ID badges

Not every organization makes use of professional ID badges, but there are more reasons than one that it’s a good idea to implement them. From schools to hospitals to official facilities and regular office buildings, ID badges can boost security, improve brand awareness and reach, and promote customer engagement and employee accountability.

Here’s why you should roll them out, if you haven’t done so already.

  1. It’s all about security (in more than one way)

Probably the greatest advantage of rolling our ID badges is because it will encourage the enforcement of security measures and make it easier to do so. On one level, just requiring your employees to wear photo ID badges will allow quick and easy recognition across departments and levels, even if not everyone within your organization is on a first-name basis. It also helps to identify people who end up where they do not belong.

On another level, it’s much easier to track and manage employee access to your facilities. Since ID badges can be enabled with codes and RFID tags, you can easily enable or restrict movement. Strong security, enabled and supported by a fleet of well-chosen ID badges is not a suggestion but a necessity.

  1. It’s easy to provide (or restrict) access to buildings and facilities

Specifically, and with respect to security, employee ID badges can be used to grant or forbid access to certain facilities or buildings under the purview of your organization. Since ID badges can be equipped with unique identifiers that can be remotely managed or even controlled, you can gain direct access to who is working on what, and in which location.

This means that you can improve the controls on sensitive information associated with your organization, which can have great benefits for your company in the long run.

  1. It promotes the value of your brand, increases exposure, and makes your company appear more professional

When it comes down to employee identification, despite the prominent, central importance of security, it’s not just about that. Some of the benefits of employee ID badges are much softer. For example, when you create a new set of employee IDs that are thoroughly branded and customized, you can increase your brand reach and provide a higher sense of sophistication for your company image.

Also, a fleet of unique yet standardized IDs for all of your employees will give your organization a much more cohesive and professional look. It may even encourage employee participation and morale, by making each person feel like a true member of the team.

  1. It encourages employees to take pride in their work and be accountable

When you require your employees to wear their names on their sleeves, as you will with name badges or IDs, you’re encouraging them also to take pride in their work. Their name will be associated with everything they do, and because of it, you may also encourage a greater degree of accountability. In fact, name badges can benefit both the collective and the individual by encouraging greater collaboration and customer service. Since anyone’s work can be traced back to him or her, your organization will benefit through greater service across the board.

  1. It creates a sense of unity among employees and streamlines communication with customers

Giving your employees high quality, branded name badges may also be highly valuable for employee morale as it may encourage each member of the team to feel more like a part of the whole. It will give them a sense of unity, a sense of identity and a sense of belonging, and because your customers will be able to associate a name with a face, it can streamline communications as well.

  1. It gives you the ability to monitor workflows and potentially even performance

If you’ve been looking for an effective way to monitor and manage workflows and performance, your secret ticket might very well be a set of employee ID badges. If you equip your badges with codes or other unique identifiers that can be scanned in and out of location, you can get a better idea of employee attendance, punctuality, and more.

In fact, by rolling out a set of new employee ID badges that are equipped with this functionality, you can see how and when which members of your organization are engaged on what, and where, and how long they spend on given tasks. While some might consider this unnecessary oversight, for operations managers, it can be the window to streamlined management, process controls and optimization.

Design Your Own Professional ID Badges Here!

Here at Imprint Plus, you can use our online tools to design your own proprietary ID badges, and we’ll even print them for you, although you can print them independently if you so choose. You can choose between branded and photo ID badges and create your own unique look with custom ID cards. Either use our or get in direct touch with one of our representatives at 800-563-2464 to get started!