I believe one of our customers, Hughes Identification Devices, has a system like this. Hughes I.D. Alma Hawley Tel: 303-444-0197 Fax: 303-444-7726 5757 Central Avenue Suite C Boulder, CO 80302-2871 Andrew P. Magee - Applications Engineer Rogers Corp - Circuit Materials Unit Tel: (620) 917-5237 Fax: (602) 917-5256 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Attendance Monitoring Systems. Author: Tom Collins::(CLLNSTAA) at ~FABRIK Date: 1/18/96 5:52 AM From: Tom Collins Date: Thu, Jan 18, 1996 5:52 AM Subject: Attendance Monitoring Systems. To: TechNet Hi there, I'm looking for information on attendance monitoring systems. I'm developing such a system based on proximity 'smart cards' to accurately record actual labour hours/build rates/efficiency etc. in an assembly cell and would like to get some information on similar systems (manual or automated). My proposed system will (in theory) do the following: 1. Automatically detect the presence/absence of workers in an assembly cell (as they walk through a proximity type loop detector) 2. Monitor the build/yield rates of the assembly cell (using pass/fail indicators at final test part of cell) 3. Calculate actual labour hours, efficiency, build rates and yield etc. (from the collated data) 4. Display this information on a scrolling LED display above cell (One per cell) 5. Upload data to a file server, where management reports can be run to update standard costs or estimate capacity etc. I would appreciate it if anybody has any information on such systems or know where I should look on the INTERNET etc. e-mail address: [log in to unmask] Phone:+44 (0)181 566 6162 ext 718 Thanking you in Advance Regards. Tom Collins:-)