I’ve known Control Module for over 15 years and have used their hardware for some of the largest implementations of Workforce Management in the industry. Their hardware is implemented at 160 of the Fortune 500.
One of the unique aspects of their terminals is the modularity of components that literally “snap” in and out. You can purchase one core model and have multiple modules to go from ethernet to modem or card swipe to biometric by snapping in the appropriate module.
Control Module has a history of “firsts”: they developed the first portable time & attendance terminal, the first using barcode technology, the first terminal using secure media technology, the first biometrics terminal and the first Java-programmable data terminal. CMI also holds numerous patents and has pioneered the development of products now considered industry standards, including:
- SaveTime modular data collection terminals
- BioScan biotechnology fingerprint readers
- LINC Ethernet & Token ring support
- Keyboard decoder wedges
- Barcode readers
- Wiegand readers
- Proximity readers
- Multi-drop terminal networks
- Multimedia (barcode / magnetic) terminals
- SecurCode II forgery-proof bar code
- Holonetics Access Control Systems
- Intelligent locking systems
CMI products are now used around the world for applications in time and attendance, access control, process control and machine control. CMI’s Genus line of Java-programmable terminals are the only workforce management devices that serve as Internet appliances, and can communicate anywhere on the Internet, via a Web services model. This enables CMI’s terminals to seamlessly integrate into a variety of back-end databases, including HRMS, ERP, accounting and payroll. CMI’s Genus terminals have created – for the first time – the ability for customers to realize the maximum potential of their workforce management hardware, by offering a powerful interface to connect highly customized applications and the databases that fuel them.
If you are looking for a hardware solution, I would strongly recommend that you consider Time Management by Control Module. Simply click on their logo and you will be directed to their website. Please let them know you heard about them here…
