'Time is money' is an adage every successful business seriously believes in.
The business environment of today is intensely competitive and you have rivals breathing down your neck, ready to steal your customers with their lower-priced products.
If you want to survive such price wars and continue to make profits, then you need to adopt smart methods of improving your productivity and reducing your costs.
One way of doing so is to get the most out of your employees and make sure that you pay them only for the time they have actually worked.
This requires strict management of employee attendance.
The system of maintaining log books and time sheets is long gone.
Today, you have digital tools such as clocking in machines for monitoring attendance.
These machines have made it very easy to maintain daily records of the time every employee reports for duty and leaves after work.
The simple to install & use systems are a big help in improving the workers' productivity by regulating their working time.
They help in improving business performance by offering several benefits.

• The machine gives an accurate record of time and attendance.
  Now-a-days, most of the businesses have started using biometric clocking in systems that use a hand punch system.
  These employ fingerprint recognition software and thus, make it difficult for an employee to clock in for his colleague.
  These sophisticated systems are also not easy to tamper with, and promote discipline among the employees.
  
• The machines help a business save a lot on costs.
  They help you in paying only the wages & salaries that are actually due.
  Besides, they are automated and do not require you to employ anyone to monitor them.
  
• Several employers offer flexible working hours to their employees, these days.
  The clocking in system is designed to monitor flexi-timings too.
  
• It helps an employer to be in complete control.
  You can view any employee's attendance status instantly and spot a trend, if any, in his behavior.
  You can even easily calculate the labor costs for any job and measure its approximate profitability.
  
• Undoubtedly, it is good to keep your employees happy and relaxed.
  However, you also need to make sure that you are not too lenient.
  The success of your business depends a good deal on ensuring that your employees fulfill their contractual obligations and put in the complete working hours that they are supposed to.
  A clocking in system helps you do that.