Al Zayani Investments has awarded a contract to Al Amthal Group for the provision and implementation of a time and attendance management system.

Under the deal, Al Amthal will provide Al Zayani the Optimum Time and Attendance software solution along with biometric face recognition attendance devices to manage staff attendance at all branches and companies within the group.

In addition, Al Amthal is going to provide the group with I-Face Time Attendance Machines that offer special general packet radio service, a packet oriented mobile data service, connectivity and face recognition facilities.

"With its multi-branches and multi-companies option, Optimum offers the ideal solution to manage such a complex job," Amthal Group chief executive Hani Awachi said.

"Moreover, as a modular software system, it also allows the integration and interfacing with other software without any problem.

"This makes Optimum especially attractive to large businesses that need to integrate a new system into their existing software," he said.

Al Zayani Investments' divisions and companies include Euro Motors (including BMW, Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Maserati, MINI, Land Rover, Rover & MG), Zayani Motors, First Motors (including Hyundai), Orient Motors (including Brilliance Auto, the leading Chinese carmakers), Zayani Leasing and Zayani Properties.-TradeArabia News Service