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Visitor Credential vs Permanent Credential Ratios

Description#'sNotes
Building Population2,500500K Sq Ft building
Visitors/Mo7,500Usually 3X building population if using non inflated building population #'s
Visitor "No Shows"25%An access control record is still created in the system for preauthorized "No Shows"
Events/Day/Visitor1.5Each visitor on average swipes one time past one or two readers
Events/Day/Person5Each employee will swipe several times a day to enter a building
Months in a Year12
Personnel Turnover/Yr20%Employee turnover in companies is about 20% a year
New Personnel Records/Yr500112500/500 is the ratio of new visitor to new personnel records created per year
New Visitor Records/Yr112,500112500/500 is the ratio of new visitor to new personnel records created per year
Personnel Events/Yr150,000168750/150000 is the ratio of visitor events to personnel events created per year
Visitor Events/Yr168,750168750/150000 is the ratio of visitor events to personnel events created per year
Ratio New Records Created (Visitors to People)225Visitor processing creates 200 X more records than standard access control
Ratio Events (Visitors to People)1.125Number of Visitor and Personnel events is about the same