Recognition Technology Specialists, Inc  
   P.O. Box 1683      Loganville, GA 30052-1683
   Phone: +1 (866) RTSPEC1  
   Fax: +1 (678) 344-2458

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Why Photo ID Cards?

Your customers today are much less comfortable about letting people into their homes and businesses to perform work or deliver goods.    As an organization who is in tune with your customer's comfort and satisfaction, you can enhance your image and increase goodwill by providing a photo ID card to your workforce.    This increase in customer comfort and goodwill will translate into more sales and a greater market share.

Today you have even more options for using Photo ID cards!    Recognition Technology Specialists now has an online card request system that uses a free client that you install on your system at your office!    No longer do you have to take a picture and attach it to an Email then add in all the variable information and send it to us!    You can plug in the Photo, fill in the variable information, and press a button to submit your print request to IDSystems Servers!


Internally, you can differentiate your workers into groups that you define by adding a colored box around the perimeter of their image on the ID card.    For instance:
  • A  Red  box could mean office staff.
  • A  Green  box could be for outside service personnel.
  • A  Khaki  box could designate part time help.
  • The possibilities are astounding!
By the way, nobody other than you needs to know what the different colors mean.    Recognition Technology Specialists only needs to know what color to put with which image and we really do not need, or want, to know the security level designated by each color.   In many instances, your customers will not even notice that there are color boxes around your people's photos.

If you orient the ID badge where the long edge is horizontal, we can reserve a space along the bottom of the badge to place a message like:
"For ID Verification, Please Call: (999) 999-9999".

This one little line can do wonders for your company's image and sales!    You can place your main number on that line and tell your customers that you are willing to validate that your people are who they represent themselves to be.    As an alternative, you can place a different phone number on the card and answer that number:

"XYZ Company ID Verification".

Can you imagine the impact such a move would have on your customer base!    Here you are providing a special service to validate your employees ID for your customer's safety and peace of mind! What a marketing advantage you will have over YOUR competition!!

Contractor Control.
Many businesses today use temporary help in some fashion.    These can range from temporary clerical positions to skilled professionals under contract for specific projects or periods of time.    In addition to the differentiation of a contractor using the color boxes described earlier, we can add an expiration or "valid through" date to your contractor's card in either plain text or coded in one of more than a dozen different bar code styles available to us.    For security purposes, we cannot go into more detail here, but will be happy to discuss all the security measures we can provide with the appropriate person(s) by appointment.

Visitor Control.
   When you admit a visitor into your secured areas in your business, you are greatly increasing the possibility that your trade secrets can be compromised or even run the risk of theft of your business property!   You can even run the risk of your employees having their personal property stolen by your visitors.   This paints a much darker picture than you normally expect from visitors to your secured areas.   However, if you implement to appropriate procedures for admitting visitors, you can significantly reduce the possibility of these actions occurring.   You must badge all visitors before admission.   

Recognition Technology Specialists recommends our PassagePoint Visitor Badging and Lobby Management System as the best way to accomplish this.   In today’s environment where terrorism is almost an overriding concern, PassagePoint can help provide some piece of mind.   The system can be configured to update from the terrorism watch lists published by the government on a nightly basis so you always have the most recent information available on potential terrorists!   If you aren't ready for full blown visitor management, then a highly visible generic visitor badge is the next best option.

Employee Control.
We have already discussed the expiration date on contractor badges.    Similar controls can be placed on employee badges.    For instance, if your company uses a time clock that can read a bar code.    We can put a bar code on either the front or back of the ID card to allow it to be used in your time clock.    We can even supply you with a full Time and Attendance tracking system and the electronic time clocks for capturing your employees’ time.    This way you can track your employee's time and have a better assurance that the employee is the one swiping the card.    We have methods to prevent employees from photocopying their card and having another worker clock in or out for them.    Again, for security purposes, we can't disclose the details here, but will be happy to discuss them in person.

Marketing and Promotional Uses.
Our cards have a myriad of other applications as well. Some are listed below:
  • Product lines with photos on one or both sides of a card.    These can become a giveaway at trade shows, conferences, or conventions.
  • Sticky back cards are great reminders to call for service or supplies.
  • Cards can be coded for drawings at trade shows and deliver your marketing message.
    Please see our sections on Customer Loyalty and Event Badges for additional information
  • ID Cards make members of users groups feel special!    These can be coded for use in obtaining discounts and other "Members Only" perks!
    Please see our section on Customer Loyalty for additional Information


Meeting / Seminar Participants.
Our badging operations can come to your meeting or seminar.    We will take the participant's photo and produce the badge immediately.    This allows everyone to identify each other and the event they are attending.    Please see our section on Event Badges for additional Information.