Food manufacturing premises and the strict visitor, contractor, and employee access control required throughout various spaces can be complex and challenging. Effective access control is crucial for protecting employees and equipment while minimizing the risk of food contamination and process disruption.
An integrated cloud access control system can help your business enhance and streamline visitor management to safeguard company assets from unauthorised or accidental access to restricted areas. Transitioning to a cloud-based access control system allows food manufacturing organisations to enhance security and reliability. This approach eliminates the need for physical passes or contact-based access control, streamlining processes and minimizing the risk of food contact contamination. Cloud-based access control can help to futureproof your business, allowing for scalable 24/7 access control management which mitigates potential risks and hazards to your premises and food stock.
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Access control systems provide a vital security asset to 24/7 sites that are utilised by large numbers of people. Stand-alone access control is when all equipment required to secure a premises is within the doors.
Access can be granted by facial recognition or QR code scanning to minimise physical contact and cross-contamination of bacteria to your food goods. Modern entry systems offer role-based access control, allowing different levels of access based on individual roles and responsibilities. By assigning specific access privileges, you can enforce strict security protocols to ensure access is only given to authorised personnel. Additionally, access can be given on a timed basis, meaning planned visitors and contractors will only be able to gain access to your premises during a set period or schedule.
A cloud-based access control management system can help prevent contamination risks through illness reporting that records and documents sickness to automatically restrict access to certain areas of your premises. Your system can also follow up with individuals who were previously ill, to report their current status to relevant personnel for review and to readminister their access once the risk of contamination has passed. In the event of contamination, automatic restrictions can be placed on specified personnel to minimise further contamination to other zones and areas until the hazard is mitigated.
Additionally, a visitor access control management system can distribute relevant policies and documents to visitors in advance, allowing recipients to receive and sign needed papers before their visit, streamlining their visit and minimising wasted time upon arrival.
Physical gates, barriers and turnstiles not only create a secure and intrinsically safe environment but are also a reliable solution to prevent unauthorised entry, whether placed inside or outside your food manufacturing centre. Tripod turnstiles, full-height turnstiles, and speed gates or interlocking doors can all incorporate access cards or key fob readers, refusing entry to unauthorised personnel. Turnstiles with attendance tracking systems can record entry and exit times, helping to monitor patterns and evaluate your buildings usage.
Enhance your security with cutting-edge VSS systems that deliver high-resolution camera technology, provide crisp visuals and real-time remote monitoring. Highly visible, advanced VSS systems are a deterrent to even the most persistent criminals. It can be wireless, detect body temperature via infra-red technology, and be installed as a fixed or hard-wired solution at critical points around your premises, maintaining 24/7 surveillance. Integrated video surveillance and electronic security systems allow you to monitor and respond to potential threats in real time, as do intruder detection and alarm notifications that are instantly sent to your management dashboard.
Thermal Perimeter Protection systems offer a solution to when security lighting is too low to provide a viable option for intruder detection, instead intruders can be detected via their body heat. Having this extra layer of protection for your site will not only provide a strong deterrent to potential threats, but it can also seamlessly integrate with alarm monitoring and police response, meaning when triggered, immediate alerts are generated, ensuring a rapid response and minimising potential damage or loss.
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), or Licence Plate Recognition (LPR), are automated forms of access control that allows pre-authorised vehicles to gain quick entry through a gate, barrier, or shutter. Once the system is installed, an outward facing camera will scan approaching vehicle licence plates to determine whether to allow or deny entry. All authorised vehicles can be pre-entered into the system for a quick and easy deliveries, employee and visitor management. An intercom can also be installed to allow for guests or other vehicles to manually call security and gain access when required.
Due to the unique vulnerabilities food manufacturing premises face, access control managers need to ensure they can monitor potential risks at all times without disturbing manufacturing processes. Cloud access control provides strong security and efficiency for food manufacturing facilities, where monitoring access and managing potential hazards are crucial for the smooth operation of the manufacturing process.
With a single, remote platform, you can configure, schedule, and manage access permissions, monitor employee locations, control entry points, and set up customisable security parameters from a single comprehensive dashboard. This level of control is essential in a food manufacturing setting, where limiting access to specific areas, such as production lines or storage zones, reduces contamination risks and protects sensitive products from unauthorised contact.
For facilities with existing entry systems, OLS Connect integrates seamlessly. Our custom cloud-based integration platform enhances your existing management systems by providing custom configurations for easy connections with time-tracking, fire evacuation procedures, and roll-call applications. This ensures that your facility operates smoothly while maintaining food safety.
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Integrates seamlessly with existing third-party management solutions, allowing you to manage everything from one integrated platform.
Fully customisable to your premise's requirements, working with both API and flat file integrations hosted in the cloud.
Reduces staffing and operational costs. With only one system to update and automated access into your facilities, less administration and maintenance is required.
Flexible and scalable software can be seamlessly integrated for one site or across multiple sites.
Customer service will be improved with streamlined processes. Staff can spend more time doing other jobs, rather than policing who is entering and leaving the facility.
Real-time data and insights about visitor usage will allow you to forward plan for peak and off-peak times.
Food manufacturing access control systems have many benefits, the main being the increased security they provide. Other benefits include increased ease of access, the ability to track and monitor visitors, employees, and contractors who enter and leave your premises, and the prevention of unauthorised personnel from entering your building.
Access control systems give you complete control over who enters your food manufacturing premises and the various areas within your building. A preconfigured door lock system is attached to your door that only allows entry when someone enters or scans the predetermined credentials (code, tag, ID card, biometric profile). They can also provide detailed reports on how employees and visitors move about your building at the touch of a button.
Simple and easy to manage with training provided, our food manufacturing management systems provide ongoing cost savings on administration time, due to its automated processes and single interface. Visitors and contractors will no longer need to wait at reception for a physical printed pass or to sign policy documents and records.
Additionally, food contamination hazards can be costly and can halt production or even cause loss of stock and product. Proper access control can mitigate the damage of a contamination event and help your processes to get up and running again as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Yes, cloud-based access control allows you to easily scale your business each time you expand to a new location, or your facilities and staff numbers increase. These systems can support you with potentially global growth, processing large numbers of users without having to install server boxes in every building like you would with traditional access control.
No, we provide a survey to determine what needs upgrading and oftentimes, we can integrate our solutions with your current systems. Bespoke integrations can be built with your existing systems via an API or flat file integration. By integrating your solution with the existing workflows and applications your business already uses, you can permit automatic processes and delegate tasks across the whole organisation with ease.
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