What should you look for in a Time & Attendance Patrol System?

This section aims to give you an insight into what you need to look for when buying a system to measure Time & Attendance for your mobile workforce. It's extremely important to get it right, otherwise you could end up with old technology that looks out of date, high capital expenditure and poor client relationships!

To choose the appropriate system, look at what the Time & Attendance system gives you for your money - does it have;  

• Exceptional resilience to potential wilful and accidental damage?
• Very low running costs for the next 5 or 10 years?
• Credibility and assurance from low return rates and long warranty?
• A professional & simple way of reporting information to you & your clients?
• Free of charge updates for your Time & Attendance software?
• A stable technology platform?
• Expensive add ons that you have to buy? (like download cradles)
• Previous clients who will tell you just how easy it is to set up?
• An inexpensive way to purchase? (like leasing at £5 per week)

Firstly you want to know it does the job for you and your clients without hassle.

We all know that equipment can be subject to heavy use and manhandling, testing resistance to damage by dropping it on the floor from 6 feet isn't what we call testing, we repeatedly hit the unit with hammers, shock it with 100,000 volts and microwave it to ensure it's tough enough for industry use. We also understand that not everyone is an IT expert so we've made the system extremely simple to set up, install on a PC and produce reports with. Guaranteed! In 30 minutes you can have the software installed, checkpoints, ID tags & sensors coded — you're ready to patrol! It really is that easy.

Secondly you want to know it will be reliable.

1000's of sites worldwide use our equipment, in the UK very few sensors have ever been returned to us - loans units were despatched immediately whilst we diagnosed the issue then replaced the units under warranty and returned them within days. The platform we use for checkpoints, memory tags and ID tags is a simple Dallas iButton, proven technology that costs very little and assures you simplicity and performance.

Thirdly you want to be sure you have the support you may need but don't have to pay monthly for it.

As innovators we provide free support and guidance via the internet, telephone, email and we can even arrange training for you (if you really need it! & at a low cost of course). All software updates are free of charge and we do not charge a monthly subscription.

Lastly you require the peace of mind of a long warranty and no operational costs for your sensors.

We offer a maximum 5 Year Warranty on our range of sensors (including the battery) - this is THE BEST and LONGEST in the industry, it's because we are so confident in the quality of our sensors. All our sensors come with a 10 Year Battery which doesn't require recharging - therefore you have no electrical consumption, no need to have cradle chargers or an electricity supply at a client's site. Instead of an expensive download cradle costing up to £400, we offer simple, inexpensive £10  memory tags free with our Tour in a Box pack. This can download information from many different sensors, so a mobile supervisor carries a memory tag rather than having to drag a heavy downloader from site to site to obtain patrol information.

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