How Door Access Control Can Replace Your Time Clock Most organizations run two parallel systems that track the same thing: who is in the building and when. Your access control system logs every badge swipe. Your time clock records every punch. In many cases, these two events happen seconds apart — an employee badging through the door and then walking to a separate terminal to clock in. This is redundant. And it creates problems. The Double-Entry Problem When time tracking and access control are separate systems, you get: Buddy punching — an employee can badge in a colleague who isn't there yet, and clock them in too Discrepancies — the door log says the employee entered at 8:47, but the time clock says 9:02. Which is right? Manual reconciliation — HR cross-checks two databases when something doesn't add up Two offboarding steps — disable the time tracking account AND deactivate the access card, separately The cleaner solution: make the door event the time punch.…