If you currently use regular keys to access exterior and interior areas of your building, then you might be thinking of switching to an access control system. As you start to investigate your options, don't forget to look at key fob systems. These systems have various business benefits. What are they?
1. Make Your Building More Secure
If you use key locks to secure external and internal doors, then criminals will find it easier to break into your building. Experienced criminals have lock-picking skills that can open doors fast.
If you set up an access control system that uses key fobs instead of keys, then you don't have any locks that can be picked. Your doors will only open if someone uses an enabled fob. The fob transmits a signal to a door's locking mechanism that tells it to open.
2. Get Easier Security Management
If you and your employees need keys to get into and around your building, then you'll have more security management work to do. Your security costs might also increase.
For example, if someone loses a key, then you might have to change the locks to any door it opens. You might need to do this multiple times if someone loses a bunch of keys that would give an intruder access to different parts of your building.
You'll then have to have more keys cut to give to any other people who need to access doors with changed locks. You'll have lock replacement and key-cutting costs every time this happens.
If you use a key fob system, then you won't have these costs. If someone loses a fob, you simply block its system access. Anyone who steals it or finds it won't be able to open any doors into or inside your building because the fob will no longer work.
3. Enhance Your Employee Monitoring Protocols
Key fob access systems don't just enhance your building's security, you can also use them to monitor employees and their movements. For example, you can track an employee's movements in and out of your building.
This is a handy way to check that people are coming to work and leaving at appropriate times. If people know that you can see what time they clock into work and when they leave for the day, then you should reduce absenteeism.
Plus, a key fob system also gives you a quick snapshot of who is in your building at any given time. This can be useful in an emergency. For example, if you have a fire alarm, then you can check who is in the building as you evacuate it. You can check that everyone gets out safely.
To find out more about key fob access systems, contact a commercial locksmith.
