Your organization needs to move away from the old constant need of printing badges like your organization is still stuck in the fax era. With Virtual Badge, you can get rid of frustration and duplicated work because our platform makes sure that the power of the badges stays with the individual and his admin, not with the printer. Cloud-based ID badges avoid the pitfalls of lost plastic ID cards, needing to arrive on-location to get an ID badge, and waiting for the badge in the mail. With Virtual Badge, you can issue badges on demand and instantly.
Learn MoreTake back control of your badges and stop worrying about misplaced badges. With Virtual Badge, you manage your ID badges from start to finish. Protect your organization's reputation with the power to create, expire, edit, and revoke ID cards with just a smartphone. With Virtual Badge, gain complete control over your organization's badges at all time.
Learn MoreMake sure that you only work with vendors and contractors with clean records. Don't ever worry about skimping out on proper checks and risk on ruining relationships built with clients. Virtual Badge can improve safety & security by automatically issuing ID badges based on a background check or drug test result. Reduce risk and give your clients peace of mind because they'll know everyone has a clean record.
Learn MoreMake sure that the person you hired is who shows up for the job with a validated Virtual Badge. Help secure your contracting force by always knowing who clocked in to the job site. Prevent any issues by using facial recognition technology that keeps bad actors out. Virtual Badge matches the user's photo to a government issued ID, providing a 100% positive ID match for any digital ID badge.
Learn MoreVirtual Badge is a solution that can help multiple aspects of any business, including the Human Resources, Operations, and Compliance departments. Managers can create customized onboarding workflows for each type of employee they hire, which can be linked to each employee’s Virtual Badge, which will then automatically track any uploaded certifications or documentation. Once a Virtual Badge has been issued, it can be revoked at any time and managers can easily communicate with any worker and send them tasks, messages, and more. Virtual Badge upgrades identity management for any business.
Virtual Badge helps to improve several aspects of HR, personnel management, and safety at any construction site. With digital ID badges, safety managers, superintendents, and project managers can easily get a satellite view of what’s going on at their site. Contractors can be required to upload their documentation like OSHA cards, and any field worker can participate in safety management because every badge-holder can submit issue reports that management can instantly respond to. Once a Virtual Badge has been issued, it can be revoked at any time and managers can easily know how many man-hours were worked on-site, which workers need to update their certifications, and why things like delays are occurring. Virtual Badge upgrades job-site management for any construction company.
Virtual Badge is a great addition to to help control and manage any vendor program. Issue smartphone based ID badges that can background check, drug test, and collect contractor certifications, so managers know exactly who is working for them and that they have been properly vetted and credentialed. Virtual Badge also helps communication and coordination between remote management and their vendors, even if both are across the country from one another. If a vendor leaves the program or commits a crime, their badge can be instantly revoked, which helps give peace of mind to both the managers and to customers. With Virtual Badge, it’s easier to keep your vendor program fully compliant and up-to-date.
Virtual Badge can be used for many purposes in the healthcare field. Managers can use digital ID badges to identify essential healthcare workers to external authorities, keep track of and manage required health credentials, certifications & licenses, and to make sure that every worker agrees to any changes in policies related to HIPAA compliance. Virtual Badge can also improve communication and coordination, especially for remote home healthcare workers or contractors, by providing an easy way to track time, attendance, and any issues that may occur while on the job. If a worker or vendor quits or is terminated, their Virtual Badge can be instantly revoked and their access to any facilities can be removed. With Virtual Badge, managing healthcare workers, their required information, and their activities can be made much easier than with traditional systems.
Virtual Badge was originally created as a disaster response solution, and has been named a “Best Practice” at over 10 different disasters, starting with the BP Oil Spill in 2010 and every major hurricane since then. Local governments can use Virtual Badge to instantly identify and issue badges to different agencies coming into a restricted zone and can also issue badges to citizens who may not have evacuated or have stayed behind. Once issued, Virtual Badges can be used to track time, complete ICS 214s, and report back critical information, which can be used as actionable data by incident management teams. Virtual Badge is an award winning solution for emergency response, and is an ideal solution to pre-implement in disaster prone areas.
Virtual Badge is a comprehensive solution to managing memberships. Digital ID badges can be used to easily keep track of who is a current member, when their renewals are due, and even can be used to take membership payments. Membership coordinators can also use Virtual Badges to manage events, by tracking members’ time, managing their skillsets, and communicating and coordinating what goes on. For members, their Virtual Badge can become a one-stop-shop for reporting their feedback and keeping track of their membership details. With Virtual Badge, managing members can be quicker, easier, and more seamless than with a non-mobile solution.
Virtual Badge is a security and safety solution for schools, universities, and other educational institutions. By instantly issuing badges to students, faculty, and vendors, Virtual Badge gives security managers situational awareness of their facilities. Anyone who enters and leaves can be monitored, and managers can optionally GPS locate people while on-site. Any badge-holder can be communicated with at any time, so situations can be mitigated in real-time. Because Virtual Badges can’t be lost, security managers can be freed up from the monotony of re-printing badges, and can focus on the more important aspects of their jobs. With Virtual Badge, schools can upgrade their security instantly and be able to respond to problems faster.
Clayco had used traditional plastic IDs and pen-and-paper processes at their job-sites for years, which are slow and inefficient. When the opportunity came up to try digital ID badges, Clayco immediately realized the advantages and went with Virtual Badge.
While many businesses across the United States have been shut down due to Coronavirus, the construction industry is in full swing. Because we need to keep our job-sites open and keep everyone employed, responding effectively to the threat of COVID-19 is of utmost importance. An infected job-site most likely needs to close down, and that can result in huge issues, both financial and legal, for all parties involved.
The events of the currently unfolding coronavirus pandemic, and its ramifications for our businesses, institutions, and lives, require little introduction. As of right now, businesses and organizations are facing unique challenges that are forcing them to change their procedures. These challenges are coming above (government injunctions), from below (the safety needs of customers and clients), and within, as managers grapple with finding best practices and ensuring that operations can continue.
In the days leading up to hurricane impact, emergency managers planning for Search and Rescue operations can never have enough information. How many people will ignore mandatory evacuation orders and stay with their homes during the storm? Where are these people located? How can I reach out to these people and send them help once the storm has passed? All of these questions and more can be answered by leveraging the most powerful and ubiquitous technology available in most households today – the smartphone.
The alternative workforce has been a burgeoning part of the american economy for the past couple of decades. From a survey of 8,000 people across europe and the U.S., the Mckinsey Global Institute determined that between 20-30% of workers are engaged in different types of “independent work”.
We here at Virtual Badge are obvious vocal proponents of technological innovation. The continuing emergence of new technologies (and their ramifications) can be captivating for those of us who forecast change and seek out continual improvement. The business, media, governance, and nonprofit worlds are always buzzing with talk about innovation. In many ways, it is the dominant spirit of our age.
"Virtual Badge gives our non-profit and volunteer clients the option of issuing a mobile ID badge immediately when a background check clears. This turns badging into a one-step process."
"Before Virtual Badge, we had to collect mountains of paperwork from our contractors and it was hard to tell who had which certifications. Thankfully, this problem disappeared when we started using Virtual Badge."
"Virtual Badge offers a turnkey identity management and credentialing solution for both healthcare suppliers and providers that supports a national ANSI standard, which is unique in the healthcare industry."
"We share a mutual commitment to utilize mobile technology and are proud to have secured this integration with Virtual Badge, an industry-leading identity and workforce management solution."
"We used plastic badges before Virtual Badge. Now, we know who is non-compliant and can get thousands of our contractors on the job at least 1 whole day sooner."
"It took us too much time to manually sort through graffiti reports for our downtown area. With Virtual Badge, we're able to take action immediately versus writing reports for weeks on end."