Today Damastor makes Picco public

Our RFID/NFC card-based attendance tracking system for Portuguese industrial companies.

Building Picco took longer than we expected. Not because the technology was complicated, but because we took the hard part seriously: understanding the real environment where the product has to work.

The problem that brought us here

Portugal has more than 30,000 industrial SMEs — factories, carpentry workshops, sawmills, textiles, logistics, warehouses. Most have between 10 and 80 employees. All share the same legal obligation: to record working times in a reliable, accessible way, retained for 5 years.

Most do not comply with this obligation. Not out of bad faith — but out of lack of a suitable option.

Existing systems were designed for offices. When they reach the factory floor, the app does not work with gloves, biometrics reject sawdust-covered fingers, the tablet breaks by the third month, and Excel reappears.

What Picco is

Picco is made up of two parts that work together.

• The physical terminal — a robust RFID/NFC reader installed at the entrance to the workspace. No touch screen, no biometrics, no batteries. The employee holds their card up for less than a second. They hear a beep. The entry is recorded.
• The web platform — where the manager sees who is currently at work in real time, configures schedules and shifts, manages absences, and exports reports to the accountant. Accessible from any device at any time.

Product decisions

• RFID instead of biometrics. In a carpentry workshop, fingers have sawdust. In a mechanics workshop, they have oil. RFID works with gloves, works in adverse conditions, and does not involve biometric data — which simplifies GDPR compliance. To learn more, read what RFID is and why it works in industry.
• Hardware without a touch screen. Touch screens break. They accumulate grease and dust. A simple reader has zero visible moving parts and works just as well in year ten as on day one.
• Offline mode by default. Industrial zones have irregular WiFi coverage. Picco records locally when there is no internet and syncs automatically when the connection returns. No record is lost.
• Installation without a technician. Plug in, connect to the network, configure online. Less than ten minutes.

The platform

• Who is here right now? In real time, without needing to call anyone.
• Shifts and schedules per person. Each employee can have their own schedule. The system automatically calculates deviations, overtime, and absences.
• Export to the accountant. One click sent by email. What used to take 2 to 3 hours takes minutes. Learn how this flow works
• Legal archive. Records are stored automatically for five years — exportable in seconds when the ACT shows up.

Availability and pricing

Picco is available in Portugal from today.

• Annual plan: €9.90/month (billed annually)
• Monthly plan: €15/month
• Hardware (RFID terminal): €179 (one-time)
• Additional employees: €0.75/month each

All plans include support in Portuguese and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

To see how it compares with other market options, read best time management systems for production companies. To learn how the technology fits into a broader view of process optimisation, read how SMEs use technology to optimise processes.

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Damastor Team