Today's visitor isn't just the conventional guest; it’s anyone engaging with your organization, whether employees, contractors, guests, or clients.
You’ve probably already considered the physical safety parameters, as well as the regulatory requirements that are affected by this.
But what about the business risk?
Whether it occurs during a facility tour, a long-term professional visit, or a joint venture, hosting visitors poses a potential risk that requires your attention.
3 ways you could lose your competitive edge:
- During the visitors tour
- Visitors have used double-sided tape attached to the soles of their shoes to collect metal alloys from the floor of a production plant for US military planes. The alloys were used to determine the exact metallic components used in the planes.
- During a joint-venture contract
- Three employees from one company attempted to remove proprietary information from the facility of the other company by putting it in boxes labeled as their personal belongings.
- Hosting foreign visitors
- During a visit to a production plant foreign visitors dipped their ties into chemical solutions to obtain product samples. The host company was subsequently unable to find a market for its product in that country.
