NG-Key
NG-Key
Time & Attendance

The door reader becomes your time terminal – on the phone that people already carry.

Operators stop bolting a separate time system to access: the same session that proves identity at the reader can capture the intent to clock in, link it to the underlying access record, and display honest balances before anyone opens Excel.

After a successful entry at attendance-capable readers, individuals land in a phone-first stamping experience — stamp in, out, or take breaks without searching for a wall terminal or kiosk login.

Stamps can ride alongside the access audit trail, aligning investigations of 'who opened the door' with 'what time history we tell payroll' — fewer ambiguous votes on Monday morning.

Live day and week balance in the tenant's timezone gives teams immediate feedback on hours worked against targets — before exceptions become emotional escalations.

Gap-aware flows highlight incomplete days, forgotten clock-outs, and open entries — operators correct with structured reasons instead of silent database changes.

Schedule presets still attach cleanly to grants and cohorts — the time policy inherits the same identifiers that visitors and security already trust for physical access.

Spotlight

USPs teams on day one.

  • Phone native capture — no dedicated hardware queue; the credential journey continues in the browser that people have already unlocked for access.
  • Access-linked lineage — attendance actions refer to the reader device truth instead of timestamps stored elsewhere.
  • Automatic gap signals – open days and dangling stamps appear, so HR isn't the last to discover incomplete records.
  • Break-aware state machine – in / break / out semantics can explain your reception desk without shadow tables.
  • Tenant local balance – 'today' and 'this week' are read in organizational time, not in employee travel delay.
  • Structured corrections — forgotten punch-outs and adjustment workflows carry a rationale instead of mysterious changes.
  • Schedule coupling — windows attach to grants so overtime and exceptions inherit the location-aware stance.
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Depth

What the platform delivers

Mobile self-service stamping

Punch flows optimized for the handset — large actions, clear status, and balances updated after each save.

Door Session Handoff

Turn a granted read into the natural moment to timestamp – fewer 'I forgot it in the lobby' patterns.

Live Balances & Targets

Worked Minutes, Breaks, and Balance Surfaces for the Day and ISO Week – Visibility Before Payroll Cutoff.

Check coupling

Optional linkage to access audits preserves explainability when someone asks why a clock exists.

Schedule Presets & Grants

Reusable windows bind to cohorts and locations — layers rotate without reinventing rules per location.

Governed exceptions

Overrides carry intent — contractor windows, night shifts, and approvals remain traceable for auditors.

Motion

How rollouts stay disciplined

01

Mark readers

Decide Which Entrances Participate in Attendance – Not Every Path Requires the Same Policy.

02

Pilot cohorts

Prove mobile punch behavior with a friendly department before the campus-wide switch.

03

Tune Signals

Review open day patterns weekly — fix systemic gaps instead of solving one-off ticket issues.

04

Align Payroll

Export or integrate using the same identifiers already recognized in the ledger and access checks.

Recognized outcomes from procurement and HR

Employees Spend Less Time Arguing About Forgotten Stamps – The Session Recognizes Gaps Early.

Security and workforce leads share a vocabulary as time stories are attached to physical access proofs.

Facilities reduce kiosk clutter — phones remain the primary interaction interface once policy allows.

Auditors see structured corrections and predefined discipline instead of ad-hoc table operations.

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