Integrating Building Maintenance Software With Security Tours

Companies have begun to use building maintenance software to perform security tours in multiple locations throughout the United States. Innovative companies are taking advantage of the detailed Inspection and Reporting capabilities of modern web based building maintenance software.

Creating custom Security Tours is a natural function that can help ensure that a facility is secure and take maintenance readings at the same time. Add to this the patented photo inspection technology offered by PSIwebware, and you have a complete record of what is happening in any facility.

Security Inspections can be created for any item you wish to record, such as if a door is secure, the alarm is set, the lights are off plus maintenance items such as temperature, pressure, usage, and throughput readings. Each area of the facility can be customized by location to improve data collection and eliminate wasted time.

In addition, each Security Inspection is time stamped when the inspection begins and again when the inspection ends. This gives a live, permanent record of everyplace Security Personnel are going, when they got there, how long they stayed, what they found, and their travel time to the next location.

Integrating Security Tours with Maintenance Tours makes sense for any facility to improve data acquisition while reducing costs. In addition, Security Tours can be integrated with Janitorial Services to utilize personnel more effectively and bring a total facility management service solution to your facility.

What is needed to start Security Tours?

Implementation of building maintenance software to perform security tours can be as simple or detailed as you prefer. Since locations of key equipment and rooms would already be implemented for either a maintenance or janitorial system, there may only be a few locations that need to be added.

If you are looking to get the benefits of security inspections without using the building maintenance software for maintenance, then at the minimum, building names and inspection locations would need to be implemented.

Regardless of what other systems you are integrating with, the Security Inspection Criteria would need to be built that details what you are inspecting. Most of this information can come pre-built within the software you choose, and only fine tuning of the inspection types may be required.

Once you have a system implemented, you need to access the system via mobile devices. Some software vendors use use Android SmartPhones (or Tablets) or Apple iPhones (or iPad) to perform inspections. The Android SmartPhone or Apple iPhone can also be used as a barcode scanner to absolutely confirm that your security staff is standing in a specific location when the inspection was performed. This eliminates the potential for cheating or entering false inspections.

Integrating your Security Tours with building maintenance software offers a higher utilization of labor resources while improving the key data collection within your facility. There is a unique opportunity to reduce labor costs while improving results by taking advantage of this synergy.

By: PSIwebware

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