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Traka designed for controlling vehicle keys

Traka, the UK's first electronic key control manufacturer, represented in South Africa by Cirtech Communications, boasts a range of electronic key management cabinets which help to control who may take a key, which keys they may take and then automatically records (by date and time) when the key was taken, so that an infinite log of key usage is produced.

Traka was originally designed for controlling vehicle keys. It is common knowledge that paper based audit trails of key use are far from reliable and open to abuse. Vehicles are high value in capital cost and suffer high operational costs, so by automatically logging all vehicle activity, there are very real bottom line savings to be made.

Applications

Traka can be configured by the customer in many ways to suit many applications. Some of the more obvious applications include:

p Vehicle fleet operators - Ideal for the business where regular drivers take either the same or different vehicles. PIN or access cards can give access to any key or to restricted keys, depending on the Traka configuration.

p Motor dealer sales - New and used vehicle keys are ever more expensive to replace with ever more complex technology. Key control helps ensure keys are always replaced after use and one always knows who used them. By monitoring key activity one can analyse sales patterns as well as technician activity.

p Motor dealer service - Showing customers that one cares about their keys indicates the care one will take when servicing their cars. Traka allows service stations to hold the keys securely and professionally. One can even eliminate the need to tag the keys with registration number and users will always know who is working on the car at any time.

p Forklift truck operators - Knowing how long operatives have been using the trucks is a costly after-market option to implement. Installing Traka gives a cost-effective full audit of truck usage by operatives and requires no or minimal modification to the truck.

Key benefits

p Traka introduces greater care by operatives.

p Traka helps prevent lost keys.

p Traka ensures keys are returned to a safe central point.

p Traka issues keys only to authorised members of staff.

p By having no visible ID on the keys, key security is greatly increased - the fob can be traced by the reference number only.

p Traka time stamps each key activity and may also be used for job costing.

p Traka builds long-term history files which are important for insurance, health and safety and legal reasons.

p If the vehicle is involved in an accident users know who was driving.

For details contact Cirtech Communications on tel: (011) 873 1204, fax: (011) 873 4517 or e-mail: circom@global.co.za

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