BetterPlace is India’s largest technology platform for lifecycle management of blue-collar staff for hiring, onboarding, verifying, upskilling, attendance tracking, salary, health and finances. Since its inception in 2015, the company has catered to 15 million employees across 1,000+ organisations in India. By partnering with Samsung in managing their clients’ attendance management system, BetterPlace ensured cost reductions and increased productivity.

The facial recognition attendance app of BetterPlace required:

• Reliable Android devices with a fast processor, high-resolution camera, and GPS accuracy
• A highly secure Mobile Device Management (MDM) system for better monitoring of employees’ mobile devices
• Mass installation and updation of the BetterPlace app on multiple devices, simultaneously
• Reduced invoice value and time spent on drawing attendance reports

• Samsung Galaxy smartphones, with a fast processor and a high-quality front-camera, were deployed to seamlessly run the BetterPlace attendance app
• With the help of Samsung Knox, the devices worked in a multi-app kiosk mode while restricting the access to only BetterPlace and other relevant business apps
• BetterPlace and other business app updation was automated through Samsung Knox
• Digital attendance process enabled accurate muster roll for payroll inputs

The Samsung Galaxy devices delivered the desired image quality for faster and accurate facial recognition during attendance. Through geo-location tagging, the devices also provided better GPS accuracy. Samsung Knox remotely installed and pushed automated updates for business-relevant applications and ensured maximised employee productivity.

Automated muster roll provided accurate data for payroll inputs leading to a 30% reduction in the invoice value.With the real-time data on employees’ attendance on Samsung devices, BetterPlace could achieve a 70% reductionin the time spent on consolidated attendance reports.