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Zero Touch - Beating Covid-19

Friday, March 20, 2020 by Carl Gore

We are committed to doing all we can to help existing and new clients beat the coronavirus Visitor Express will provide FREE upgrades to zero touch Visitor Express check points . Touch screens for access and room booking controls are flawed when it comes to health and safety. We will upgrade your barrier entry and building entry software controls to use the zero touch controls.

'Fair share': The mathematics of queueing

Saturday, August 8, 2020 by Sae Koyama

Suppose you have a company with seven parking spaces and fifteen employees. How do you allocate these parking spaces over the days of the week? How do you insure that this allocation is fair? This is related to a branch of mathematics known as queueing theory. It’s applications are widespread; for example, making sure everyone in a cafeteria gets their lunch on time, or allowing computers to communicate.

Demo

Thursday, June 18, 2020 by David Herring

Demo Visitor Express Video Our Video is 4 minutes long, and covering all the featues of Visitor Express. It shows both remote working and office social distancing in the work place. Visitor Express demostrates how companies using Visitor Express today provide a modern cohesive working enviroment. Live demo Admin access Click here to login as an admin user use admin@netfm.

How careful parking management can help to boost satisfaction for office-based employees

Thursday, April 2, 2020 by Louise Burke

It’s an all too familiar tale I’m sure, Monday morning and you pull into your office car park only to be greeted with no free parking spaces. Pure frustration and the working day hasn’t even started yet! You may not know but typically, general office business space has a 40% limit on parking spaces for employees and for call centres this planning target reduces to 35%.

How intelligent solutions can make offices both safe and efficient

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 by Sae Koyama

Did you know that hexagons are the most efficient packing system? It covers the plane with shapes of the same area while minimising the length of the boundary, a result known to honey bees long before it was proven by Thomas Hales in 1998. For round coins on a table, it’s another hexagonal packing, like a tube fit snugly into each cell of a honeycomb.

The utility of time: time is money, but not all time is made equally

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 by Sae Koyama

As lockdown restrictions begin to ease and workers are encouraged to return to offices, a big question employers and employees alike are asking is “is it better to work from home?”. Even beyond COVID safety considerations, there are many benefits to working from home. This includes better work-life balance and less commute stress (something that cannot be taken for granted, with many studies attributing poor health to commuting), as well as being more environmentally friendly.

Your Reception

Monday, January 20, 2020 by Louise Burke

Why your reception visitor management is as important as your homepage It’s probably fair to say that nowadays the majority of organisations know more about visitors to their website than they do about those that come and visit their premises. But looking after your physical visitors is equally important and is something that business professionals place huge value on.

Return On Investment

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 by David Herring

Why section 106 planning rewards parking integration with building occupancy management All general office business space has a 40% limit on parking spaces for employees. For call centres this planning target reduces to 35%. Thus travel planning is critical to ensure the modern office operates smoothly without people unable to park, or parking spaces that remain unnecessary empty.

Measuring Visitor Experience

Monday, October 21, 2019 by Carl Gore

How to measure visitor experience using Net promoter Score (NPS). Face to face contact is an essential part of business. When it’s happening on your site or offices the importance of creating a long-lasting positive experience for visitors cannot be underestimated but how can this be measured so that you can better understand what you are doing well and what needs improving when it comes to visitor management?

Smart Cameras

Sunday, October 20, 2019 by Carl Gore

How Smart Cameras can help to improve visitor experience Have you ever experienced barriers letting you in and out of an airport or commercial car park just by the cameras reading your number plate? Handy isn’t it? Well, you can provide the same frictionless experience to your own visitors. Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) has come a long way from just being used by law enforcement and commercial car park providers.