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Modern Asset Management:
The ‘Key’ To Multi-Site Efficiency
Operational efficiency is key for facilities managers running multiple sites, but poor key management can stand in the way. Here,Andy Smith, Director of KeyTracker, explains how to use modern key management solutions to increase efficiencies, improve health and safety and make time savings, whilst increasing security and reducing culpability across sites.
Having operational oversight of multiple buildings and locations requires a high level of organisation, the ability to keep track of important equipment and provide fast authorised access to all facilities. Failure to do so can lead to safety and security risks and as such, effective key and asset management plays a crucial role.
Today’s modern key and asset management solutions are designed to provide facilities managers with layers of reassurance – not only that they’ll be able to locate keys and assets on demand, but that there’s a stringent level of security in place to ensure the safety of people using the premises, whilst reducing management culpability. Each asset management solution offers different benefits to support the operations of facilities managers, depending on their objectives.
Prioritising Safety And Security
There are still thousands of businesses that rely on outdated management systems to manage their keys, assets and other equipment, which in many cases makes them freely accessible to all employees. Sometimes, the solution is as archaic as an old peg board with keys hung up in an unlocked cabinet, or simply a drawer full of keys – scenarios that create an increased level of risk.
Should keys for dangerous equipment come into the wrong hands, for example, the health and safety of the employee in question, their colleagues and other people on-site can be put at serious threat, or – in the most serious of cases – lead to
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claims of corporate manslaughter. This makes a traceable key management system a vital part of any facilities function.
Today, there are systems designed specifically to minimise the chances of this happening, with solutions that ensure only certain employees – such as those with a specific level of experience or seniority – have fast access to the required keys for different assets.
Not only this, but the systems work to improve efficiencies on site, too, saving valuable time in locating keys or assets in the first place. They can also ensure management records are kept instantly up to date, with details on exactly when keys or assets have been used and by whom, improving operations across the sites.
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