KAIZEN INFOCOMM
Company profile
Kaizen, as the name suggests is the market leader in providing software and application development solutions to the UK and international clients since 2002. Kaizen provides product-based software solutions to niche clients and has over 16 years of valuable experience in providing excellent software solutions to client’s world over.
It is one of the leading innovative companies in the software industry. Kaizen is part of UK based Nivid group and has made its presence felt in the software industry with its tailor-made solutions. Its solutions have been widely implemented by its clients in the UK and India and its competitors have benchmarked their products with those of kaizen for further improvement.
Technologies
Kaizen offers numerous technologies to its clients and we shall discuss all of them below:
PHP
PHP is a server-side scripting language. That is used to develop Static websites or Dynamic websites or Web applications. PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-processor, that earlier stood for Personal Home Pages. PHP scripts can only be interpreted on a server that has PHP installed.
Uses of PHP
It is used for creating a dynamic website.
To interact with web server (Apache etc)
To interact with any back-end/database server e.g. MySQL
To interact with the native, file system of the OS
To implement the business logical layers (one or more)
It can Encrypt Data
Using PHP, you can restrict user to access specific web page
PHP is usually used to output HTML code to the browser
Used to connecting web application with Database
It is used for sending and receiving E-Mails.
PHP performs system functions, i.e. from files on a system it can create, open, read, write, and close them.
It can handle forms, i.e. gather data from files, save data to a file.
.NET
A Microsoft operating system platform that incorporates applications, a suite of tools and services and a change in the infrastructure of the company’s Web strategy. The .NET Framework supports building and running of next-gen of applications and XML Web services.
Uses of .NET
It can be used for making websites and desktop applications or software. The .Net Framework is a programming framework created by Microsoft framework. This framework is intended to be used by most new applications created for the Windows platforms. Mostly developer can use to create applications more easily
Jquery
JQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversing and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers.
Uses of Jquery
The purpose of jQuery is to make it much easier to use JavaScript on your website. JQuery takes a lot of common tasks that require many lines of JavaScript code to accomplish and wraps them into methods that you can call with a single line of code. JQuery also simplifies many of the complicated things from JavaScript, like AJAX calls and DOM manipulation.
IOS
IOS is a mobile operating system for Apple-manufactured devices. IOS runs on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple TV. Originally known as the iPhone OS, the name was changed with the introduction of the iPad.
IOS utilizes a multi-touch interface in which simple gestures are used to operate the device, such as swiping your finger across the screen to move to the next page or pinching your fingers to zoom out. There are over 2 million iOS apps available for download in the Apple App Store, the most popular app store of any mobile device.
Android
Android is a Linux based operating system it is designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. The operating system has developed a lot in the last 15 years starting from black and white phones to recent smartphones or mini computers. One of the most widely used mobile OS these days is android. The android is software that was founded in Palo Alto of California in 2003.
Uses of Android
The Android operating system is used on smartphones, netbooks, tablet computers, Google TV, and other devices. The main hardware platform for Android is the ARM architecture.
Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit card-sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python
Uses of Raspberry Pi
Desktop PC.
Wireless Print Server.
Add AirPrint Support to Your Pi Print Server.
Media Center.
Retro Gaming Machine.
Minecraft Game Server.
Robot Controller.
Stop Motion Camera.
Arm Cortex
ARM cortex is a processor. ARM is the name of the manufacturer that makes these processors. These processors are used for embedded system processing applications, for example, your smartphone.
These processors are highly efficient. In addition, the credit card-sized computer Raspberry pi also uses the ARM processors. These are used for technical computing, for example, controlling any real-life application with the help of a computer.
Uses of Arm Cortex
ARM processors are microprocessors and are widely used in many of the mobile phones sold each year, as many as 98% of mobile phones. They are also used in PDAs (personal digital assistants), digital media and music layers, hand-held gaming systems, calculators, and even computer hard drives.
Solutions
Kaizen provides numerous solutions to its clients and the most prominent among them are
IOT
The Internet of things (IoT) is the network of devices, vehicles, and home appliances that contain electronics, software, actuators, and connectivity which allows these things to connect, interact and exchange data
IoT involves extending Internet connectivity beyond standard devices, such as desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets, to any range of traditionally dumb or non-internet-enabled physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with technology, these devices can communicate and interact over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled
Applications
The IOT device is applicable for smart homes, Home automation solutions and in providing smart security systems
Smart homes
IOT devices are a part of the larger concept of home automation, which can include lighting, heating and air conditioning, media and security systems. Long-term benefits could include energy savings by automatically ensuring lights and electronics are turned off.
A smart home or automated home could be based on a platform or hubs that control smart devices and appliances. For instance, using Apple‘s Home Kit, manufacturers can get their home products and accessories be controlled by an application in iOS devices such as the iPhone and the Apple Watch. This could be a dedicated app or iOS native applications such as Siri.
This can be demonstrated in the case of Lenovo’s Smart Home Essentials, which is a line of smart home devices that are controlled through Apple’s Home app or Siri without the need for a Wi-Fi bridge. There are also dedicated smart home hubs that are offered as standalone platforms to connect different smart home products and these include the Amazon Echo, Apple’s Home Pod, and Samsung’s Smart Things Hub.
Building and home automation
IOT devices can be used to monitor and control the mechanical, electrical and electronic systems used in various types of buildings (e.g., public and private, industrial, institutions, or residential) in home automation and building automation systems. In this context, three main areas are being covered in literature:
The integration of the Internet with building energy management systems in order to create energy-efficient and IOT driven “smart buildings”.
The possible means of real-time monitoring for reducing energy consumption and monitoring occupant behaviors.
The integration of smart devices in the built environment and how they might to know who to be used in future applications.
Smart Security systems
In the past few years, however, home security systems have become much smarter about keeping an eye on your home while you are asleep or out for the day. As well as protecting you better in emergencies, they come with new features and smart technology that old systems cannot offer, giving you much more value from your investment.
Here are six ways a smart security system is better.
It is always useful.
A security system is there to protect you and raise the alarm in a big emergency like a fire or a break-in. However, a smart security system does not stop there. Thanks to advanced technology, it makes itself useful every single day.
It can send you a notification when your teenagers get home from school or their part-time jobs. It can show you who is at your front door, and let you talk to them, through a video doorbell. You can see an HD video feed of your kids in the back yard while you are cooking dinner.
It is easy to use.
Old security technology is clunky and restrictive. By contrast, a smart security system conveniently integrates into your life through an app on your smartphone or tablet.
A single tap on your phone is all it takes to arm or disarm your system. You will never need to race through your front door to disarm a bleeping panel again.
It proactively looks out for you.
As well as protecting you from emergencies, a smart security system can proactively detect and warn you about potential problems, big and small. Using advanced technology, the system can alert you to a water leak, a toddler rummaging in the kitchen at 3 a.m., or a garage door left open at bedtime.
It can also act on your behalf automatically. For example, if your home suffers a water leak, it can proactively turn off your home’s water at the source to prevent damage. In a fire alarm or carbon monoxide leak, it can shut off your HVAC for safety, proactively keeping you an extra step ahead of danger.
It is a professional security.
In an emergency, the smartest thing of all is to get help immediately. A smart security system takes care of this for you.
With professional monitoring, a smart security system alerts a monitoring station to dispatch firefighters or police to your home when they are needed. Monitoring stations are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ensuring your home is professionally protected around the clock.
It is built for reliability.
A smart home security system is designed in a way to ensure that an emergency signal gets through even if the power is out, the phone line and internet are down, or your panel is smashed.
It goes everywhere with you.
Whether you are running a quick errand or 1,000 miles from home, you can stay connected to home with smart security. That means peace of mind and convenience, no matter where you are. Even if there is an issue at home, it is easier to manage with a smart security system. You can get immediate notifications that can include images and video clips to show you what is going on.
HRMS
An HRMS (Human Resource Management System) is a combination of systems and processes that connect human resource management and information technology through HR software. An HRMS may help to revolutionize a workplace.
The automation of repetitive and time-consuming tasks associated with human resources management frees up some of the companies most valuable employees and allows the focus to shift to culture, retention, and other highly impactful areas.
Functions of HRMS Systems
The function of the human resources department involves tracking employee histories, skills, abilities, salaries, and accomplishments. Replacing certain processes with various levels of HRMS systems can distribute information management responsibilities so that the bulk of information gathering is not delegated strictly to HR. By allowing employees to update personal information and perform other tasks, information is kept more accurate and HR professionals are not bogged down.
Each module performs a separate function within the HRMS that helps with information gathering or tracking. HRMS modules can assist with:
Gathering, storing, and accessing employee information
Keeping attendance records and tracking absenteeism
Analytics and informed decision-making
Assessing the Need for an HRMS Solution
Before a company makes a decision regarding the selection of an HRMS solution, it is important for the management team to identify the needs of the company, its processes, and goals for both long term and short term. It is essential to the success of the project to deeply involve the HR professionals in the process. Depending on the size and structure of the company, it may be helpful to have an organization-wide meeting or to select representatives from each department to discuss HRMS goals and options.
HRMS Security
Security is of great concern when it comes to choosing a human resources management system. The information stored in an HRMS is highly sensitive, including proprietary company data and volumes of personal information about employees. It is essential for companies to choose a solution that utilizes a method of secure transmission such as SSL, which encrypts the data as it, transmits over the internet.
Internal security is also critical; information should be guarded by passwords that have varying levels of access in relation to what is needed for the job position. While most companies now allow employees to access portions of HRMS solutions, employees must understand the importance of maintaining the integrity of the system and protecting the security of the information it contains (i.e. no password sharing). Safeguards should also be in place to quickly bar terminated employees’ access to systems.
Finding the Right HRMS
Finding an HRMS that fits your needs can be fast and easy! We at kaizen have the right solutions for all your needs. We believe in providing the best of the HRMS software to our prospective clients and to satisfy our customers we have come up with new innovative software called Taras.
Taras is a one-stop solution for your HR needs. It is a comprehensive product, which is loaded with solutions that clients ask for.
Let us discuss about Taras in detail
Taras solutions
Taras is a cloud-based workforce management software that has been developed by kaizen Infocomm for its clients to manage their workforce effectively and efficiently.
Taras cloud-based system integrates all the functions of an organization effectively and allows it to interact with various stakeholders via web or smart mobile devices.
It has the following advantages:
Cloud-based solution.
Anytime anywhere access using the internet and mobile devices.
Zero Capital outlay for implementing the system.
Low-cost monthly subscription includes hardware, software, and support.
Business process customization program.
Taras offers complete solution irrespective of the size of the organization to manage the workforce diligently and effectively without hindrances and hiccups.
The following sectors are covered by solutions offered by Taras cloud-based software
Retail
Taras helps in finding a solution to the problems faced by retail companies like erratic working hours, temporary staff problems, and complex shift patterns. Using Taras retail a company can quickly and accurately identify issues in areas such as poor timekeeping, unauthorized absence, payroll accuracy, and compliance as well as high levels of HR workload.
Taras retail helps a business in the following way:
Accurate Attendance Recording
It is one of the basic requirements of any retail business. Taras retail utilizes the latest biometric identification methods such as fingerprints and facial recognition to ensure accurate attendance recording. Accurate time recording is beneficial to both the employee and the employer alike because it significantly reduces the number of unwanted queries about payroll and leaves.
Keeping track of offsite staff
Retail businesses have staff working at different sites. In order to keep track of their presence, Taras retail uses GPS and mobile technologies to enable a business to accurately record when and where an off-site employee clocks in. This, in turn, ensures that employees constantly on the move are at the right place whenever and wherever they start work.
Budgeted Operations made easy
In order to prevent payroll cost overruns, Taras gives managers the ability to set staff schedules and staffing levels according to predetermined weekly hour budgets as well as weekly cost budgets. To address unforeseen incidents such as bad weather or large sporting events etc. the Taras hierarchical management structure enables senior management to override pre-set budgeted hours on a case-by-case basis.
Maintaining adequate staffing level
Maintaining optimum-staffing levels can have a huge impact on both costs and productivity and ensuring that efficient numbers of staff are available when needed can be a time-consuming task. Using the Taras calendar functions managers are able to quickly and accurately match staffing levels to forecasted demand thereby reducing staff or shortages.
Recording Holidays
Every business in the retail sector faces the prospect of staff holiday due to one or the other reasons. Increase in staff numbers within a business increases the task of maintaining accurate holiday and attendance records. Since it is difficult to manage such a mammoth task, Taras has the solution to the ever-increasing staff leaves. It uses biometric technology like fingerprints and facial recognition to provide accurate collection of employee attendance data which is then used to provide accurate real-time holiday entitlement information for both employee and employers use.
Hospitality
This sector is one of the largest employers in the world. Due to ever-increasing demand for quality staff all the time. It is mandatory to employ the right tools to select and maintain an optimum staff level. This sector has the responsibility to manage a well-diversified workforce and at the same time, there is pressure on the senior management to reduce cost overruns.
Taras gives hospitality bosses the tools to hire and manage staff on a local, regional or national level whilst at the same time providing many safeguards against cost overrun.
Taras helps solve myriad problems this sector faces like employee turnover, staff training, and salary dispute and so on.
Taras helps the hospitality industry in the following ways:
Adequate staff strength all the time
In the hospitality industry due to erratic working hours maintaining optimum staff all the time is of utmost importance. Due to increasing customer demand for quality service and staff, management teams across the hospitality industry have the mandate to ensure proper staff level is maintained all the time.
Staff control made easy
Due to erratic working hours in this sector, it is difficult to keep track of staff leaves and attendance. In order to avoid such a scenario, managers and supervisors are relieved of their duty of not maintaining staff records manually due to comprehensive solutions provided by Taras biometric technology which helps in keeping track of how many staffs are on leave and how many have clocked in.
Recording Deliveries precisely
For food retailers that offer home delivery services, Taras can provide a delivery confirmation feature based on GPS location tagging. By using the Taras, mobile app the exact location and time of deliveries can be simply and easily recorded by drivers with performance reports helping to identify staff performance.
Care Homes
The care sector is one of the most sought after as far as government spending is concerned. Due to ever-increasing costs, government cutbacks in the social sector has increased manifold. Therefore, it has become essential to control costs and keep spending under check. Taras enables care providers to make necessary efforts to curb staffing and HR costs and at the same time ensures compliance and skills availability.
The current trend points out to the fact that in the near future more and more people would be moving to care homes seeking benefits. In such a scenario managing the inmates and keeping costs under control would be a mammoth task given the fact that government spending has diminished drastically. So a comprehensive approach to solve the problems faced by care homes can be solved by Taras care plus which has been specially designed for care homes.
Taras can take care of care homes in the following ways
Right Skills for Individual Resident needs
It is paramount to make sure that the skills on offer match the requirements of the residents individually. Taras skills and compliance function enables providers to match skills availability to resident’s needs thereby ensuring optimum levels of care.
Data conformity and Record-Keeping
Conforming to real-time data is a critical area for the care sector and the Taras employee record function gives providers the ability to ensure real-time compliance in areas such as work permits, immigration status, and qualification status. Apart from providing the ability to store scanned documents or certificates, Taras has the ability to send notification when any compliance or qualification document is due to expire.
Home-based care services
For care providers offering home-based care services, Taras mobile app provides the ideal management solution. Both care workers and providers can benefit from the Taras mobile app by accurately tracking the time spent at each home as well as present documented records in case of disputed visits.
Taras Care Plus for care homes
Apart from the regular Taras module, there is additional care plus package for care homes. Care Plus provides additional functions targeted at helping providers manage the functions and facilities of individual care homes.
Care Plus has additional features, which are as below:
Accurate and Comprehensive Documentation
By using, Taras care plus providers can automate and improve record-keeping for things such as start/stop dates of residents stay, residents, sponsor details, status of the stay, individual care needs, residents incident records, etc.
Separate Invoicing and Accounting
With Taras care plus it is possible to bill individual family members who wish to sponsor their near and dear ones to stay at a particular care home for a longer duration. This way social service department and the sponsoring family member can be billed separately.
Up-to-date Supplier Records
Care Plus includes a supplier records facility enabling providers to automate supplier accounting records and supplier payment details. The supplier’s names, addresses, and contact numbers can be stored easily, which enables prompt payment to the suppliers without hindrances.
Offices
In offices, Taras has a multitude of functions and solves complex problems that a company faces. The term General Workplace covers everything from a small office and industrial unit to large corporate offices and manufacturing plants.
There are many companies from diverse industries and staff working there are from diverse fields. Professionals like Doctors, Lawyers, and Chartered Accountants have offices, which are small, and the staffs they employ are skilled and adept in managing day-to-day work. Managing them is hassle-free and easy if these offices are Taras enabled.
Taras provides world-class and cost-effective workforce management solutions to all types of customers due to the introduction of biometric, PC and mobile technologies along with robust and secure cloud database architecture.
With the launch of Taras workforce management solutions software, many companies have given up their reluctance of carrying out the huge task of managing their workforce and have welcomed cloud-based software solutions like Taras with open arms.
Taras solutions are tailor-made to suit the client’s needs and have enabled companies to sort out their workforce problems with ease.
Taras helps offices to manage their staff in the following ways:
Flexibility and Compatibility
Due to changing working hours, it is rare to see a 9-5 job anywhere in India. Taras has the solution to manage erratic working hours by keeping track of the staff attendance accurately and securely. By utilizing multiple attendance collection methods Taras enables businesses to offer flexible working to workers irrespective of workplace location.
Timely Leave Recording
For any business, employee leave and absenteeism adds to overall payroll costs. The Taras holiday tracking features allow managers and HR personnel to accurately keep track of leave requests, leave accrual and unauthorized absence. By using the Taras employee portal, staff can view holiday entitlement, submit leave requests and receive approval notifications.
Document Storage made easy
Taras has the facility to store scanned documentation such as staff qualifications, training records, employment references and passport, and visa copies. The main benefit of storing valuable documents is to extract information about visa and work permit expiry to ensure regulatory compliance.
Reduced HR Workload
To manage and maintain the workforce is a daunting task for any system. In order to efficiently manage and maintain a large workforce, Taras has been designed in such a way that it incorporates a wide range of HR functions such as payroll, employee record files, holiday tracking, grievance procedures, background checks and much more. Taras has the ability to reduce HR workload and contribute to HR savings in a significant way.
Anywhere and Everywhere solution
Taras has the flexibility to suit client needs and it can offer solutions to clients having multiple workplaces. The multiple attendance collection methods used by Taras are ideally suited to companies with multiple locations or mobile workers. Locations where there is no internet connection such a building sites or new offices in the process of being installed, Taras provides inbuilt mobile data access for their biometric readers.
Payroll Solutions
The term “payroll” actually refers to the list of employees that receive compensation from a company. However, most companies generally use the term to refer to the money that is paid to the employees or the records that detail how much each employee has made. Payroll may also refer to the company, department, or software that is used to process paychecks and taxes or to the process of calculating and distributing employee paychecks.
Processing payroll is a very important function of any business and necessitates an understanding of current regulations, detailed tax knowledge to ensure proper withholding and filing, and a highly organized system that can be relied upon to pay each employee the right amount of money. For many organizations, using payroll systems or outsourcing payroll can help to mitigate stress and minimize errors
Taras Pay
Taras pay is payroll software, which helps in calculating payroll to employees conveniently and helps in minimizing cost to a significant extent. Taras pay is part of Taras suite. It is designed in such a way that it integrates fully with Taras WMS. This allows organizations to automate their workforce management functions and reduce payroll management complexity.
This helps in improving productivity and efficiency while reducing the overall payroll and operational costs. Taras Pay focuses on simplicity in design and execution allowing payroll departments to process payroll with maximum ease saving both cost and time.
Taras Pay supports following features
Fully Cloud-based solutions allows quick rollout and zero capital expense
Weekly, fortnightly, 4-weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual payment schedules
Basic, daily, hourly and statutory pay
Creates custom additions and deductions elements
Pension schemes & Attachment orders
Expenses and benefits calculation
Starters and leavers with customizable HR data
Employee calendar and holiday pay
All RTI submission types.
Print P45, P60, P30, and P32 forms
Downloads and processes P9, P6, P6B, SL1, and SL2 employee coding notices
Comprehensive reporting
HMRC payments, including Employment Allowance and Apprenticeship Levy.
Payroll benefits in kind (PBIK)
Print, email, and export payslips
Employee Self Service portal for viewing, printing and exporting Payslips
Full integration with Taras Workforce Management System.
Taras pay is replete with solutions for payroll matters. With this new software, payroll solutions have become a time saving and cost-saving exercise.
Biometric Solutions
The term biometrics refers to technologies that measure and analyze human physiological or behavioral characteristics for authentication or identification purposes. Some of the most widely used characteristics or biometric factors are fingerprints, irises, voice patterns and the spatial geometry of the face.
To start with, let us explain why biometrics are needed more than ever. Physical access control, say to a building, is generally based on locks and keys, on badge readers or on few-digit pin codes which are easily lost or stolen by malicious individuals. Because for access control based on keys or badges the authentication factor is something you have, there is no real guarantee that the person entering your building is the individual that was granted access in the first place.
The same accounts for access to computerized systems, access control there is mostly based on passwords or pin codes thus the authentication factor is something you know. Unfortunately, end-users have to remember such an amount of passwords and pin codes that they no longer apply good password practices. End users tend to write passwords down, to keep new passwords as simple as possible and to use always the same password.
With biometrics the access control factor is something you are, a measurable physiological or behavioral characteristic, which is often more difficult to fake, steal or imitate than a password or a key. Users do not have to remember it and they cannot by accident leave it at home. This physiological or behavioral characteristic is referred to as a biometric factor, it can be your fingerprints or the way you use your voice.
Biometric solutions can be divided into two groups, based on the type of biometric factor they use
Solutions based on a physiological factor, examples are fingerprint recognition and iris recognition
Solutions based on a behavioral factor, examples are voice pattern recognition and keystroke dynamics
A few examples of biometric solutions, which are detailed further on this website.
Fingerprint recognition
Iris recognition
Face recognition
Voice recognition
Hand geometry recognition
Retina recognition
Biometric Applications
Biometrics can be applied for authentication – verifying that a person is who he claims to be – and for identification – determining who the person is based on the measured biometric factor.
Any application requiring authentication or identification can make use of biometrics; this does not mean that using biometrics always has an advantage over other authentication and identification techniques. A few examples where using biometrics might have advantages:
Time attendance systems
Access control to computer systems or portable media
Physical access control
Loyalty card or other customer systems
The main reason to opt for biometrics is to increase security while decreasing the burden of keeping keys, remembering passwords and other such kinds of stuff, which have the possibility of getting hacked or stolen easily. Having a robust biometric solution in place can make sure a foolproof and error-free identification and authentification all the time.
Integration of biometric hardware with HRM and attendance solutions
Biometric technologies are used for analyzing and measuring personal characteristics, both behavioral and physiological. The characteristics measured include irises, hand measurements, voice patterns, fingerprints and others, all used for identifying human characteristics for verifying a person’s identity.
These characteristics, or biometrics, are very tightly connected to a person and cannot be stolen, shared, forgotten or easily hacked. The characteristics used can help to uniquely identify a person, which replaces or works to supplement the traditional security methods used. Biometrics offers two primary improvements:
Personal information cannot be stolen
Individuals no longer have to memorize codes or passwords
When it comes to a business’s HR department, the implementation of biometrics offers a number of additional benefits, which can make their job easier.
Transparency
Biometric technology offers employers an unparalleled means of knowing what employees are doing and when they are doing it. If someone is in charge of a large group, they will know, without a doubt, who is present at any given point in time. Biometrics helps to make the attendance of employees completely transparent and restricts cases of attendance fraud.
Saves Time
The use of biometric devices also works to save quite a bit of time. When HR personnel have to manage attendance manually, it can be quite time-consuming. With a biometric device in place, all employees have to do is scan their fingerprint, hand or another body part when they come or leave. Their total time for the day is automatically calculated by the system. When an employer needs to know anything about time and attendance, they can quickly and easily download a comprehensive report from the machine. There are some types of software that work with these systems allowing employers to see the attendance of some employees in their system in as little as 10 seconds.
Saves Money
When a business installs a biometric device, it is a one-time investment that an employer makes that will cater to their time and attendance needs for years. This means employers do not need to hire a person to manage attendance and will not have to worry about cases of fake attendance any longer. Installing a biometric device will not only make things easier for the employers but also their HR department and save the entire business money.
Enhances Punctuality
When biometric devices are used by a business, they can help to enhance the punctuality of workers. When employees realize they are no longer able to fake their attendance, it will prompt them to reach the office on time each day. This helps to increase productivity since employees are sure to work the number of hours they have been assigned.
Increased Efficiency for Employee Maintenance
When it comes to creating a work schedule and extra hours or overtime are available, HR managers can easily run a report to see who is on time, working late and putting in extra. This will help them know who deserves the extra time for the week. This makes the entire scheduling process much easier and efficient.
Makes Absence Management a Breeze
When biometric time and attendance clocks are used, an HR department will have a much easier time managing employee absences. In fact, it can be integrated with the company’s human resources software, allowing it to be directly linked to payroll. With a built-in absence tracking system, the payroll can be adjusted accordingly and automatically, without much input from HR personnel. Also, when someone is absent, the software can determine who is not scheduled so someone can easily be called in, reducing the interruption in workflow.
Business owners, managers, and the HR department have endless tasks to handle when it comes to running a business. Implementing technology, such as a biometric time clock to provide all the benefits here is well worth the investment. Not only will this minimize money lost of fraudulent time charges, but it will also make workers more productive. The HR department will discover that tasks such as handling absences and scheduling are also much easier to handle with this equipment in place. The systems represent a one-time investment that will be around for decades from now. It is a smart investment that businesses of all sizes should consider investing in when it comes to resource management and productivity.
The integration of biometric hardware with HRM and attendance solutions is key to the successful management of staff in any organization. With ever-increasing use of biometrics technology, the world over, identifying and authenticating, a person has become less cumbersome and sophisticated. This has eventually enhanced the ability of companies to overcome staff management problems efficiently and effectively.
Embedded Systems
An embedded system is a programmed controlling and operating system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system, often with real-time computing constraints. It is embedded as part of a complete device often including hardware and mechanical parts.
As the name implies, it may be hardware or software integrated to perform a particular function. It uses a Microcontroller/Microprocessor to perform a single job. It is a stand-alone device with no operating system.
Some of the examples of an embedded system are smartphones, washing machines, Air conditioners, refrigerator Music player, ATM, Vending machine, Data Logger and kiosk.
How does it work
An embedded system works by incorporating a rugged computer board into an industrial enclosure with associated Input and Output to fulfill a function in an embedded environment. The computing element is an embedded motherboard, which is the feature-packed small form factor, heart of an embedded system.
Applications
Embedded Systems are present everywhere. Most of the people use it without knowing. The fact is that it is invisible to the user, delivering a wealth of experience. Here are some of the applications of the embedded system.
Smart Homes
Most of the products in your home are embedded which give excellent experience and comfort to the user. Examples are Home Security system, Setup Box, Digital Camera, Television, Microwave Oven, Air Conditioner, Refrigerator and much more.
Offices
They are also into the commercial enterprise solutions for internetworking business clients. Examples are Router, Modem, Printer, and Gateways.
Transportation
The automotive industry is well competing worldwide. Some of the embedded subsystems in automobiles are Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Air conditioning control, Ignition control, Airbag control, Rain sensing wipers.
Healthcare
The medical field is a critical one, and the use of embedded systems is a nightmare. The odd design may lead to a disastrous effect on society or an individual. Examples are Blood pressure monitors, Heartbeat monitors, pacemakers, telesupervision and surgery, Scanners.
Industrial world
The recent challenges of embedded systems extended its scope towards automation. Automation is the process of doing a task repetitively. Automation increases machine productivity, reducing development cost and design time. Examples are Industrial machinery and control, Temperature monitoring, 3D printing machines.
Cloud computing solutions
What is cloud computing
Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, intelligence and moreover the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. A company typically pays only for cloud services it uses, helping lower its operating costs, run the infrastructure more efficiently and scale, as the business needs change.
Top benefits of cloud computing
Cloud computing is a big shift from the traditional way businesses think about IT resources. Here are seven common reasons organizations are turning to cloud computing services:
Cost
Cloud computing eliminates the capital expense of buying hardware and software and setting up and running on-site datacenters—the racks of servers, the round-the-clock electricity for power and cooling, the IT experts for managing the infrastructure. It adds up fast.
Speed
Most cloud computing services are provided self-service and on-demand, so even vast amounts of computing resources can be provisioned in minutes, typically with just a few mouse clicks, giving businesses a lot of flexibility and taking the pressure off capacity planning.
Global scale
The benefits of cloud computing services include the ability to scale elastically. In cloud speak, that means delivering the right amount of IT resources—for example, more or less computing power, storage, bandwidth—right when it is needed and from the right geographic location.
Productivity
On-site datacenters typically require a lot of “racking and stacking”—hardware set up, software patching and other time-consuming IT management chores. Cloud computing removes the need for many of these tasks, so IT teams can spend time on achieving more important business goals.
Performance
The biggest cloud computing services run on a worldwide network of secure data centers, which are regularly upgraded to the latest generation of fast and efficient computing hardware. This offers several benefits over a single corporate datacenter, including reduced network latency for applications and greater economies of scale.
Security
Many cloud providers offer a broad set of policies, technologies, and controls that strengthen your security posture overall, helping protect your data, apps, and infrastructure from potential threats.
Types of cloud computing
Not all clouds are the same and not one type of cloud computing is right for everyone. Several different models, types, and services have evolved to help offer the right solution for your needs.
Types of cloud deployments: public, private and hybrid
There are three different ways to deploy cloud services: on a public cloud, private cloud or hybrid cloud.
Public cloud
Public clouds are owned and operated by a third-party cloud service providers, which deliver their computing resources like servers and storage over the Internet. Microsoft Azure is an example of a public cloud. With a public cloud, all hardware, software and other supporting infrastructure is owned and managed by the cloud provider. You access these services and manage your account using a web browser.
Private cloud
A private cloud refers to cloud computing resources used exclusively by a single business or organization. A private cloud can be physically located on the company’s on-site datacenter. Some companies also pay third-party service providers to host their private cloud. A private cloud is one in which the services and infrastructure are maintained on a private network.
Hybrid cloud
Hybrid clouds combine public and private clouds, bound together by technology that allows data and applications to be shared between them. By allowing data and applications to move between private and public clouds, a hybrid cloud gives your business greater flexibility, more deployment options and helps optimize your existing infrastructure, security and compliance.
Types of cloud services
Most cloud computing services fall into four broad categories: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), serverless and software as a service (SaaS). These are sometimes called the cloud-computing stack because they build on top of one another. Knowing what they are and how they are different makes it easier to accomplish your business goals.
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
The most basic category of cloud computing services. With IaaS, you rent IT infrastructure—servers and virtual machines (VMs), storage, networks, operating systems—from a cloud provider on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Platform as a service (PaaS)
Platform as a service refers to cloud computing services that supply an on-demand environment for developing, testing, delivering and managing software applications. PaaS is designed to make it easier for developers to quickly create web or mobile apps, without worrying about setting up or managing the underlying infrastructure of servers, storage, network and databases needed for development.
Serverless computing
Overlapping with PaaS, serverless computing focuses on building app functionality without spending time continually managing the servers and infrastructure required to do so. The cloud provider handles the setup, capacity planning and server management for you. Serverless architectures are highly scalable and event-driven, only using resources when a specific function or trigger occurs.
Software as a service (SaaS)
Software as a service is a method for delivering software applications over the Internet, on-demand and typically on a subscription basis. With SaaS, cloud providers host and manage the software application and underlying infrastructure and handle any maintenance, like software upgrades and security patching. Users connect to the application over the Internet, usually with a web browser on their phone, tablet or PC.
Taras cloud-based system
Taras WMS offered by Nividbiometrics is cloud-based software, which utilizes cloud database technologies to provide businesses with an extensive suite of workforce management and HR tools.
We can view Taras cloud from two viewpoints:
From the HR point of view, Taras system centralizes much of the HR process allowing various stakeholders to interact with the system in real-time via web and smart mobile devices. It automates various functions for multiple departments and job roles making the system an invaluable asset to leverage workforce performance.
From the Enterprise point of view, Taras cloud allows centralized data consolidation and secure connection between various physical locations of an organization. These locations can be spread across vast regions or may be situated in a nearby area; Taras WMS transparently views the locations and provides real-time connectivity via web and smart mobile devices. The system also allows integration of the mobile workforce.
The above viewpoint makes it clear that Taras cloud is a private cloud hosted on the company’s own network. It brings together all the department and stakeholders together and interacts with them via web and smart mobile devices.
Taras WMS cloud-based system has enhanced the workforce management capabilities of the company manifold and it is one of the most sought after system in the UK and in India. Its comprehensive features combined with easy to maneuver options, enables the company to manage and control its workforce perfectly and exactly the way it wants.
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