Time and Attendance, Powered by the Sun
Posted on 06-Dec-08 by The Timekeeper
Well, here’s a new one! Acroprint Time Recorder Company has come out with what they say is the industry’s first solar-powered employee time clock.
According to the company’s website, the solar-powered SP125 is functionally equivalent to their standard Model 125, a heavy-duty manual side-print punch clock, except that the SP125 is powered by a battery that charges up with a small solar panel.
Yeah, I know lots of companies are migrating to software-based time and attendance tracking, whether they install and run something on their own computers or sign up for a web-based service. And there’s a lot to be said in favor of automated time and attendance (not the least of which is the potential to download employee time directly to your payroll software or service — saves a lot of clerical errors!). But sometimes, especially in more rugged, dirty or harsh environments, a traditional time recorder is the only reasonable alternative. (Computers don’t necessarily do so well in, say, a dusty cement plant or outdoors at a construction site.)
The clock should work with pretty much any standard time card, but here’s something else to consider. Acroprint also offers what they call GreenGuard time cards, which contain 30% post-consumer recycled content. They recommend pairing these GreenGuard cards with the SP125 for “a complete eco-friendly solution.”
Cool.
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