5 services to outsource to save on the costs of hiring
As costs spiral ever higher, many businesses are looking for ways to economise. Outsourcing services to iFacility can achieve big savings over the costs of hiring full-time employees, as well as providing opportunities for implementing other kinds of efficiencies. Here are five things we can help you with remotely that you might not have thought you could outsource.
1. Facilities management
Facilities management seems like something that needs to be managed on-site, but you’d be surprised. With a combination of CCTV, remote access control and a set of protocols, a huge amount of your facilities management can be managed from afar, saving you the costs of hiring someone to oversee it full-time. This is especially useful if your business regularly needs contractors to come in after hours, alleviating the need for 24/7 shift patterns.
With our remote contractor management service, you hand over dealing with day-to-day maintenance to us, giving us a list of contacts and procedures for us to follow so that we can call and deal with contractors on your behalf – whether it’s someone to service the air conditioning or an engineer to fix a broken oven. We can even put procedures in place to deal with post-incident repairs for you, such as reglazing a broken window or changing the locks.
2. Remote security guarding
When you want the peace of mind of a security guard but don’t have the budget, remote patrols are the answer. Designed to keep your staff and stock safe, this service is made possible by CCTV – remote camera checks being carried out at regular intervals – and it’s equally applicable to a busy store by day or an empty warehouse by night. As with facilities management, you provide a list of contact details and agree on a set of actions for the different scenarios that may arise.
During the day, remote security guards can monitor your premises to be on the lookout for things like shoplifting, antisocial behaviour and more serious incidents. As well as calling the emergency services if appropriate, our cutting-edge V5 security system even enables our highly trained remote operators to intervene and de-escalate the situation via two-way comms.
By night, remote security guarding means you can relax knowing someone’s keeping an eye on your empty premises and poised to act at the first sign of trouble. It’s a great backup for lone workers, too.
3. Virtual reception
Why hire a full-time receptionist when you can set up a professional front for your business with virtual reception and remote concierge services? Virtual reception services like ours not only cover your reception around the clock, but can even respond to customer enquiries day and night.
You could also team this service with contactless access, allowing staff, visitors and members to enter your premises with a simple QR code on their phones and allowing your virtual receptionist to deal with any problems.
4. Investigation management
When things go wrong, as they sometimes do – a customer slips over, say, or there’s a break-in – investigation management is another thing you can outsource. No need to spend hours wading through CCTV and liaising with the police. Our investigation management takes the stress out of dealing with the aftermath of an incident by gathering the evidence and footage for you, logging a crime report and liaising with the police and insurance companies so you don’t have to. It may not save you a full-time hire, but it’ll certainly save your premises manager time and energy that would be more productively spent on other things.
5. Industrial monitoring
Finally, CCTV isn’t just for spotting intruders – it can also help you monitor industrial processes and streamline them for efficiency. If you’re looking to make savings on the cost of having employees to monitor your production lines, advances in machine learning now mean you can refine your processes to a greater degree than ever before, and with less scope for human error. Our industrial monitoring services help keep your production lines compliant and efficient, and we can even alert you when there’s proactive maintenance needed, preventing costly downtime.
Whatever you’re looking to outsource, our remote security and business services help you streamline your operations and save money while keeping your people and premises safe and secure. To find out more about how we could help your business, get in touch today on 01749 600 600 or send us a message using the link below: