The Customer
Argus Control, located in Brasilia, Brazil, brings its customers peace of mind by offering innovative automation and security technologies to residential and commercial customers that can be remotely managed. Their services include high definition cameras, night vision and state-of-the-art sensors you can control over the internet or by phone through the company’s 24/7 central monitoring station.
The Challenge
“We were having on-going issues of equipment being taken from our inventory room without any documentation,” explained Cristóvão Resende, COO, Argus Control. The company keeps a large amount of inventory on hand and each month, items would go missing. In addition to significant monetary losses from the missing products, Argus was losing hundreds of hours each year tracking down the missing items. Often, the missing inventory was not stolen. Instead, it was in a salesman’s truck or was with an installer, but the inventory was still unaccounted for and not available to Argus for installations or for product demonstrations.
“We were able to gain full control of our inventory with a minimal investment”
The Solution
Argus installed VIZpin Bluetooth readers to manage access to the inventory room where they had tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of goods. VIZpin cloud-based access control lets Argus send, revoke and monitor electronic keys anytime from anywhere, something they could not get from a keypad. Card-reader access systems that offered those features were three times more expensive than the VIZpin system installed. Now, Argus has all the access features they need at a fraction of the cost of competitive products, and they have virtually no administrative costs. “We were able to gain full control of our inventory with a minimal investment,” said Resende.
Highlights
Improved Inventory Control: “At the beginning of each month, when we checked the inventory, there were always items missing. After we got VIZpin, that problem was solved,” Cristóvão Resende, COO, Argus Control.
Secure Access: Argus uses VIZpin’s cloud-based service to maintain strict access to the inventory room, allowing access only for authorized employees.
Peace of Mind: With VIZpin Argus can focus on our business instead of missing product investigations.
Originally Posted On: VIZPin
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