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Trying to figure out "who was where and when" in your business is a lot like solving a mystery. Fortunately, unraveling these workplace mysteries no longer takes the deductive reasoning powers of a Sherlock Holmes. Automated door access control systems let you decide, in advance, who goes where. By integrating time and attendance with your access control system, you can also control when employees may enter designated areas.

The need to control access, secure your assets and. monitor employee time has never been greater. Businesses are turning to automated solutions that combine these two applications with state-of-the-art hardware and software. These solutions provide real-time reports that put accurate information at your fingertips and deliver an entirely new level of security,

Access control systems generally require the use of a device to control entry to a particular door, department or facility. Badge based systems are the most common and cost effective. Employees simply swipe the same badge that they might use for identification or for a time and attendance system. A gateway reader that will permit entry if they are entitled to access. Biometrics technologies that recognize voice, finger-print or eye can also be used, but because their costs tend to be higher, businesses have been slower to implement them.

Access software that integrates with your time and attendance system ensures that the most up-to-date employee data and work schedules are used to create the gate list that determine access. Integration of these two applications eliminates redundant data entry and provides the ability to control which personnel will be allowed to use designated entryways, departments or facilities, For example while all hospitals employees may have access to general supplies, only authorized staff would be granted access to the pharmacy. In a manufacturing plant, entry to the machine shop may be granted only to those employees who have the skills to work with potentially dangerous equipment. In a bank, only loan officers might have access to the area where customer credit files are stored. The needs for access control are as diverse as the businesses that are implementing this technology,

Today's IDS makes it possible to define levels of access--from none at all to scheduled access. Door access can be scheduled to coincide with employees' work schedules. In addition, you can schedule main entry and exit doors to lock and unlock at specific times so that all personnel can pass at will, This can be especially helpful at the beginning and ending shift.

While controlling access is an important advantage, automated solutions also make it possible to track which employees have accessed the controlled entry ways of the facility, and the date and time.  For example, you may have an employee who enters the building at 7 a.m., but doesn't get to his workstation until 8 a-m. What happened during that hour? Reports that trace movements through your facility can provide clues to improving productivity and detecting problems. You can monitor individuals or group movement, doors and more, and do so with a few simple keystrokes

Integrated solutions that combine door access security control with time and attendance may not provide the spine-tingling drama a of a good mystery yarn, but they do offer a cost-effective way to control door access security and understand who did what, when and where

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