Workforce Management for Manufacturing

Yes. Facial recognition is completely touchless. Employees clock by simply looking at the terminal without touching any surface or removing gloves.

This makes it ideal for food production, healthcare, pharmaceutical manufacturing and any environment with strict hygiene standards.

For even more demanding environments, Synel also offers RFID necklace solutions where workers walk through readers without any interaction at all.

A rules engine is the software logic that converts raw clocking data into accurate net pay. Unlike basic systems that just record start and finish times, Synel's rules engine automatically calculates shift differentials, overtime thresholds, grace periods and break deductions.

This ensures gross-to-net hours are calculated accurately before data is sent to payroll, eliminating manual calculations and spreadsheet errors.

The complexity of this logic is why major payroll providers like Iris and Cascade partner with Synel rather than building it themselves.

Yes. The system is specifically designed for sectors like manufacturing and logistics that rely on hourly-paid workers with complex shifts.

It supports advanced scheduling based on skills and availability, and automatically applies specific pay rules to different shifts. Nights, weekends, bank holidays and overtime thresholds are all handled automatically.

The rules engine handles scenarios that spreadsheets routinely get wrong, such as an employee working 30 actual hours but being paid for 42.6 weighted hours due to shift premiums.

The system automates tracking of the 48-hour working week, 11-hour daily rest periods and mandatory break compliance. Real-time alerts notify managers when employees approach limits, allowing roster adjustments before breaches occur.

For multi-site operators, it aggregates working hours across all locations. This is critical because standard systems often miss breaches when staff cover shifts at different sites.

Statutory reports provide evidence for audits and tribunals.

Buddy punching is where one employee clocks in for another. It is eliminated using biometric authentication.

Synel offers facial recognition and fingerprint terminals that verify the actual identity of the person clocking, not just possession of a card or knowledge of a PIN.

Because biometrics cannot be shared, borrowed or forgotten, you only pay for employees who are physically present. This delivers immediate ROI for organisations experiencing time theft.

Yes. The Synergy Projects module allows employees to clock onto specific jobs, tasks, cost centres or production lines.

This enables businesses to compare planned versus actual time, calculate true project costs and analyse productive versus non-productive time.

Data capture can be via shop floor terminals with barcode scanners, mobile app for field workers, or web browser for office staff. Reports show real-time job progress and cost variances.

Yes. Unlike many competitors who rely on third-party installers, Synel employs our own team of engineers across the UK.

We handle installation, training and ongoing support directly. This means faster response times, consistent quality and engineers who know your system inside out.