The Surprising Ways Access Control Systems Boost Business Productivity

You typically associate access control systems with security - and that’s a core part of their purpose. They exist to stop anyone from entering your building and causing havoc. Depending on the system you use, they also prevent people from stealing an employee’s key and getting inside. 

That being said, there’s a very underrated benefit to these systems that hardly gets mentioned: they can improve business productivity. 

It sounds slightly far-fetched, yet here are some truly surprising ways access control systems boost productivity in your company: 

Enable Flexible Working Patterns

Having an access control system allows your business to adopt a more flexible working schedule. You’re not forced to run the “normal” 9-5 setup; you can provide more flexibility and let employees go to the office whenever they want. 

How does this improve productivity? Employees can work when they’re at their most productive. Some people like waking up early to go to the gym, then they sit around for a couple of hours before going to work. If they can enter the office earlier, then they’re getting work done when they feel more in the zone. Access control systems let you set this up without compromising security because no one can enter the building without a unique access code! 

Reduce Admin For HR

Granted, this point only tackles one aspect of your business, but access control systems are known to reduce the admin headache for HR teams. They no longer have to manually track employee attendance or see when people clock in. Modern access systems retain and store all of this information for your HR team, so they connect to the software application and see it waiting for them. 

The number of hours this saves them is immense. They don’t have to pore through so much information and data all the time, giving them more time to focus on other HR tasks. A productive HR team benefits the rest of your business because they have more freedom to answer questions or support the workforce. 

Learn How To Allocate Resources

Access control systems don’t have to be at the entry/exit to your building. You can implement them in different rooms across your office, such as: 

• Meeting rooms
• Storage areas
• Recreational rooms
• Private work areas

Doing this is beneficial because you gather data about how these rooms are used. From there, you can learn how to better allocate resources to improve business productivity. For instance, you might find that loads of people want to use the private work areas based on the access control data. As a result, it makes sense to add more of these private areas to the workplace, so more people get a chance to work privately and productively. 

You could also use data to see if certain areas are busy at specific times, meaning you can work on adapting certain schedules. Perhaps you notice that your cleaning team comes in and works during a particularly busy period. Use this information to adjust the cleaning schedule to times when access control systems aren’t constantly going off. It means they appear and clean the office during quieter hours, so people aren’t getting distracted. 

The moral of this story is that access control systems are more than “just” great security measures. They have a bigger impact on your business than you think, and can even make you more productive. 

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