Traditionally, maintaining an attendance register was a must  when computers were not invented. The performance of an employee was partially dependent on their punctuality. Every year just before the performance appraisal in any company, the attendance register was minutely studied, and percentages were manually calculated to understand an employee’s level of commitment. There were separate registers maintained to keep a record of leaves, note the in-time and out-time to figure out who is coming on time and who is not, and most importantly, a separate register had the count of working days of an employee.

After the advent of computers, CRM systems were developed with biometric integrated automated attendance systems. These replaced the old registers in no time at all. There were ample reasons why companies shifted from manual records to CRM software when marking the attendance of the employees of a company.

Benefits of automated in and out time

Accurate attendance

Attendance integrated CRM gave accurate attendance records. Since the whole process of attendance calculation was automated, the chances of committing mistakes while calculating an organization’s attendance is zero percent.

No manipulation

The attendance that was taken manually could easily be manipulated. But with CRM integrated attendance, there is no chance of manipulation. To make it even more full-proof biometric was introduced at a later stage where the CRM software could track an individual’s fingerprint to mark their attendance. In some cases, the retina of an individual is also scanned before the system keeps the person present for the day. This means that to mark yourself present, a person needs to stand in front of the biometric, so using proxies to give attendance completely stopped.

Works in all types of scenario

There are scenarios when marketers are out on field visits, and they can’t return to the office to mark them present. In this scenario, it is best to use CRM integrated attendance to access the portal sitting anywhere using an internet connection and keep them current. It makes them more mobile and ensures the salaries do not get deducted because of a mismatch in attendance.

Conclusion

Therefore, with the help of CRM software, people can track the attendance of employees sitting anywhere and assess their performance. The automated in-time and out-time facility give accurate results. There is no way to manipulate attendance, and this is precisely why organizations shift from manual to mechanical attendance systems.