Before installing VP-II

A research lab in Singapore needs to account for every entry/ exit to guard against internal theft. Since there are many different labs within the building, strict authorisation and verification is needed for each lab as different labs contains different test results. Given the size of the building and the different labs, sometimes it is hard to trace the whereabouts of staff. This makes it difficult to transfer important overseas calls or to locate staff in the event of an emergency.

Access cards do not work because they do not provide real authentication. In the event of an access card being lost/ stolen, lab results will be in peril of being stolen too. The current system of sign-in and sign-out at the reception alsos does not enable receptionist to trace the exact whereabouts of staff.

After installing VP-II

• Only the authorised staff is allowed entry into each lab
• Since authorisation is needed to exit each lab too, receptionist will know when the staff actually leaves the lab
• Access control can also be assigned to each lab
• There is no need to procure additional access cards in the event of new staff being employed

Mapo district office (Seoul, Korea) is one of the Satellite Cities to Seoul Metropolitan- Korea's Capital, with about 183,000 of total population.

Before installing VP-II

Mapo district office had to manage its 573 civil workers using a combination of manual and computing system which uses punch cards or ID cards with barcode. Its administration had to spend a considerable amount of time to track employees' regular working hours and overtime hours manually. This created a lot of problems because on several occasions, the records didn't tally, and were not highly reliable either. Hence, tracking Time & Attendance for payroll settlement proved to be an extremlely time consuming effort to the administration department every month.

After installing VP-II

Mapo district office decided to implemented VP-II system for their civil servants' Time & Attendance at the main hall entrance and some of their high securityand data sensitive rooms to track staff access. They used TCP/IP in order to reduce the cost of cabling and central real time monitoring. Furthermore, the network was configured with their existing payroll software, therefore automatically translating each employee's payroll based upon the time and attendance record.

Effects

• All employees arrive work punctually
  
• "Buddy-buddy" punch in/out is no longer allowed
  
• Employees do not need to carry keys/cards anymore
  
• No extra time/effort is needed to adjust working hours for payroll
  
• This results in costs savings the from extra working hours
  
• City Hall became renowned as one of the innovative government offices