Operator of fuel storage depots
A network of independent sites, one operating standard. Where fuels are handled, logging site access isn't a formality — it's a safety measure.
ReadA site shared by two companies — one system, separate permissions
One site, two companies, two separate sets of access rights. A visitor to one company must not enter the other company’s area — even though both use the same entrance.
SectorsEngineering manufacturing
LayoutTwo companies on one site
GatehouseMain + goods
Processes7 entry scenarios
What changed
| Before | After deployment | |
|---|---|---|
| Site access control | One gatekeeper for all companies, queues at peak times | Each company manages its own visitors and carriers, unattended access |
| Cost allocation | Guesswork over whose visitor and whose truck came through | Records per company — each sees their own, the site manager sees everything |
| Accountability | Unclear who let whom onto the site | Every entry records who authorised it and why |
The brief
The site is shared by two separate companies. That means the system must know, for every arriving person, which of them they're headed to, and open only the passages they belong to. At the same time it should be obvious at a glance which company someone is dealing with — from the welcome screen to the issued card.
On top of that comes a complete set of entry groups: employees on foot and by car, individual and group visitors, external suppliers, carriers in inbound and outbound mode, and recurring service vehicles.
Solutions
The site was given a main gatehouse for people and cars and a separate freight gatehouse for truck traffic. Pedestrians pass through a turnstile, vehicles through a barrier; the output devices are branded according to the company the passage belongs to.
Each entry group has its own scenario — seven in total. An employee passes quietly on a card or a plate. A supplier picks the inbound or outbound mode, selects a person in the warehouse, and the system shows them a site map with a countdown to the barrier lifting. An external service company gets a card with long-term authorisation, so it doesn't have to register anew every day.
Recurring vehicles, typically waste collection, are pre-registered by licence plate and drive through without stopping. If the system doesn't recognise the plate, the scenario falls back on its own to registration at the outdoor kiosk.
What the customer gets out of it
Two companies share the infrastructure but not the permissions. Each sees its own visitors and manages its own access rights.
The seven scenarios also cover the cases otherwise handled by a phone call to the gatehouse — and those are exactly what delays things most.
Technologies deployed
Main and goods gatehouseTurnstiles for pedestriansBarriers for vehiclesOutdoor kioskSeparate authorisations for two companiesLong-term cards for suppliersPre-registration by licence plateSite map with countdown
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