Design of employee presence system using Radio Frequency Identification technology

Employee attendance is important data at a college, because it is related to employee performance. Information technology for presence systems exists that uses magnetic cards and biometric measurements. Lately there is a technology of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices that use radio signals to identify objects. Such RFID characteristics enable this technology to be used on employee cards connected to a computer-based presence system. Based on these conditions, this study aims to design a presence system using RFID technology. The system design uses the Rational Unified Process method, the Unified Modelling Language, with PHP and MySQL as builder software. The hardware used, in addition to a set of computers with specifications tailored to the needs, is also equipped with RFID devices. The presence system produced includes an RFID card reader, and a presence data processor. The presence system has a menu for adding employee data, employee attendance, delay identification, time management, monthly attendance recapitulation for each employee, and attendance recapitulation for all employees. This system has been trained by operators in the presence section with a very good absorption of 82% with a two hour training period. This shows that the system is relatively easy to implement.