Attendance · Manufacturing

An attendance system built for a factory gate at shift change

An attendance system for a factory has to survive the one moment office systems never face: two hundred people arriving inside ten minutes, most of them with working hands. PGAK marks factory attendance from the CCTV cameras already watching your gate — people are recognised as they walk through, several at a time, and the log feeds shifts and overtime without anyone queueing or touching a sensor.

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Sound familiar?

Shift change becomes a fifteen-minute queue at one reader — twice a day, every day.
Oil, dust and worn ridges mean a chunk of your workforce simply cannot scan reliably.
The reader is on the main gate; the labour entrance and loading bay are invisible to it.
Contractor labour churns weekly and nobody re-enrols them in time.
Overtime disputes end in an argument because the register proves nothing.

Why factory gates break attendance hardware

A factory is the worst case for contact biometrics on every axis at once — headcount density, hand condition and multiple entrances. Understanding which of the three bites you hardest decides what to fix first.

Density at shift change

A reader handles roughly one person every three to six seconds when scans succeed. Two hundred workers arriving together is queue arithmetic no second machine really solves.

Hands that do not read

Machine operators, loaders, dyeing and moulding hands lose ridge detail. The failed scan is not user error — it is the sensor meeting reality.

More gates than machines

Labour entrance, contractor gate, loading bay. Hardware covers the doors you bought devices for; cameras cover the doors you already watch.

How camera-based attendance handles a factory

Every entrance camera becomes a check-in point. Workers walk in at normal pace — no stopping, no contact, several people logged at once — and each record stores the frame it came from, which is what settles an overtime dispute in seconds rather than a meeting.

Contractor labour enrolled in a minute

A guided face scan from a phone. No queue at an enrolment desk when a new gang arrives on Monday.

Shift, OT and late marks derived automatically

Rules run against the camera-written log, so the hours worked and the hours paid come from one source.

The same cameras still watch the perimeter

You are not running a security estate and an attendance estate — it is one system doing both.

Where it needs checking first

Face recognition needs a reasonably lit, roughly face-height view. Gate cameras mounted high for vehicle coverage usually need repositioning before they can identify people, and we tell you that during the free feasibility check rather than after a purchase order. Biometric data also sits under the DPDP Act, so worker notice and consent are part of rollout, not an afterthought.

What to check before deployment

Camera and recorder streams: Confirm RTSP access or ONVIF discovery, stream stability and the views that matter. Do not send camera passwords in the enquiry form.
On-site processing: Ask which processing device is needed, how it is sized, what runs locally and what information leaves the site.
Attendance acceptance: Test real entrance conditions and enrolled staff with consent. Agree how missed or disputed records will be corrected before payroll use.
Complete commercial quote: Confirm enabled cameras, sites, subscription, setup, hardware, taxes and support. Use the assessed scope to compare proposals.

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attendance system for factory — common questions

What is the best attendance system for a factory?

One that does not create a queue and does not depend on fingerprint quality. On sites with large shift-change surges and manual labour, camera-based face recognition outperforms fingerprint readers because there is no contact, no single chokepoint, and every entrance with a camera can log attendance.

How do you handle contractor and temporary labour?

Enrolment is a short guided face scan that can be done from a phone, so a new gang can be registered in minutes at the gate rather than queueing at an office. Records for temporary workers can be retained separately and purged when the contract ends.

Will it work if workers wear helmets, masks or turbans?

Head coverings that leave the face visible are fine — turbans and hard hats are normal on Indian sites and do not block recognition. Anything covering the face itself will reduce reliability, which is why the feasibility check looks at your actual gate conditions before we commit to a result.

Can it replace our fingerprint machine entirely?

On most factory sites yes, and many run both briefly during changeover. The existing machine can stay as a fallback while the camera log is verified against it for a couple of weeks.

Does factory attendance integrate with payroll?

Yes. Shifts, late marks, half days and overtime are computed from the same log and exported for payroll, which removes the retyping step where most attendance errors are actually introduced.

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Who you are dealing with

A registered Ludhiana company that builds the software it sells.

PGAK Innovations Pvt. Ltd. is incorporated in Punjab, engineers its own AI layer, and runs the free camera audit itself — the people who answer the phone are the people who built the product. About the company →

Founded: 2023, Ludhiana
Registered office: BK Towers, 2480/2, Gill Rd, Ludhiana 141003
CIN: U62013PB2023PTC058631
Leadership: Puneet Garg · Ankur Kaplesh · Aditya Mittal; Why PGAK was built →
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What a project here involves

Compatible cameras and recorders you already own are reused wherever they are suitable. Detection runs on an on-site processing unit, and camera suitability, stream access, processing hardware and network are all confirmed at the assessment — with anything extra itemised in the quote before you commit.

What the quote is made of

Component	What decides it	Price
Cameras reused	Which existing cameras give a usable view for each use case — confirmed on a still image of each view.	Quoted per site
Cameras moved or added	Only where a use case needs a view no camera has (plates and faces usually do). Each one named in the quote.	Quoted per site
On-site processing unit	Detection runs here, next to the recorder. Model, quantity and warranty depend on camera count and analytics.	Quoted per site
Software / licences	Which analytics on which cameras, the term, and the basis for renewal.	Quoted per site
Installation and configuration	Stream setup, zones, schedules, alert routing and commissioning.	Quoted per site
Pilot	Agreed scenes, acceptance criteria and duration before rollout.	Quoted per site
Support	Hours, response versus fix time, and who replaces failed hardware.	Quoted per site
Taxes	Stated separately on the quote.	Quoted per site

How it is evaluated

1. Self-check — Two minutes, nothing sent — find likely blockers.
2. Scope on paper — Cameras, use cases and acceptance tests, written down.
3. Site assessment — PGAK checks streams, views and network on your cameras.
4. Pilot against criteria — Precision, recall, false alerts and delay, agreed in advance.
5. Written proposal — Itemised as above; you decide whether to roll out.

Evidence for this page

No PGAK recording is published for this page yet. The capability register shows what has been demonstrated and under what conditions.

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Share your phone number, city and camera count. We will clarify the intended use case and agree assessment scope and timing with you. Do not submit camera credentials or footage.