When you adopt biometric attendance, one of the first practical choices is how employees will actually clock in: at a shared station or terminal, or on their own personal devices. Both work well but the right answer depends on your workplace.
The case for shared stations
- Ideal for a single entrance or a defined work site
- No reliance on employees having or using a personal phone
- A clear, consistent clock-in point everyone passes
- Well suited to factories, warehouses and offices with controlled access
The case for personal devices
- Perfect for mobile, field and distributed teams
- No hardware to buy or maintain
- Fast to deploy – install an app and enrol
- Pairs with GPS and geofencing to confirm location
Often the answer is both
Many organisations mix the two: a shared station or tablet at the main entrance for on-site staff, and personal-device clock-in for drivers, field crews and remote workers. The key is choosing a system that supports both from one platform so you are not stitching together separate tools and separate data.
How NCheck handles it
NCheck runs across personal phones, shared stations & tablets, IP cameras and dedicated biometric terminals, all feeding one set of records. That means you can match the capture method to each part of your workforce and still see everything in a single, consistent report.
