If you work in a manufacturing setting, whether in facility management, operations, compliance, production, or anything in between, there’s a good chance you’re underestimating visitor count at your facilities.
The traditional idea of a ‘workplace visitor’: someone who doesn’t work for an organization walks through the doors unplanned, for example, can often fall short of the full scope of the term.
Technically, any non-regular personnel that need access to your offices and plants are visitors. Think of some of the following individuals you may encounter on your premises:
- Delivery Drivers
- Inspectors and Auditors
- Contracted Workers
- Board Members
While these people may not feel like ‘traditional’ visitors to your business, they have not undergone the same vetting as full-time employees on your facility floor. So, whether these non-personnel individuals need access to your facilities daily, monthly, or just once a year, they should be included in your visitor management plan and tracked fully for security and compliance requirements.
Whether it’s a driver dropping off hazardous materials at your loading dock or a part-time contractor with temporary clearance to sensitive areas of your plant, allowing non-personnel access to your facilities creates vulnerabilities. Are you accurately logging all of your visitors and ensuring they’ve followed required safety vetting and entry produces so you can prevent security breaches, compliance failure, and costly production downtimes?
We’ve created a guide to help your manufacturing business accurately define visitors and include every relevant visitor type in your security and compliance plans: “We’re All Passing Through: Managing Every Type of Visitor at Your Manufacturing Facility.” Download a free copy here.
Receptful is a visitor management system built to help global enterprise manufacturers secure access points and manage visitors — of all types — across all of their facilities. Discover how Receptful can help your business guard against unnecessary risk by joining an upcoming product tour now.
