Enterprise Visitor & Vendor Management Requirements ↔ BluSKY Capability Matrix
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Requirement Area |
What Enterprises Need |
How BluSKY Handles It |
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Single place to find everything (documentation & ops) |
Centralized knowledge and artifacts for deployment, training, config |
Visitor/Vendor Management Index linking datasheets, A&E spec, quick starts, config, APIs, release notes, slides |
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Pre-registration |
Hosts invite visitors; faster lobby; recurring visits |
Visitor Invitations, pre-reg reduces lobby processing to 20–30s; recurrence & site policy on re-use |
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Walk-up / Kiosk check-in |
Self-service kiosks with ID capture, watchlist check, badge |
Check-in & Badge workflows; kiosk slides in presentations set |
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Identity verification |
Photo, gov-ID scan, face match options |
Photo capture & watchlist check at admission; Person Reader supports face/QR/RFID/BLE/NFC/PIN |
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Watchlist screening |
“Do Not Admit” checks with alerts |
Real-time watchlist checks; alerting to staff |
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Access control integration |
Auto-issue temporary access, zone/time limits, revoke on checkout |
Visitor default access levels, temporary cards, unified with BluSKY Access Control |
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Badge & mobile passes |
Print-on-arrival, mobile credentials with expiry |
On-the-spot badge; BluPASS mobile/physical credentials (visitor/vendor) |
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Contractor & Vendor mgmt |
Vendor profiles, services, COI, recurring visits |
Full vendor objects, services, check-in/out, COI expiry notifications |
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Role/Policy workflows |
Different flows for visitors, vendors, events, VIP |
Separate Visitor/Vendor Admission modules; Event quick-starts; enterprise slides for VIP/enterprise features |
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Appointment & lobby orchestration |
Host alerts, approvals, delays/denies |
Admission flows + host notifications; (Teams/Email action cards inferred—confirm; APIs enable) |
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Calendars & invites |
QR/PIN in invites; calendar-aligned visits |
Invitations w/ QR or unique PIN; expirations/one-time vs recurring |
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Elevator & turnstile flows |
Floor-limited access tied to visit; dispatch |
BluSKY integrates access & destination dispatch elevator modules for visitor journeys |
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Group handling & events |
Bulk pre-reg, event rosters, quick issuance |
Event visitor quick-start; Excel/bulk noted in typ. licensing |
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R&D / IP controls |
NDAs, limited zones, audit trail |
Digital agreements & controlled access (via Admission + Access Level); full audit via reporting |
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Safety & EHS |
Site briefings, PPE notices, escalations |
Admission notes/policies; COI/permit tracking for vendors; (inline training inferred—confirm) |
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Reporting & analytics |
Who/when/where; contractor hours; pre-reg rates |
Visitor reporting/analytics slides; Tenant Admin Guide: monitor pre-auth KPIs |
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APIs & integration |
CRUD for visitors/vendors; list/lookup; host/facility queries |
Visitor/Vendor Web APIs: Add/Update/Get by Id/Host/Facility/Occupancy; vendor lookups |
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Enterprise scale |
Multi-site, multi-tenant partitioning |
Core BluSKY design for any size; tenant solutions overview |
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Localization |
Multi-lingual UI and content |
(Common in BluSKY deployments; inferred—confirm; not explicitly shown in cited pages) |
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Security & audit |
Unified platform reduces silos; traceable logs |
Single web portal across access, visitors, video, elevators; auditability |
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Release governance |
Traceable change history |
Release notes back to 2016 include visitor/vendor changes |
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Licensing & typicals |
Station counts, license SKUs |
Visitor/Vendor processing licenses; 2/3-station typicals |