Touchpoint Blog

If you've ever visited the About Us page on our website, you might have seen our list of core values towards the bottom of the page.

Here at Touchpoint, we love the idea of focus. We try to be laser-focused in every area of our company, whether it’s in how James preps and ships the final product or how Jake approaches our discovery questions with potential customers.

It isn’t every day that we get to come to the rescue for a district, but when it happens, we’re ready to spring into action!

Did you know that laptop batteries generally have only 500-550 cycles (one full charge) until they run out? And Chromebooks even less at about 300-500 cycles?

The Office: An American Workplace.

As office workers ourselves who haven’t lived under a rock for the last 16 years, we at Touchpoint are passionate fans who love The Office so much we’re even willing to get Peacock to watch it!

As COVID-19 remains at the forefront of everyone’s mind, all signs point to K12 schools opening in the coming months. With the majority of schools in the United States currently practicing in-person learning or preparing for this reality next fall, schools must now set their sights on creating the safest possible environment for their staff, teachers, and students. By adjusting to the new safety standards, schools have adapted with masks, distancing measures, and touchless technology.

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We all love saving money. And most of us (minus all you minimalists out there) also enjoy new technology.

Touchpoint Industries is thrilled to announce our new, completely redesigned website at TouchpointK12.com!

In a recent post by our partners at Frontline, they covered the important role that time collection hardware plays in a well-oiled time and attendance system.

When most of us hear the word ‘Billion’ we think of lavish islands, boats the size of skyscrapers, and even flights to space.

Go getters - gotta love ‘em! They are the people on your team who are constantly ‘seeking out the broom’ AKA, always looking for a problem to solve. Where would we be without people like this?

2020 doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom.

Partnerships are suuuper cool. In fact, let us tell you about the coolest partnership of all - Frontline and Touchpoint!

 

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Allow me to share a story from one of our favorite school districts in Pennsylvania who was on the cusp of handling time collection all by themselves…

“We considered using old computers to make our own kiosks, but they would have cost man-hours to create, and we would have not been able to put them where they needed to be. We also didn’t want the hassle of purchasing all the various components to make a secure kiosk. We ended up looking for a turn-key solution in Touchpoint because we wanted to make sure we got something that lasted a long time. The software does work great and the kiosks do what we need them to do.”

- IT Department in Pennsylvania

We looove problem solving - it’s at the heart of what we do. This example is just one of many where our Three Pillars have helped a district get rid of their time collection woes.

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Let’s be honest - we’ve all tried putting things together without reading the instructions before.

 

 

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So, you’re now live with Frontline Time and Attendance - congrats! The journey to automated, secure, and reliable time tracking is almost over.

 

However, there is one last piece to the puzzle - something often overlooked until the very end - the hardware to interface with the software!

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As we inch closer to a return to in-person learning, school districts are really beginning to feel the heat when it comes to finances. COVID-19 has been responsible for many schools to begin thinking about operating with reduced budgets. 

Electronics have been an essential part of furthering education for today’s youth. Advances in technology have allowed us to learn and teach more efficiently than ever before.

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Ahh, the IT department - a team crucial to any modern establishment, and schools are no exception. They are constantly putting out fires behind the scenes and have an ever-increasing workload. For some schools, it’s just one poor soul responsible for it all...

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We’ve all been late for work once or twice. However, sometimes people try to cheat the system.

“Hey, Mark. Running a few behind. Mind punching in my numbers for me?”

 

Or even…

 

“I’m gonna be out sick today, but I can’t miss a day of pay. Can you please clock in for me?”

 

This is a situation we’ve heard about thousands of times from districts of all sizes - and while this may seem innocent at first, it’s an absolute nightmare for HR and payroll to deal with. 

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We get it: the “Time & Attendance DIY kiosk route” seems like a great idea for districts...until it becomes a guess-and-test nightmare.