Visitor Management – signing in employees for evacuation without signing them in!!

Today many companies have replaced the old paper manual sign in books with a more modern digital visitor management solution to tighten security and free up the receptionist or to manage an unmanned reception area. Standard features include self sign in on an iPad or tablet, selecting who they are there to see and the host receives an notification of their arrival. However, did you know Visitor Management System can also do the following; Health screening questions for visitors, employees and contractors Deny Access based on answers and compliance checks […]

Time & People provides implementation and training services to customers across Australia and around the world to assist set up and go live with the visitor management solution. One of those included training sessions is for Evacuation Management. Evacuation Management can be simple and manual with paper PDF reports to manage the evacuation. Evacuation Management can be simple and digital with technology-based evacuations allowing multiple fire wardens to connect at the same time no matter the size of the location. Manual paper evacuations with multiple evacuation points need all the […]

From Monday, 14 December in NSW the Public Health Order requiring employers to allow employees to work from home (where it is reasonably practicable to do so) will be repealed. But will employees return to their workplaces as instructed? We see the benefits it will bring to organisations that have been hit the hardest during Covid restrictions including hospitality venues, cafe’s and restaurants. Encouraging the workers back into the CBD for the festive season could mean the difference between surviving or not for many of these businesses. On the flip […]

With so many QR code sign in options out there today, how do you find the right one that will fulfill all of your requirements? Some essential requirements include; A quick and easy way to sign in everyone on site Touchless sign in options Screen and track the flow of visitors, contractors and employees Pandemic screening management Manage employees working remotely View live on site reports View who is due on site Report on past site visitor data Workflows automating notifications Manage compliance for contractors and employees Emergency Management tools […]

Knowing in real time who is on-site including employees, visitors and contractors has never been more important. When you electronically sign in everyone coming on site using a visitor management system you can display with dashboards critical people presence metrics and data. Dashboards can be displayed on large screens or any smart device. They can also display messages such as “Hazard Warnings” in the footer of the stat screen, such as the one displayed below.   A people screen option will allow you to display a scrolling list of visitors, […]

A Visitor Management System today is used for so much more than just signing in visitors. You need to now manage everyone entering your location including employees and contractors and have a screening process for everyone that enters plus much more. Here are some fundamental features you should be utilising as part of your Visitor Management System. 1/. Touchless Kiosk – Offer a hygienic solution by reducing the number of touchpoints for visitors, employees and contractors. Using any mobile camera scan a dynamic and secure QR code for a contactless […]

When looking for a Visitor Management System today there is so much more to consider than signing in visitors. You need to consider everyone entering your location including employees and contractors, screening everyone that enters and more. With so many variations of systems available here are some fundamental features to assist when considering the best system for your organisation; 1/.  Security – Customer data is one of the most valuable assets your company has which is why data protection and security is so important. Consider where the data is stored, […]

I have been interested in the way many people are saying hot-desking is dead, hotdesking will not survive Covid-19. I am almost certain hot desking was invented to allow companies less office space initially where an office may have 500 seats but at any one time, there may only be 400 people max in the building. Hot desking allows a company to significantly reduce the cost of rent if they can remove 100 desks. The internet suggests 8-12 square metres of gross space per employee. If this is correct and […]

With no end in sight to COVID-19, for many people, a period of remote work is looking more and more inevitable. What we thought was the norm yesterday has changed and moved to a new norm today and so forth. Many businesses are now implementing Working-from-Home (WFH) policies to ensure business continuity and to comply with the latest Government restrictions and advice. Here are some tools companies can use to manage this new way of working using the latest technology with employee management systems; Mobile App Sign in – allow […]