Bodet Launches New Employee-Friendly Clocking In System

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, U.K. - Jan. 29, 2016 - PRLog -- Whether using time sheets, cards, fobs or even biometric recording, all staff attendance systems were historically very basic and purely designed from the HR reportive angle. Employees simply clock in and out, and the data is used by payroll for calculating wages and by management for historical attendance reporting.

Hemel Hempstead based Bodet Ltd. realised current time and attendance management systems were one-way and totally overlooked the opportunity to interact positively with staff. They looked into developing a new approach to staff reporting and after five years of R & D and around £5M investment, the company developed the new Kelio system, a totally new approach to staff time and attendance management.

The new Kelio system is fronted by an award winning interactive communication terminal, the Kelio Visio X7, which is available with a card reader, a biometric fingerprint sensor or both. When staff clock in or out, the terminal identifies them and time stamps the record which is then stored on the master database in real time. The biometric option also overcomes any risk of ‘buddy punching’. The touch-sensitive screen presents a contemporary style intuitive display panel which allows staff to interact with and interrogate the company’s back office. This screen appears when clocking in or out but can also be accessed at any other time during the shift. All the user information can be accessed quickly by the terminal using a browser which avoids the need for plug-ins.

It’s the software behind the state-of-the-art terminal which makes the new Kelio system so different from the competition. Firstly it provides real time attendance data, and management can see at a glance any staff absences or lateness directly from their PC screen. It also creates customised staff attendance reports for HR, management and payroll.

But the real advance is that the Kelio system enables two-way dialogue between the employee and management. Employees can use the Kelio system to access a range of information from personal messages, reviewing their attendance record and remaining holiday allocation. They can also use the terminal to request time off or book future holidays.

The terminal includes its own screen design tool, so it not only displays the company logo and style, but can have the layout tailored to meet the needs of both HR departments and the employees.

Bodet’s managing director, Richard Manby said, “The Kelio system is a completely new approach to time management and we can see an exciting future for this product. It not only provides very refined and accurate management data, but offers a completely new communication interface between management and employees. The flexibility of the whole system, both in setting up and for daily use by staff coupled with a modular approach offering versatile functionality based on exact client requirements means it can be used by a wide range of industries including manufacturing, logistics, care homes, and customer service centres.”

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More about Bodet Ltd
Bodet Ltd is the British subsidiary of French-based Bodet Group which have been leading the market in time measurement products since the 1860s. The Group have five subsidiaries across Europe exporting to 60 countries and have expanded from clock-making into IT-based time and attendance, access control, school class change systems and sports scoreboards.

The Bodet Group has over 35,000 clients including Fedex, Serco, TalkTalk and the European Parliament as well as state and independent schools and individual public sector institutions such as DVLA and NHS.

For more information visit www.bodet.co.uk

More about Red Dot Awards
Bodet’s Kelio Visio X7 terminal scooped a 2015 Red Dot Award for its innovative qualities and design excellence. Founded in 1955, the Red Dot Award is one of the world’s leading design prizes. The prestigious Red Dot Award is an internationally renowned seal of quality for design excellence. In order to assess diversity across a range of concepts and products in a professional manner, the Red Dot Design Award is broken down into three disciplines: Product Design, Communication Design and Concept Design.  For more information visit: http://en.red-dot.org/