With the rapid growth of technologies, various techniques are widely applied to people's daily lives like autopilot, self-help checkout and automated manufacturing etc. to enhance the efficiency. Our client of the solution is a renowned multi-national enterprise, and one of its multiple businesses is unmanned  supermarket. Customers enter the stores and purchase in a fully automated process including palm recognition, RFID card scanning for access, exit and payment. ZKTeco offered an access control solution for the entire line of supermarkets in the USA. Here below are the requirements and the details of the deployment of the solution.

A. Full Compliance with the Needs of the Supermarkets

The unmanned supermarkets are designed with detailed assessment and evaluation to offer the best shopping experience of the customers. Thus, all the details including the size and specifications of the system must perfectly fit into the client's expectation.

 · Apart from providing current various types of barriers, ZKTeco is also an original design manufacturer (OEM) which provides customized products fully according to the client's specific needs. ZKTeco manufactured and provided to the unmanned convenient stores swing barriers for access control. All swing barriers' material, colour, size, and the position of different devices, including card readers and palm readers, are designed according to the needs of the client after thorough communication. 

· ZKTeco offered over 1,000 units of customized swing barriers for the entire line of Supermarkets, as ZKTeco has the ability of research and development of both software and hardware, expert teams consisting of technical and  engineering experts, and large and advanced manufacturing line for OEM products in extra-large batch.

B. Reliability of Access Control System

Unlike the conventional retail stores manually operated by staffs, the client's unmanned supermarkets are fully operated automatically by biometrics recognition for identity verification, and automated POS systems for purchase of goods, and there is no staff for services. If error of devices often occur or there are frequent needs of maintenance, the efficiency of the operation of the stores will be significantly decreased. 

Our client has deep knowledge and understanding to the relevant specifications of the devices, and stated particular and precise requirements of the devices, including: 

1. The devices must be certified with UL294 standard by the Underwriter Laboratories;  

2. The devices must reach the standard of the mean cycle between failures (MCBF) in the quality test.

 · ZKTeco has obtained the UL294 certification for all the swing barriers. UL294 is a compliance standard of access control devices with 4 major requirements including level of destructive attack, line security, endurance and standby power. Apart from UL294, the devices are also certified by CE to ensure the quality of the swing barriers. 

· ZKTeco installed in the swing barriers high-quality brushless direct-current motors with compact size yet high  performance, IP65 waterproof and dustproof level, and the certifications of UL, CSA and CE. The MCBF of the  swing barriers reach as high as 10,000,000 times to minimize the failure and maximize the efficiency of the supermarkets’ operation

C. Integration with Third-party Systems

Another critical requirement is the integration with the client's own systems including biometrics devices, POS  systems and RFID readers. ZKTeco must provide a system that enables integration with the above devices in  order to enhance the cost efficiency of the entire solution. 

· ZKTeco has the comprehensive capability of research & development of both software and hardware, and  expert teams consisting of multiple engineering and technical experts. With years' experience in biometrics and  POS systems which have been covered in its major business, ZKTeco is able to perfectly combine the solution with the client's own devices and system. 

· The swing barriers customized by ZKTeco are designed specifically to embed the client's palm recognition readers and QR code readers for interlinkage. The swing barriers' access and exit is then controlled by the verification system. 

· The swing barriers are also connected with the POS systems of the supermarkets. The POS system thus are enabled to access the data of the access control of the swing barriers for the enhancement of convenience and  efficiency of management.

D. Participation of Product Design and Manufacturing

The client has strict requirements of the solution and expects to have thorough understanding to the details of  the design and manufacturing of the access control devices.

  · ZKTeco invited the client's representatives for visit to our manufacturing base for more understanding to the entire production process and better communication, to ensure that the solution perfectly fits the requirements of the client.

  · The client delivered a technical team to join the quality test of the products to guarantee satisfactory results of the solution.

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