Manufacturer International Truck and Engine, Inc., Warrenville, Ill., had an even more primitive method: the written log. “Most of our facilities are access-badge only,” says Mike Scribner, technical support and development, corporate security. “Yet the old way [to do visitor security] was hand-written logs and maybe sometimes they would write out a badge they would stick on themselves.”
Both PTC and International Truck and Engine felt the need to improve visitor security and both chose an automated visitor management system (EasyLobby, Needham, Mass.).