Case Studies

Cabinets handle usage rights

by Mark Rowe

A case study of key cabinets installed at a UK provider of lifting equipment and cranes, to prevent robberies. King Lifting installed the key cabinet for a trial; during that time that an attempted robbery occurred. Previously, the crane hire company had used a traditional key cabinet; however this provided no means of tracking the whereabouts of each key, resulting in key losses and occasionally employees leaving the building with a key in their pocket. That could cause lost time and costs in replacement keys.

James Anstey, the Workshop Manager at King Lifting, instigated the installation of Traka after previous experience using the key management product.

James Anstey said: “I knew the individual tracing and accountability capabilities that key management provided, but I needed to convince the board to invest. Traka kindly let us trial a system and after the protection during the attempted robbery, there wasn’t even a hesitation about installing it permanently.” A key cabinet was installed by Traka to handle usage rights for the vehicles. Through the software, King Lifting has been able to control which drivers can access specific keys to vehicles, so if a driver is not authorised to operate a certain vehicle, the key cannot be removed from the cabinet.

Unaccounted for damages can also occur within vehicle hire services, which could result in a potential threat to health and safety and lead to repairs. Traka’s iFobs can be provided to vehicle leasers on a temporary basis and will trace, when the key was taken, by whom and when it was returned; all done via the system’s logging automation.

By fitting the tracking product, responsibility has now been placed on individuals and health and safety risks have been reduced. James Anstey said: “Traka eliminates a blame culture and places accountability on the key holder. Should a situation arise where the keyholder gives the key to an unauthorised person, this can be traced and they will be held responsible. Traka has been installed in our three main sites now and we have found each of the operational managers on these sites value its time and cost saving abilities.”

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