| Are you one of those who thought that | | | | about £75,000 ($140,000) and could be saved |
| biometrics where strictly for the big screen? Just | | | | every year after that too. So it's not hard to see |
| used in large blockbusters in order to wow and | | | | why so many people are using biometric |
| amaze the audience? Well maybe a few years | | | | technology to save themselves a lot of their |
| ago, but certainly not now. | | | | bottom line. |
| Biometric technology is becoming more and more | | | | So what about fingerprint recognition biometrics |
| common place, found not just in med-high | | | | then? |
| security locations but in every day usage. The | | | | Fingerprint recognition works on roughly the same |
| most common of these are hand and fingerprint | | | | level as hand recognition, but with some |
| biometric recognition devices. | | | | differences. Fingerprint Recognition obviously uses |
| Hand recognition has become a very popular | | | | a finger instead of the whole hand. Modern |
| method in the time and labour saving areas, | | | | fingerprint scanning technology can read to a very |
| because it is very simple and very accurate. The | | | | accurate level; the fingerprint scanned at any |
| most popular machine in this field is the Hand | | | | time, whether the finger is unclean, wet or cut |
| Punch by Ingersollrand. This is found across the | | | | bruised. |
| world from construction sites to swimming pools, | | | | The reasons for this is the scanner can capture |
| as Ingersollrand have built up a very professional | | | | the image sometimes several layers underneath |
| biometric reputation. | | | | the surface, making it readily available in industries |
| The Hand Punch will cost you between | | | | such as catering or construction. The ability |
| £500-£1000 pounds to buy and install but could | | | | however to scan fingerprints on a mobile basis is |
| save between 5-25% p.a on labour costs. | | | | what makes fingerprint scanning more feasible for |
| Lets break that down, I own company XYZ Ltd | | | | some applications. Some UK and US police forces |
| manufacturing widgets. I employ around 40 staff | | | | actually already employee handheld mobile |
| paying them an average of £6.50 ($12) per hour. | | | | fingerprint scanning devices to identify people |
| Each employee works a standard 40 hour week, | | | | instantly where ever they are in the country, |
| 48 weeks of the year. Therefore my total labour | | | | provided they have been registered. |
| costs in wages p.a per employee are 12,480 so | | | | Biometric identification methods have been |
| my total labour costs (12,480*40(no of staff)) is | | | | developed in order to identify and authenticate a |
| just shy of half a million pounds (£499,200). Add | | | | user within seconds. Most peoples perception of |
| up your yearly labour costs to find out how much | | | | biometrics is gauged from having used existing |
| your company could save. | | | | technology such as that found in laptops, external |
| A saving of 15% that year would equate to | | | | USB devices or biometric passports. |