Affordable Access Control Helps Retail Sector Meet Its Needs
Today’s physical access control systems offer a greater level of security, convenience and accountability than ever before. Despite an industry wide trend toward greater sophistication, most systems still rely on legacy platforms that require a dedicated workstation or server in each location. And, since the scope of legacy platforms ranges from one door to hundreds of doors, there is usually a substantial range in price and complexity.
Retail, banking and convenience store sectors face the unique challenges of high employee turnover, “floating” employees, internal fraud/shrinkage, and cost center for key/lock/card management and, therefore, it is easy to see the importance of a reliable and affordable access system. A member of the Kaba Group, e-DATA and its Linux-embedded, IP-based platform and optional fingerprint biometrics, can help the retail sector with its needs.