Where are your priorities? - Practical Facilities Management

Total Workplace Management
Avery Photo ID - The system
you’ve been waiting for
Confidential
Destruction Services
Confidential Destruction Services (CDS) is
exhibiting at this year’s TWM show and can be
found at Stand E24, where visitors are assured
of a warm welcome and the opportunity to
learn more about the recent developments at
CDS. These include a new range of recycled
products, a wider range of document and
media shredders and some exciting accreditations.
CDS is a dynamic and fast moving company who
can fulfil all security shredding and recycling
requirements to the highest specifications. CDS’
high security depots can be used for the recycling
of all types of sensitive material including
paper, redundant IT equipment and electronic
products, uniforms, discs, videos tapes, counterfeit
goods and general office “waste”.
CDS provide mobile shredding lorries to visit
clients’ premises where secure disposal can be
witnessed: alternatively should this not be
appropriate, clients can witness the destruction
of their confidential materials at CDS’ premises
- either remotely or by web-cam. Offering total
flexibility, security and peace of mind, CDS comply
with all Data Protection legislation, ensuring
that corporate safety is never compromised.
A range of products such as security bins and
containers can be supplied, offering a one-stop
solution for secure destruction requirements.
CDS has developed an excellent team of staff
who are able to offer advice that is honest and
practical. Their aim is to protect the corporate
intelligence of their clients by providing tailored
One of the hottest topics of
the moment is security, so
it’s not surprising that so
many people, with responsibility
for Visitor
Management, are placing a
high priority on evaluating
their current systems.
What is, perhaps, surprising,
is that over 70% of organisations
in the UK have either
no visitor management system,
or still rely on the traditional
paper-based
Visitors’ Books. These are
notoriously difficult to decipher,
laborious to compile
into any kind of report (for
example in the case of building
evacuation) - and leave
no visual clues as to the
identity of visitors. It can be
difficult enough, from a
handwritten note, to try to
work out the gender of a visitor,
let alone what he or she
might look like! Clearly, this would be no help
whatsoever in the face of some of today’s security
issues.
Whilst many Facilities Managers, HR Managers
and Heads of Security are aware of the shortcomings
of the handwritten system, they have,
in the past, said they were worried about the
cost of switching to one of the electronic/photographic
alternatives, particularly where more
than one site is involved. In these days of tight
budgetary constraints, the capital outlay
required has often proved daunting - and many
Financial Directors understandably insist on a
good return on investment before considering
investing in any new system.
Now, there is no such excuse, because there’s a
solutions, thus ensuring that objectives are met,
on time and to budget.
CDS is proud to have achieved Quality Standard
ISO9001:2000 awarded by the British Standards
Institute and has also been accepted as a
Principal member of the BSIA (the British
Security Industry Association), and now work to
their stringent Code of Practice. Both these
accreditations demonstrate CDS’ commitment
to constantly improve their performance across
system called Avery Photo ID,
which is not only simple to
install - and compatible with
all the mainstream IT systems,
it is also very cost
effective. The set up and
running costs are so low that,
over the course of two years,
the total cost compares very
favourably with leading, traditional,
paper-based
Visitors’ Book systems, over
the same period.
The low cost of Avery Photo ID
is absolutely no reflection on
the quality of either its hardware
or software, it is one of
the most compliant and simple
to use, on the market,
whilst offering some of the
best quality printed badges.
It offers:
* At-a-glance visitor identification,
with photograph
* Electronic tracking and
management of visitors
* Password protected information
* Barcode logging - for added security
* Fast, tailored reporting at your fingertips
* Emergency reports - for building evacuation
* Advanced pre-booking, to avoid reception congestion
* Customisable badge
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the board, ensuring that they provide a level of
service that sets the standards for others to follow.
It is important to know that waste items are
being put to good use: CDS effectively and efficiently
recycle all materials and have invested
in the technology required to separate, store
and convert waste into raw materials which can
then be used again. They have carefully ensured
that by supplying their clients with the right
type of containers, CDS can make recycling simple
and efficient for staff to use: when documents,
toner cartridges, paper cups, cans and
bottles are ready to be “binned” they can be
easily “filed” in the right receptacle, ready to
begin a new life cycle.
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