Workforce management automation has become a cornerstone in modernizing various industries, and the security guard sector is no exception. As operations expand and diversify, necessitating quick response, deployment, and effective monitoring to meet new challenges and demands in 2024 and beyond, automation offers unique advantages and a competitive edge to security guard service providers in the US.
As companies across the US grapple with the challenges of managing extensive security guard operations, the need for efficient and streamlined solutions has never been more apparent.
In this blog, we look into how automation revolutionizes security guard operations, enhancing efficiency and business. Join us as we explore the transformative potential of automation in the security guard industry.
Why Should You go for workforce management automation?
Automation is ubiquitous today. Beyond the typical image of advanced manufacturing plants full of robots, it has permeated all modern businesses, from resourceful software applications to self-driving vehicles or autonomous robots sharing our living spaces.
Now, as security providers, managing security guards can be challenging. From day-to-day operations to even processes like hiring, training, and deploying security guards, automating parts or the whole has significant advantages.
In the dynamic landscape of the US security guard industry, deploying workforce management automation isn’t just a choice; it’s a strategic imperative. Here’s why:
1. Enhanced efficiency
With automation streamlining scheduling, task assignment, and reporting processes, security companies can accomplish more in less time, boosting productivity and maximizing operational efficiency. This leaves you more time and energy for strategic decision-making processes.
2. Streamlines security guard deployment
By harnessing the power of automation to match guard availability with demand, companies can ensure optimal staffing levels at all times, minimizing overstaffing or understaffing situations. Workforce planning via specialized software would also cut unnecessary costs.
3. Improved compliance
A culture of compliance boosts business. Automation streamlines record-keeping and adherence to regulatory requirements. Inbuilt security guard reporting features and workforce tracking offload repetitive human tasks. With chances of error reduced to near zero, it helps your security guard operations consistently meet industry standards building brand value.
4. Enhanced accountability
Automated systems keenly monitor your security guards. The centralized nature provides real-time visibility into various operations, such as guard activities, including patrols, and incident reports. The inbuilt metrics, checks, and balances ensure appropriate client interactions. As your security personnel feel more accountable, it goes a long way in bolstering trust in your clients.
5. Adds teeth to your security services
By leveraging automation for advanced monitoring, surveillance, and access control, security companies can strengthen their capabilities to detect and respond to potential threats promptly, safeguarding assets and personnel effectively.
6. Decision-making made easy
Automation essentially generates actionable insights and analytics from data collected across operations, empowering management to make informed decisions, identify trends, and proactively address challenges, driving continuous improvement.
7. Enhanced customer experience
Introducing workforce automation conveys trust in your clients. Clients experience heightened satisfaction and confidence in the security services, leading to long-term partnerships and positive referrals.
BCS’s WMS – A Tour De Force In Workforce Management Automation
BCS’s workforce management software (WMS) is a user-friendly back-office solution that comprehensively solves all your workforce management issues. Automation is the heart of our WMS system, streamlining tasks from workforce scheduling and task assignment to reporting and tracking. Here’s how we can make a difference for your security business:
Workforce Management System (WMS) comes with a host of features tuned to address each need. So, what do you get with WMS?
Benefits of WMS
- Whether you are a small, mid-sized, or large enterprise dealing in security guard services, the security scheduling feature is game-changing.
- Compared to other software solutions, it brings the best of both worlds, offering a cost-effective solution.
- WMS covers all bases, from a user-friendly scheduler to seamless integration with time and attendance tracking, payroll, billing, dispatch monitoring, and more.
- What sets WMS apart is its cloud and web-based functionality, eliminating the need for complex installations or dedicated servers. Fire up your PC’s web browser, and you’re ready to access the system from anywhere, anytime.
- Plus, with pricing based on usage, WMS scales effortlessly to meet the demands of your company, whether you’re a large corporation or a budding startup working within a tight budget.
How Can WMS Help In Workforce Management Automation Of Your Security Business?
At BCS, we understand the unique challenges security businesses face in managing their workforce efficiently while maintaining the highest security standards. That’s why we’ve developed tailored solutions specifically designed to address the needs of the US security guard industry.
Let’s look into the details of our product to offer a better grasp. We target here the most essential areas.
WMS simplifies the workforce scheduling, making it quicker and more efficient. Our scheduler is equipped with planning and template schedules, helping you save time and lighten your workload.
Mobile phone alerts and email notifications make it easy to stay informed of scheduling workforce and issues like staff changes and roaster changes. You can also email employees and clients for notifications, reports, and work.
Integrates time and attendance tracking
Time and attendance are two critical components of workforce management. But it’s also a routine task. Automating it is an excellent decision, but it should be accurate. WMS’s integrated time and attendance tracking feature allows employees to check in and out using the mobile app, landline call-in, or the employee portal.
Additionally, it offers multiple options for automatically updating and tracking changes to employee schedules. This ensures that you can utilize the most recent schedules for billing and processing, streamlining employee verification procedures.
Integrated payroll, billing, and invoicing
Another aspect concerns payroll, billing, and invoicing functionalities, which, when automated, offload and free human resources for more critical operations. We have integrated it all within WMS.
By leveraging data from timesheet verification processing, automated time and attendance tracking, and a range of payroll and billing rules and options, the system accurately calculates the actual hours worked by each employee for both payment and billing purposes. Not to mention, think of the drastic reduction in erroneous calculations, making your billing duties feel like a breeze.
Dispatch monitoring- dynamic adjustments on the go
Security guard mobility during patrol or operations throws up a unique set of situations. The system should dynamically handle it. We are talking about the dispatch monitoring system built within WMS that sends automated alerts for open posts or no-show situations and enables you to search for replacement employees based on specific criteria.
This feature provides a simple and convenient method to prevent no-shows. You will never miss your company’s contractual security coverage obligations again.
Takes care of accounting and reports too!
We haven’t left this out. WMS extends its benefits to accounting and reporting as well. With the system, you can effortlessly calculate and incorporate sales taxes for multiple jurisdictions on invoices.
What’s more? Managing client payments becomes seamless through accounts receivable reports, cash deposit management, and applying payments against outstanding invoices.
Reports are important. They offer a wealth of information on how your system is doing. WMS produces a comprehensive array of reports to enhance your operations management. These reports provide a variety of queries and insights that can be viewed on-screen, printed, saved to a file, or emailed to individuals or distribution lists.
Kick-Start Transformation With Workforce Management System (WMS)
With BCS, you’re not just investing in technology; you’re investing in your business’s future success and security. Let us partner with you to transform your security operations, unlock new levels of efficiency and effectiveness, and concurrently ensure peace of mind.
Contact us today to learn how we can help elevate your security business through workforce management automation. Saving the best for the last- we offer a 2-month trial period to get you going! Contact us for a quote or demo.