Tracking Outfield Employees using GPS in Web Applications

Vinothini Kasinathan,Roshein Chandran,Aida Mustapha,S.A Aljunid,K.N.F Ku Azir,C.B.M Rashidi,P.J Soh,M.A.A Mohd Salleh

doi:10.1051/matecconf/201815005015

Vinothini Kasinathan, Roshein Chandran + Show 6 more

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https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201815005015

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Abstract

This paper presents e-Track, a web-based tracking system for outfield employees in order to cater for various business activities as demanded by the business owners. Such demands may range from a simple task assignment, to employee location tracking and remote observation of the employees’ task progress. The objective of the proposed system is two-fold. First, the employees to access the application and clocks-in work. Second, a standalone web system for the employers to determine the approximate location of the staff assigned with outfield duties. The IP address recognition will ensure no buddy punching takes place. e-Track is hoped to increase efficiency among employees by saving time travelling between branches during outfield duties. In the future, e-Track will be integrated with claim and payment modules to support arrangement for outfield duties.

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Business owners are looking for more ways to incorporate technology to their benefit
Questionnaires were distributed to three categories of people who are office employees, outfield employees and employees who juggle both office tasks and outfield duties
The questionnaire was distributed through physical paper to the respondents and in order to gain a bigger pool of answers, both open-ended and close ended questions will be used

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Business owners are looking for more ways to incorporate technology to their benefit. Each business has to have its own set of employees for a company to maintain sustainability. One of the reasons as to why businesses fail, especially small businesses are due to a lack of employee productivity [2]. There are several problems employers and employees face which reduces their productivity in a working environment. There are no standard methods to track employee with outfield works that meets a business’s needs. The way the working environment functions currently would not be optimal to nurture an individual’s full potential. Employees have to check in to work using punch cards and would have to stay on in their office cabin throughout their working hours [3]. The scenario worsens if the company has multiple offices and employees have to be travelling constantly

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