Applications or Apps. Everyone knows what they are, whether you have a smart phone or not. And those with Smartphones are likely to have downloaded or accessed at least one. But what makes apps so popular? Is it the novelty of having something new and different right there in your hand? Or is it to do with the fast paced nature in which we work?
What does HTML5 have to do with earthquakes you ask? Well after the Christchurch earthquakes, tsunamis in Japan, floods in Australia, and a host of other disasters it became apparent to our users that their Evacuation Marshals | Wardens needed real-time information detailing who was on-site just prior to an evacuation.
Every day around the world millions of people are evacuated from buildings and sites. Sometimes it’s an evacuation preparedness test run; sometimes it’s the real thing. Hundreds of thousands of Evacuation Marshalls, where feasible, clear areas, go outside, possibly do a head count, and then what? Assume people are accounted for? How does ‘assume’ sit with your conscience?
Let’s be honest, visitor management may not be the most enthralling topic out there on the blogosphere. I’m sure we’d all much rather be checking out the latest sports or fashion blog, and basically be reading anything and everything else before casting our eyes over a visitor management blog. Be that as it may, it is however a topic that every health and safety conscious organisation has to consider at some point.
We have great fun seeing the official titles of receptionists when deploying WhosOnLocation around the world. Given these amazing multi-tasking, ‘front of house’ gate-keepers are often the first contact that customers, visitors, suppliers, and contractors have with organizations. It is great to see that businesses are starting to really appreciate the role they play. An example of this is evidenced in the plaques and titles we see on reception counters around the world.
With over 1.5 million visitor and contractor movements through government, health, education, construction, utilities, corporate, and manufacturing sites in the last 12 months - we understand some of the key issues facing today’s facilities managers and security managers when it comes to managing the safety and security of people, assets, and IP.
“Who is on-site?” - As Dr. Alfred Lanning said to Will Smith’s character in I’ Robot “That, Detective, is the right question. Program terminated”.
Historically most organizations have used a mix of non-integrated visitor management, contractor management, induction management, and ID card management solutions. The means multiple vendors and software licenses, multiple training costs, and expensive technology to make each system talk to each other if an all-in-one solution is needed.
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