Biometrics in fitness clubs: visitors value safety and comfort.
The integrated system is used by both fitness club staff and their visitors. Employees check in and out of work by touching a fingerprint scanner, which is available as a USB device or built into BioLink FingerPass biometric access control terminals.
The terminals control the operation of actuators (locks, turnstiles, gateways), giving a command to open them upon presentation of a registered identifier — a fingerprint and (or) a contactless card (bracelet). Visitors to fitness clubs are given a choice of recognition “scenarios” — biometric or combined, when the results of a fingerprint scan confirm the authority of the owner of the material identifier.
Biometric technologies provide a new level of security and comfort. The fingerprint cannot be forgotten or “borrowed”; it does not interfere with sunbathing in the solarium, swimming in the pool or working out in the gym. Fitness club owners do not have to spend money on making new cards or issuing cards to replace lost ones and can be absolutely sure that clients are not exchanging material identifiers.
The “biometric” version of Metalink Fitness Manager is gaining popularity. For several months it has been successfully used in the network of health and wellness centers for women “TONUS-CLUB” in St. Petersburg. The general director of the network, Elena Alekseevna Korostyleva, identifies two areas of this activity: “The first is monitoring the working time of all employees. Now they have become much more responsible about their working time, which is important for me as a manager. The second direction is the use of biometric technologies to work with clients. It has become easier for them to complete the registration procedure at the entrance; they do not need to carry a membership card with them or be afraid of losing it. Out of several thousand of our clients, only 3 people refused to scan their fingerprints; for the rest, this is interesting and corresponds to the image of a modern fitness club.”
Biometric technologies will also be used at the entrance to the new sports club of the OLYMPIC network — the largest sports club in St. Petersburg, opening in the Northern capital this spring. The general director of the club, Alexander Anatolyevich Trusov, states that automatic biometric identification will provide significant savings, reduce costs for service personnel and eliminate errors that previously quite often occurred at reception desks due to the “human factor.” Biometric access control is also convenient for visitors: “We maximally speed up the control process at the entrance to and exit from the club and at the same time increase the level of security, completely eliminating the possibility of unauthorized entry into the club territory,” says the director of the OLYMPIC club.
Konstantin Sorokin, CEO of BioLink: “Visitors to fitness centers pay special attention to safety and are interested in ensuring that its provision does not affect the quality of services provided and comfort. These requirements are effectively implemented by biometric technologies, and it is no coincidence that they have become widespread in the global beauty and health industry. With the release of the new version of the “Metalink Fitness Manager” system, the listed advantages have become available to Russian fitness clubs that are actively mastering innovative biometric identification technologies,”
About the “Metalink Fitness Manager” system.
An effective automation tool for fitness clubs, covering all areas of their work. Implements the functions necessary for a fitness club of any size — from a small studio (yoga studio, gym, spa center, etc.) to large multifunctional fitness centers. Supports a significant number of different types of equipment: magnetic readers, proximity Mifare cards, bracelets, turnstiles, web cameras, biometric fingerprint scanners, etc.
Additional modules automate the operation of a beauty salon, swimming pool, children's fitness, sports bar, medical office, playgrounds (tennis, basketball, etc.).
About the company «Metalink».
Operates in the field of software development since 2002. Has significant experience in implementing complex projects for Russian and foreign companies. Implements an integrated approach to the implementation of IT projects — from consulting and development of specifications to implementation, staff training and support. Metalink software is used by more than 150 fitness clubs, beauty salons and other beauty and health enterprises in Russia and neighboring countries.
About BioLink. Biolink Solutions/BioLink is a Russian developer and supplier of scalable and productive applied biometric solutions, actively used by government authorities and commercial structures in Russia and abroad to ensure state and public security, in the systems of passport and visa documents of the new generation, for the purpose of protecting information, controlling physical access, recording working hours, in financial, payment, transport, medical, production and other information systems.
The BioLink company operates in accordance with the licenses:
FSB of Russia — for the development, production, distribution, installation, installation, adjustment of encryption (cryptographic) tools and their maintenance;
FSTEC of Russia — for the development and production of means of protecting confidential information, implementation of measures and provision of services for the protection of confidential information.
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