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RFID time and door access

RFID time tracking and door access. One badge, one local system.

Use a compatible RFID badge to clock in, select job codes, and request access at mapped doors or enclosures. The GRIT Hub applies schedules locally and keeps time and entry records together.

1Badge for time and access
LocalSchedules and records
0Required subscriptions

The challenge

Manual time and access systems are failing you.

Manufacturing facilities with hourly employees face the same problems every day: inaccurate time records, keys that get lost, and zero visibility into who’s on-site.

Payroll headaches

Manual time clocks and paper timesheets lead to errors, disputes, and overtime surprises. Time theft alone costs more than most companies realize.

Key management chaos

Who has keys? Which doors do they open? When someone leaves, do you re-key the whole building? Physical keys create ongoing security headaches.

After-hours blind spots

Who’s in the building at 2 AM? In an emergency, you need to know who’s on-site — not guess from a parking lot head count.

No job code granularity

Employees split time between projects and tasks — but paper timesheets make it nearly impossible to track where the hours actually went.

Shared or manual time entries

Individual badge events create a clearer time record than a shared paper sheet, while the facility still controls credential-issuance and review policy.

Rip-and-replace fatigue

Every vendor wants you to replace your locks, your time clocks, your entire setup. You need a system that works with what you have.

The solution

One system. Two solutions. Same badge.

GRIT SignOn handles both time tracking and door access through a single RFID badge. Use them together or start with one and add the other when you’re ready.

Time tracking

Track every hour. Automatically.

Employees badge in at the SignOn kiosk when they arrive, badge out when they leave. Shift hours calculated to the second. Job codes let them log time against specific projects or cost centers.

  • Badge tap clock-in and clock-out
  • Job code tracking per shift
  • Overtime calculation and alerts
  • CSV export for payroll integration
  • Timesheet approval workflows
  • Real-time shift dashboard

Door access

Control every door. Keep your locks.

GRIT can control compatible powered-to-lock or powered-to-unlock hardware. A site review confirms the latch, power supply, egress, fire-alarm, and code requirements.

  • BYOL — Bring Your Own Latch: works with your existing latches
  • Per-door, per-user permission control
  • Scheduled access windows
  • Granted and denied badge-in history
  • Local permission management
  • Compatibility review for each opening

Better together

The same GRIT Track credential can support SignOn and compatible door access. Each workflow keeps its own configured action and record.

Step by step

How it works.

01Employee arrives

Employee taps a GRIT Track reader or SignOn kiosk. The configured workflow records the badge event and, for SignOn, starts the timecard.

02Select job code

At the SignOn kiosk, employees select a job code for time allocation. Switch codes mid-shift with another tap.

03Work normally

The SignOn view shows active timecards while compatible door readers retain their own granted and denied badge-in events.

04Badge out

Shift end. Employee taps out at any reader or kiosk. Hours calculated to the second, including job code splits. Overtime flagged automatically.

05Review and approve

Supervisors review timesheets on the dashboard. Approve, flag discrepancies, or add notes. All changes tracked with an audit trail.

06Export to payroll

One-click CSV export with hours, job codes, overtime, and approval status. Your data, your format.

Capabilities

Built for manufacturing. Built to retrofit.

BYOL — Bring Your Own Latch

Retrofit compatible powered-to-lock or powered-to-unlock mechanisms after the door hardware and life-safety requirements are reviewed.

To-the-second accuracy

RFID badge taps are timestamped at the hardware level. Every shift start, break, and clock-out is exact.

Job code tracking

Track hours against projects, departments, or cost centers. Switch codes mid-shift without clocking out.

Works with existing badges

HID proximity cards, existing employee IDs, NFC-enabled phones. No new credentials to issue.

Active timecards

Review who is currently signed on and the job code associated with the active timecard. This is not a building-occupancy or muster system.

Payroll-ready export

CSV exports with hours, overtime, job codes, approval status — one click and it’s ready for processing.

Controlled corrections

Authorized staff can correct or delete timecard entries when needed. Administrative actions remain permission controlled.

Local permission management

Manage users, badges, job codes, and compatible latch permissions through the on-site GRIT system.

Hardware

The gear behind the solution.

Industrial-grade, plug-and-play hardware. Designed and assembled in the USA.

The GRIT philosophy

Meet your infrastructure where it is.

GRIT starts with the compatible locks, doors, and employee credentials already in use. The GRIT Latch controls the reviewed powered latch mechanism, a matched GRIT Track reader handles the supported credential format, and the Hub keeps the workflow and records local.

That’s what GRITified means: your existing infrastructure, made smart, made accountable, made modern — without starting over.

Get started

Ready to track time & control access?

Tell us how many doors and employees you need to cover. The engineering team handles latches, readers, and payroll export.