Enhancing Attendance Management in Firms and Industries Using Fingerprint Biometric Recognition Technique.

The biometric verification technique has come to stay in the authentication and authorization of access in automated systems. Traditional way of handling attendance in firms and organizations by using hand written signatures on attendance sheets or booklets has proven to be very inefficient due to its challenging instances of falsifications, impersonations and miscalculations. This paper focused on studying the use of unique human biological anatomy or physiological feature, fingerprints, in recognizing, managing and monitoring the attendance of employees in firms and industries. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were adopted in the research whereas Object Oriented Analysis and Design Methodology (OOADM) was used in the development of a platform for a fingerprint enabled attendance management system using cross platform development technologies. The result of this research formed a backbone to the development of a generic system that saves time, eliminates the crude manual method of signing in/out each day at work and also eliminates the problem of impersonations and falsifications in the management of employee attendance to work. Keyword: fingerprint, attendance management, employee attendance, biometric verification, authentication.