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emergency preparedness

Health and Safety in UK Workplaces: 8 Avoidable Problems

on October 4, 2021 | By Jay Palter
We’ve noticed that many UK businesses are updating their workplace safety plans—or their fire and safety plan—right now. Most commonly, they’re either taking advantage of governmental COVID funding before it dries up, reorganizing their fire and safety plan to accommodate a permanent hybrid workforce, or moving into a new building.
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key management

What is a Key Management System? Everything You Need to Know

on September 21, 2021 | By Jay Palter
Maybe your company just suffered an avoidable security breach. Or perhaps you were just reviewing the labor costs of tracking your corporate keys. Many business leaders in these positions start to wonder whether automating their physical key management is worthwhile. But they want some questions answered first.
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Key Control

What is a Physical Key Management System?

on August 30, 2021 | By Jay Palter
More and more business security practices are going digital. Every year, it seems like something you took for granted as a physical process is automated or made electronic. Will physical keys be next?
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Physical security

6 Tips for Better Equipment Inventory Tracking

on August 10, 2021 | By Jay Palter
Equipment management is an afterthought at some companies. But those companies are usually surprised when they get around to adding up the costs of their equipment losses and operating inefficiencies. Better equipment tracking can eliminate those inefficiencies, reduce losses, and extend the lifecycles of each piece of your company’s equipment.
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AssetTracer

How Indoor Mapping Software Can Deliver Better Asset Tracking

on July 9, 2021 | By Jay Palter
I ndoor mapping technology is making inroads in many business sectors—and with good reason. This technology has the potential to reshape how we conduct many business practices that, up until now, we’ve thought had to be slow and manual. One of those business practices ripe for change is asset management.
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emergency mustering

8 Security Benefits of Using RFID Personnel Tracking Software

on July 1, 2021 | By Jay Palter
The global economy is radically different from what it was just two years ago. From enterprise organizations down to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), every business is looking for new ways to compete, increase revenue, and improve their performance. One option many are exploring is the use of RFID personnel tracking software.
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Loss prevention

Ultimate Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Tech Guide

on June 24, 2021 | By Jay Palter
Even the most in-the-know security professional can be forgiven for not knowing every single real-time location system (RTLS) technology on the market. The options are constantly changing. New technologies emerge, engineers discover new use cases for old technologies, and there is always something you haven’t seen before.
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Physical security

5 Technologies Used to Increase Situational Awareness in the Workplace

on June 18, 2021 | By Jay Palter
Companies in every sector are looking for ways to respond faster to business challenges. Those could be operational, strategic, or security challenges—or, in reality, usually all three at once. From large enterprises down to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), many companies find success adopting a principle first developed in the military:...
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employee tracking in a building

How Employee Location Tracking in a Building Works

on June 15, 2021 | By Jay Palter
Employee location tracking isn’t some evil, Big Brother tool. In fact, in most use cases, the employees benefit as much as their organization. That’s because the most effective use cases are all for employee safety and security.
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gps signal indoors

Does GPS work indoors? Accurately Tracking Assets Inside Facilities

on June 1, 2021 | By Jay Palter
Many businesses are trying to find ways to bring the benefits of GPS tracking indoors into their workplaces. They want to get that same kind of location and movement data on their people and valuable assets. Many of these businesses opt to use an indoor positioning system (IPS).
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