
hours and time off. The system of attendance depends upon the methods of punching cards and spread
sheets to organization automated attendance system and finally, it helps to biometric devices to
manage and deals in day to day transactions to entrances and leaves (Wong, 2019). The report focuses
on the concept of an attendance management system which is used in organizations for these
programs.
The choice of using various effective programs is to depend upon the size of the organization
and choices to be used. There is a different type of attendance programs with different cost to bear it
in the organizations. There is a different type of attendance programs for the smooth running of these
organizations and they are fewer problems with accessibility to the human resource department as the
record is more time based and accurate (Bukiejko, 2006).
Kinds of Attendance Management Programs
It is most beneficial and important for an organization to look at an entire attendance program
of its employees while adapting software available in the surrounding environment. The main
characteristics of this program include the core definition of absence, recognition of improvement in
managing attendance, use of triggering incident and effective communication between employees and
employer in the workplaces. The absence comes with the uninterrupted occasion of absence that
happened due to illness or sickness (Attendance Management Programs , 2015).
Dependability and ordinary participation are fundamental traits of each business relationship
contracted for work; business is qualified for depending on its representatives to go to work and to
play out the undertakings for which they were employed. The business sorts out its work environment
and gives products and ventures to its client's independence on this agreement.

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The different types of software which are adopted by most of the organization all over the
world are being described with easy understanding as these are live examples that are working. The
organization when chooses these programs has a major role in identifying the size of the business and
the internal structure of the organization as some of these are expensive software ( Mosman, et al.,
2019)
Time card is the least expensive option that has result in high tech version of old mechanical
punch clock. It provides most of users to a solid set of payroll features that are being designed as a
user interface and automation capabilities. Time card can streamline and automatically analyses the
calculation, generated timesheets that are governed by each individual. The key feature of this
program is buddy punching accounts between all its management expenses.
Biometric attendance software captures the identity and exit using all the fingerprints of a
person. There is common integrated program as one need to punch and enter the workplace and this
ensures fewer clashes in the management system.
The cost-effective solution helps to facilitate unlimited payroll for more than 1099 months
contract for the workers in the organization. It streamlines the payroll process, bolsters payroll
compliances and performs advance note takings in the specified organization (Brooks, 2019).
On-line attendance software is large comprehensive program software that is designed for
ease and it helps to avoid paystub confusions. This software syncs the data and payroll solutions that
eliminate double entries. There are a feature and tool that enables to track commissions, bonus points
and approved hours of employees in the management system. This also helps in tracking all the data
and information of the employee in sync for better keeping of actual records (An Overview Of Types
Of Attendance Management Software, 2019).
A web page login station is enterprise that is designed in large industries or companies as it
offers HCM services for all the business. This kind of software is mostly used in workplaces where
employees need to work from their personal computers as there is digital punch to the generated idea.
This helps in receiving data with real-time updates across all the systems and employees are access to

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self-services portals with clock scheduling, requesting PTO and managing all their benefits (Trends in
Time & Attendance Systems, 2019).
Choices of Implementation
Most organizations utilize a period and participation in the executive’s framework that helps
them to catch information for consistency yet in addition to expanding worker commitment. Various
factors need to be considering with most suitable attendance types for an organization. This
guarantees their most significant resource is used effectively.
The first factor comes with the nature of work or the requirements of the business that what is
to be best suited for the working environment. If there is a service industry, so the system that they
will use is a fixed time attendance system as there are fixed shifts and attendance policies.
When managing physical merchandise, for example, in the assembling, development or
horticultural division, fixed planning is favoured most of the time. On the off chance that your
organization is into offers and products exchanging, your representatives need to begin their work on
the spot. Work needs to begin when the market opens, in this manner requiring a fixed-time
participation strategy to be used (Attendance Management Programs , 2015).
The second factor which every organization looks after its office locations and commuting
time. Scarcely any individuals live near work and our urban areas are becoming busy continuously.
Traffic growls, erratic climate, unending development, and preoccupations, driving to work and back
home is something most representative’s fear. If conceivable, some adaptability for landing and flight
of an individual can help diminish this agony. On the other hand, you can consider moving your
typical business hours to help here.
The third factor comes with technological advances, large organizations and representatives
are spread over the globe. Work from home and on-location work from customer areas are too much
popular. Liquid participation approaches, for example, telecommute and flexible make it
progressively hard to catch profitable hours. Be that as it may, innovation makes it simple. It can

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without much of a stretch catch remote or on location participation of your representatives (Adnani,
2019).
The fourth factor is the retention of high-quality talent in the organization for a long period.
The organization who is in creative structures of making video production houses or in
communication agencies, they want to retain the best top quality talent in their workplaces.
Advantages of adaptable working examples like work-life balance, better prosperity, more trust
among representatives and boss and better help hold inventive workers is to be presented regards the
same (Madlinger, 2019).
Conclusions
The report tells about the various attendance management programs which are adopted by
most of the organizations. This is most important part of every organization as this can be adopted by
big or small organizations as well. This all depends upon how much organizations need to invest and
go smoother with the day to day management system. There are various factors that are to be
considered while choosing the best and ways of implementation in an organization. The report studies
about all the different software and which organization are best when they used.
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