Time tracking and access control for 1,000s of employees, each with different shifts and access authorization, is a daunting task. IOCL previously used a system that relied on paper timesheets and physical cards, both of which pose a great risk of being lost or forgotten while offering no way to verify that the person gaining access is who they say they are or that the timesheets are 100% accurate. Seeing these limitations, management at this oil refinery sought to improve accuracy and security with a modern, automated system. Quickly, biometrics took center stage as a solution to tighten security, enhance accuracy, and even speed up shift changes.

Biometrics Create a Dynamic Security Ecosystem

IOCL’s system integrator, Yokogawa, introduced the company to two Invixium biometric solutions: IXM TITAN for face recognition and IXM TOUCH 2 for fingerprint. Each biometric reader serves a specific purpose for IOCL. IXM TOUCH 2 is installed at entrance turnstiles for fingerprint-based time tracking, which ensures that shift changes are as smooth as possible thanks to the device’s high-end Lumidigm sensor built for high-volume, rugged environments. IXM TITAN is used to secure critical areas of the plant with face recognition, a highly accurate biometric technology that is both spoof-proof and functional while a person wears PPE such as face coverings to enhance security and user-friendliness. Both IXM TITAN and IXM TOUCH 2 offer multi-factor authentication to improve security, which IOCL takes advantage of to aid in their transition from cards to biometrics. Invixium’s workforce management software, IXM Time, completes the system with attendance reports, shift management features, and automated payroll calculation.

The benefits of using touchless access control and workforce management solutions include:

• Increased Security: Biometrics are highly secure because they, by nature, cannot be lost, shared, stolen, or copied. Using biometrics greatly enhances security compared to cards because management is assured that those gaining access or tracking time are who they say they are.
• Improved Efficiency: Time tracking using Invixium biometrics and IXM Time is beautifully simple thanks to automation. When a person clocks in or out, their timestamp is immediately communicated to IXM Time, where management can view an audit trail, attendance reports, and more.
• Robust Solutions: Invixium biometric solutions are built with rugged environments in mind. IXM TITAN sports an all-aluminum body, a Corning® Gorilla® glass LCD, and IP67 and IK10 certifications. IXM TOUCH 2 offers an optional Lumidigm fingerprint sensor designed for use in wet, dusty, or otherwise challenging environments, or by people whose fingerprints are difficult to read.

“IOCL’s worksite poses a challenge for most security solutions, but they still cannot compromise on accuracy when it comes to payroll calculation and physical access for their large workforce. We knew that Invixium solutions were a match for IOCL once we learned that IXM TITAN and IXM TOUCH 2 do not compromise on speed and accuracy in favor of durability. Now, IOCL’s shift changes are fast and their security is tighter than ever”, said G. Dinesh Reddy, Deputy Manager at Yokogawa.

“Invixium solutions are made for installations like IOCL”, said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President at Invixium. “This project emphasizes how important the ideal blend of ruggedness, speed, and accuracy is by showing that even challenging environments can enjoy the security benefits of biometrics. We are very proud that a system using IXM TITAN and IXM TOUCH 2 has improved so many aspects of IOCL’s business.”

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COVID-19 forced Mara Technologies to re-evaluate every process, including time tracking, to support the need to keep employees healthy at work. As a trusted provider of manufacturing services, Mara’s focus is providing quality products on-time as a trusted partner for their customers. This focus means that unplanned shutdowns or shift quarantines were unacceptable. This re-evaluation created an opportunity to improve time tracking speed and accuracy along with safeguarding employee health, so Mara sought a new system that offers touchless clockins, health screening, and digital record-keeping.

Touchless Biometrics and Health Screening Improve Time Tracking Workflows

IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit is Invixium’s premier solution for employee and visitor health screening. A thermal infrared camera combines with IXM TITAN’s on-board 21 MP face recognition camera to simultaneously screen a person’s temperature while they complete face recognition for workforce management or access control. Mara Technologies installed two devices at their worksite for time tracking because of the unmatched speed, accuracy, and convenience this solution provides. Combined with IXM WEB, Invixium’s enterprise-grade software for device management, and IXM Time, the addition to IXM WEB specifically designed for workforce management, Mara enjoys simple, accurate time tracking and health screening with a digital audit trail.

The benefits of automating temperature screening and time tracking with IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit include:

• Unmatched Speed from Automation: Automated biometric time tracking and temperature screening speed up the process of clocking in and screening employee temperatures, so people can get to work faster.
• Touchless Biometrics Limit the Spread of Illness: Touchless biometrics limit the number of surfaces touched to track time, which reduces the potential spread of illness at work.
• Digitized Audit Trail: The time tracking data tracked and analyzed by IXM Time helps management make smarter decisions about employees, shifts, and more while improving the ease of payroll calculation.

“Partnering with Invixium helps streamline entrance screening for employees and visitors. Improvements we experienced after installing TITAN include faster shift changes, more effective payroll management, and a happier, more productive staff,” said Peter Schmied, President and COO at Mara Technologies. “As the future continues to change, we know that an easier time tracking process can help us adapt when our customers demand it. Getting to work easily is critical to staying productive as deadlines shift and supply chains tighten. We’re pleased that our Invixium workforce management system supports our long-term vision.”

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com
www.invotekgroup.com

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Meeting in person is a critical activity for PPI as they aim to educate personnel and advance the plastic pipe industry. COVID-19 halted all face-to-face gathering as early as March 2020 and did immense harm to PPI’s goals. As members grew fatigued of video calls and webinar attendance dropped, PPI leadership knew that getting back to in-person meetings was a must, and they had to do it the right way to ensure that guests are kept safe. Leadership began the monumental task of re-vamping in-person meetings for their members in time for their annual fall conference with an anticipated attendance of over 150 people. Easy-to-implement solutions included encouraging social distancing and mask wearing, but the organization’s biggest challenge proved to be deciding on an accurate, touchless temperature screening solution.

IXM TITAN Enhancement Kit Reduces Spread of Illness at In-Person Meetings

PPI considered two options for temperature screening: one that measures skin surface temperature, and IXM TITAN Enhancement Kit, which measures temperature at the tear duct. Upon further research, PPI learned that the dual-camera thermography offered by IXM TITAN Enhancement Kit is the superior choice because measuring temperature at the tear duct, as opposed to screening overall skin temperature, has a greater correlation with a person’s core body temperature.

Due to their location in Texas, PPI was able to consult with Invixium on-site to design two entry points around the Invixium solution. During visitor check-in, IXM TITAN Enhancement Kit quickly screens each person’s temperature to ensure that no one showing signs of illness is admitted to the conference. Invixium further assisted PPI by customizing audio and visual feedback on IXM TITAN’s 5.0” LCD screen with PPI and event branding that offers guests a seamless look and feel while allowing admissions personnel to social distance from potentially-ill guests. By relying on IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit to keep staff and guests healthy, PPI is able to focus on a safe, productive return to the in-person meetings that drive their business.

The benefits of automating temperature screening during the visitor check-in process for PPI include:

• High Accuracy, Touchless Temperature Measurement:Invixium’s unique dual camera thermography that focuses on the tear duct offers greater accuracy than heat-sensing cameras or thermal guns. The tear duct is the skin surface location with the highest correlation to core body temperature with the lowest risk of being impacted by ambient temperature.
• High Visitor Screening Speeds:The Invixium solution boasts a screening speed of 12 to 15 people per minute which enables PPI to keep admissions lines moving for its 150 attendees per day. Keeping these lines moving promotes social distancing and a positive guest experience overall by allowing visitors to quickly check in and move to their destination.
• Hands-On Support: On-site, customized support from Invixium helped PPI design their entrances around IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit for convenient visitor screening, easier social distancing, and increased staff and guest confidence.

“We felt that the overall quality of the Invixium product, specifically the tear duct-based temperature screening, met our high standards for member safety,” said David Fink, President at Plastics Pipe Institute. “We’re really impressed with the temperature screening from IXM TITAN Enhancement Kit as well as the potential for IXM TITAN to be an all-in-one solution for touchless, automated access control or time tracking that could benefit a variety of businesses. I think any organization could benefit greatly from working with Invixium.”

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com
www.plasticpipe.org

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Security and efficiency at this facility are paramount. To protect the integrity of products and employees, the access control system needs to be highly accurate with minimal fail rates, as well as rugged and fast to support the facility’s large staff. For a facility as large as this one, increasing worker identification accuracy without adding complexity or delays to shift changes was an important part of the decision to migrate to biometrics. The new system would have to cover building entrances, internal safe zone barriers and airlock systems that protect the most sensitive cleanroom environments. Further, the customer had recently improved its IT infrastructure at this location, so a new access control system would need to be compatible with new, modern IT solutions.

Investing In Modern Biometric Access Control Secures The Future Of This Injectable Medication Production Facility

Siemens and Invixium have worked together in the past on a variety of projects in essential industries like finance and data centers. For this installation, Siemens selected IXM SENSE 2 because it is a modern access control solution that supports multi-factor authentication and Power over Ethernet (PoE), which facilitates ease of installation. After a successful proof of concept, over 40 IXM SENSE 2 readers were installed at doors and turnstiles. This system provides user credentials to Siemens’s access control panels and enterprise-grade Si-Pass software via IXM Link. The entire system makes use of the customer’s upgraded PoE+ network and complies with all of their strict IT policies to ensure the highest possible security.

The benefits of migrating to access control with IXM SENSE 2 include:

• High Biometric Security: Biometrics offer an unmatched level of security, and the fingerprint biometrics offered by IXM SENSE 2 ensure that everyone gaining access to various areas of the facility are who they say they are.
• User-Friendly Transition: Integration with Siemens’ Si-Pass software ensures a smooth transition from the customer’s previous access control solution to biometrics, so all staff members from users to administrators can enjoy a seamless experience.
• Faster Shift Changes: IXM SENSE 2 offers a high throughput that can keep shift changes moving quickly by reducing the risk of bottlenecks at access doors and turnstiles. This increases both employee productivity and quality of life.

“Our pharmaceutical customers require the utmost of security. Our partnership with Invixium enables installations like this one where we can offer our customers a well-crafted combination of physical and data security. SENSE 2 was selected for its ruggedness, but the integration with Si-Pass and Invixium’s digital security are what set them apart for us,” said Hiren Prajapati, Head of National Service at Siemens.

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com
www.siemens.com

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Beginning in 2018, LightEdge sought to standardize on biometrics for a unique security application for both employees and visitors. Prior to modernizing their access control, LightEdge was using a hand geometry-based system to activate visitor cards as part of their check-in process and to secure critical areas with mantraps. Across LightEdge’s seven locations in the Midwestern United States, the security system would have to provide access control for hundreds of people including data center employees, tenants and visitors at each location. Further, LightEdge has experience with RS2’s access control software and the HID SEOS cards used at card reader doors, so their new biometric solution would need to be compatible with existing solutions.

Standardizing On Futuristic Biometric Access Control Locks Down Unique Security Workflow

LightEdge selected the Invixium IXM TITAN because it is a high security biometric solution that blends air-tight access control with sophisticated design thanks to its multi-biometric capabilities and elegant construction with an all-aluminum body and a 5.0” LCD screen to display authentication instructions. The installed system is integrated with AccessIt! by RS2 Technologies and has replaced hand geometry and card readers at two of LightEdge’s seven locations so far. After two years of continued use, LightEdge is pleased that this system offers the high security and fitting design promised, in addition to the partnership and expertise offered by both RS2 and Invixium.

LightEdge’s benefits of migrating to access control with IXM TITAN include:

• Future-Focused Security: Biometrics offer the highest level of security possible, and touchless face recognition like that offered by IXM TITAN project an outward appearance of future-focus and sophistication.
• Seamless Transition: Integration with RS2’s access control software ensures a smooth transition from LightEdge’s previous biometric solution to Invixium’s solution, so employees and visitors can enjoy a seamless experience.
• Sophisticated Design: The overall design of IXM TITAN, featuring an aluminum body and large IPS LCD screen, evokes an image of design-consciousness and elegance for users.
• Standardized Support: Standardizing on Invixium and RS2 allows the centralized LightEdge IT and security teams to better support each data center.

“Uncompromising security is integral to Invixium’s DNA,” said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President at Invixium. “We understand that Data Centers like LightEdge need high-security solutions to assure their clients that their information and assets are protected from theft. IXM TITAN continues to deliver that and more with our signature security expertise and exquisite design that perfectly meet the demands of our most future-focused customers.”

“LightEdge requires uncompromising security. Biometrics help us ensure the high level of accuracy we demand from our access control system. Our direct relationship with Invixium provides us with tailored support from a company that’s large enough to support our needs, but also intimate enough to be very personal. Standardizing on RS2 and Invixium helps us ensure that our system upholds our values of high security, modernness and futuristic design,” said John Martin, Director of Data Center Operations at LightEdge Solutions.

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com
www.lightedge.com

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When the COVID-19 outbreak took hold in the United States in March of 2020, PPG took swift action by hiring additional security professionals to screen employee temperatures before entering their chemical plant. PPG hired multiple professionals to accommodate the thousands of employees that enter and exit this plant every day, costing PPG up to US$40,000 monthly just to manually screen employee temperatures before they gained access via a card-based turnstile system. Management at PPG saw a clear need: integrating automated temperature screening with their access control system would save them hundreds of thousands year over year.

Automated Temperature Screening Protects Staff And Stays Under Budget

PPG reached out to Louisiana Radio Communications (LRC Wireless), a system integrator in the Southeast United States with expertise in chemical plant security. As the plant was already using OnGuard® by LenelS2 for access control, integration of temperature screening with the access control system was a key quality-of-life feature management wanted. Enter Invixium: a premier manufacturer of healthy access solutions and an OAAP partner of LenelS2. LRC Wireless proposed IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit to PPG for its automated functionality, integration with LenelS2 for access control and because rapid automation keeps shift changes fast while saving nearly US$500,000 in staffing costs compared to manual temperature screening solutions.

PPG’s benefits of automating their temperature screening with IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit include:

• Budget Savings: Automating security solutions creates budget savings that can be re-allocated to other department or business needs
• Faster Shift Changes: Automation also keeps shift changes moving faster than they would with manual temperature measurement. A shift change that might take an hour now takes minutes!
• Healthy Access Audit Trail: Temperature screening integrated with access control software like OnGuard allows managers to keep a record of screening events so they know when someone screens with an elevated body temperature – and can then take appropriate preventive actions

“Businesses must accept that the need for healthy access is here to stay,” said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President at Invixium. “Leaders like PPG know it is their responsibility to assure staff that everyone around them is healthy and they are not at risk of illness. Our solution achieves this in a way that is fast and accurate while also minimizing security costs by automating the entire process. The results of this installation and cost savings are proof that automated health screening is the future of healthy access.”

“Invixium offers a portfolio of really impressive products. These are exciting, relevant solutions that LRC is proud to offer customers like PPG who need a modern solution to a problem we couldn’t even imagine having two years ago. Working with Invixium, LenelS2 and PPG’s in-house team, we were able to create a system that met every need PPG had,” said Jacob Brown, Sales Executive at LRC Wireless.

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com
www.lrcwireless.com
www.ppg.com

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Mask Detection And Touchless Temperature Screening Modernize Health Clinic Security

IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit emerged as an obvious frontrunner solution because no other option on the market offered the same breadth of integration options and touchless features. Unlike other touchless biometric solutions, Invixium’s face recognition via IXM TITAN incorporates the highly-sought-after solution that performs face recognition while wearing a mask so staff can clock in and out without removing their face coverings and without touching any shared surfaces. And, touchless elevated body temperature detection from the Enhancement Kit takes place without removing a protective mask because it screens temperature at the tear duct. The tear duct, or inner canthus, is known as the skin surface location with the highest correlation to core body temperature when screened, so it provides a strong indication of a person’s likelihood of having a fever. In addition to its touchless and mask-inclusive features, the Invixium solution boasts user-focused design, speed and accuracy.

“Our staff and patients’ safety is our priority,” said Shagofa Azizi, the clinic’s HR Manager. “Investing in touchless products from Invixium has proven to be one of our greatest assets in ensuring our office is a healthy place to be. I love that Invixium is a Toronto company, which allows us to benefit from local installers and customer service while also supporting our local economy. I’m confident that TITAN is helping us do all we can to protect the people who come to our clinic, and that is what matters most to us.”

“Being chosen by a dental clinic here in Toronto proves that IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit is a trustworthy solution for healthy institutions,” said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President at Invixium. “We are very proud to offer highly advanced touchless solutions for COVID-19 regulations to businesses here in our home city. This installation shows how well-suited our solutions are to protecting staff and patients at busy clinics where health is the paramount concern.”

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com

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The two facilities at Orthoplastics are about 50 kilometers north of Manchester, UK and offer a combined size of over 50,000 square feet of manufacturing, lab and office space. These advanced facilities with state-of-the-art plastics fabrication and laboratory technology allow Orthoplastics to achieve both high quality and high customizability to their customers’ needs.

Touchless Temperature Screening Transforms Employee Time Tracking

Orthoplastics is highly focused on ensuring the health and safety of all staff and visitors at their facilities and has resumed safe operations as of April 2020. As well as stringent social distancing measures and abundant access to hand sanitizer and personal protective equipment at work, contactless temperature screening is a crucial element of Orthoplastics’s effort to protect individuals on site. As a manufacturer of essential medical plastics, Orthoplastics cannot shut down, but must instead take every step necessary to keep employees healthy.

Invixium’s COVID-19 solution was introduced to Orthoplastics by a system integrator customer of Invixium distribution partner CQR Security that has positioned IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit as one of its leading security solutions. Orthoplastics ordered IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit devices to support a staff of 200 spread across its two sites and utilized Invixium’s established Net2 integration via IXM Link to communicate clockins with Net2’s timesheet feature.

In response to CQR’s recommendation of Invixium’s touchless temperature screening and face recognition solution, Managing Director Stuart Adams said, “Security is at the heart of what we do at CQR. Being able to offer our customers the Invixium touchless face recognition and temperature screening solution to ensure the security of their buildings and support the safety of their staff throughout the pandemic is something we are proud of.”

“Here at Orthoplastics, our priority is always our people. We are doing everything we can to make sure that our employees’ health, safety and well-being is at the core of everything we do,” said Mark Allen, Managing Director at Orthoplastics. “Aside from the changes to the workplace and our working practices, we have also implemented a COVID team who regularly meet to review the latest government advice to make sure we are following the most up to date guidelines and whether there are any further actions required to remain COVID secure. We have kept employees up to date and made sure they are involved in any changes to working practices to ensure the safety measures are adhered to and effective.”

“The effect of installing IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit has been quite positive,” said Mark Hereward, Business Systems Director at Orthoplastics. “When the pandemic began, we needed to pivot very quickly to an appropriate and effective system for protecting staff health throughout the day. Along with making PPE available and enforcing social distancing, temperature screening during shift changes has been a great help for us. The installation of TITAN was very easy to get up and running, and we’re pleased with how Invixium supported our transition to a touchless time tracking system.”

“Invixium has always taken pride in assuring employee safety and security through impeccable biometric products,” says Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President at Invixium. “Our installation at Orthoplastics highlights this commitment and accentuates how security has evolved to encompass employee health in light of COVID-19. We are very proud that our advancements in biometric solutions have enabled Orthoplastics to offer employees a healthy, safe, secure and productive work environment.”

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com
www.cqr.co.uk

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As an essential service, Manawa and its staff need to continue working throughout various stages of lockdown and pandemic-response measures in Ontario. Manawa provides its clients with IT strategy, management, monitoring, and other critical infrastructure services 24/7. Many of their clients’ needs increased in complexity because of the pandemic, as businesses began to allow employees to work from home full- or part-time. Because of the high demand on IT service providers, Manawa management realized that the company needed to invest in reliable solutions to keep their staff healthy.

Automated Temperature Screening Keeps Essential Businesses Open

Touchless temperature screening is the hallmark feature of this access control installation because it offers Manawa’s staff an increased sense of security when they need to be in the office. With the ability to work from home, it is now more important than ever for staff showing any symptoms of illness to stay home and not feel obligated to come to the office. If a person screens with an elevated body temperature, the door will remain locked, denying access and directing the person to return home until their fever subsides. Before installing IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit, Manawa took staff temperatures using a temperature gun and logged results by hand in a logbook. However, this process left a large margin for human error, and management quickly realized that they needed something automated, contactless and highly accurate to track symptom data. The digitized temperature log kept by TITAN assures that every staff member’s temperature is screened. A transaction log that can be accessed at any time allows managers to use captured screening data for contact tracing when required.

As an IT company, Manawa also utilized TITAN’s PoE and networking features to make installation easy, as well as RS485 connections to integrate with their existing AXIS door controller. Further, this installation required the ability to pull time and attendance data for any employee at any given time to calculate payroll. IXM WEB, Invixium’s software companion to its security solutions, solved this need with user-friendly records and web-based functionality.

“We are an essential service whose job it is to keep other businesses working,” said Matthew Held, CEO at Manawa Networks. “If we have to go on-site to address our clients’ needs, we need to have the peace-of-mind that our visit is safe for our staff, customers and community. As a business owner, I aim to demonstrate that we are being forward-looking by doing our due diligence to ensure a healthy working environment. TITAN is well-suited to our needs because my staff knows that the door won’t open for them if they have a fever, so they can go home to rest or work safely.”

“Invixium offers the most modern solution for healthy access right now,” said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President at Invixium. “Business owners take on a lot of risk and liability by keeping their doors open in these uncertain times. When a business is an essential service, they must do all they can to make their staff and customers feel confident that they are not spreading illness at their office and beyond. With solutions like ours that provide fast, accurate and traceable health screening, managers can achieve this in a very effective way.”

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com
www.manawa.ca

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Mining operations like Crocodile River Mine require extremely rugged security equipment. With an existing HRMS installed, Eastplats requires full feature integration with their time and attendance access control hardware. Shift schedules and breathalyzer results need to be checked to enter the mine and time tracking data would be used to calculate payroll. Further, Eastplats’s COVID-19 response demands that temperature screening and mask detection be added to its access control protocol for thousands of employees and visitors at every shift, adding complexity to an already-intricate integration.

Rugged Temperature Screening Protects Mine Staff Health

IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit was selected not only for its ruggedness and integration capabilities, but also for its high throughput. With the Enhancement Kit installed, the complete solution can touchlessly authenticate and temperature-screen 12 to 15 users per minute. Thousands of employees and the overall business risk monumental financial losses from delays in entry; thus, speed is a top factor in biometric hardware selection. IXM TITAN is crafted with an all-aluminum body and a Corning® Gorilla® Glass LCD screen to withstand the harshest environmental conditions, from exposure to dust and sand to high impacts caused by nearby mine blasts.

Using IXM TITAN, Bluewhale Digital was able to integrate employee identification and touchless core body temperature scanning, with Eastplats’ existing time and attendance system and their multilayered security infrastructure. This, along with an automated system for restricting access until a COVID-19 declaration statement was signed by all those entering the mine ensured Eastplats received a fully integrated solution that reduced paperwork and reporting time, and prioritized the health and safety of all mine employees. Following a successful proof of concept trial with four IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit units, Eastplats plans to add additional Invixium solutions at more entry points to Crocodile River Mine. Due to the ease of installation and integration with their existing system, Eastplats is highly satisfied with the increase in productivity and peace of mind provided by the Invixium solution.

“Our concern was for the safety and wellbeing of the Eastplats employees as well as addressing the large amount of time spent on collation and reporting for regulatory requirements,” said Matthew Simpson, Director at Bluewhale Digital. “In the midst of a global pandemic, we needed a way to safely and reliably move 500 people through turnstiles during shift change. We needed to do it with no physical contact, and in line with South Africa’s lockdown regulations.”

“There has been a revolution when it comes to face recognition in the rugged industry of mining, as fingerprints have obvious issues with the time it takes to wash hands before touching a delicate sensor. Add that to the risk of COVID-19 lingering on surfaces, and face recognition becomes the obvious answer for access control,” said Hannelie Hanson, General Manager at Eastplats. “Invixium’s products are quick and accurate, even in our mine, and the Enhancement Kit’s temperature screening reduces the number of steps it takes for a person to get to work safely and with ease. IXM TITAN’s integration with Crocodile River Mine’s current human resource management system and security software ensures managers have all the necessary documents and reports to manage staff and visitors in one location.”

“Deploying biometric technology in the mining sector is extremely challenging,” said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President at Invixium. “We’re proud to have engineered IXM TITAN to be well suited for extremely harsh environments, like mines, and we are pleased to be the premiere biometric provider to mining operations worldwide, like Eastplats in Africa. IXM TITAN was selected for its ruggedness and speed in face recognition and temperature screening in various lighting conditions. The result is very positive: TITAN ensures a simple and comprehensive solution for employees and managers to allow them to return to work in a healthy, safe, and productive environment.”

Invixium is represented by its authorized distributor Pyro-Tech Security Suppliers, located in Johannesburg. Invixium’s presence in South Africa has grown significantly since its regional launch in 2019.

For more information, visit:
www.invixium.com
www.pyro-tech.co.za

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