Orange Business Services implements a cutting-edge COVID safety solution in Singapore with Actility & Abeeway

Orange Business Services Singapore has implemented their COVID Safety Distancing Solution. An extremely easy to set-up turnkey system for enterprises, which helps to keep employees safe from COVID-19 threats by using our Abeeway Micro Trackers, connected through LoRaWAN and with a dedicated app, also combined with Thermal & Mask Scanning techniques. 

The system, based on Actility’s Proximity Detection & Contact Tracing Solution, alerts employees who don’t comply with the COVID-19 measures dictated by the company, allowing to detect people with atypical temperature measurement trying to enter the workspace facilities, employees not respecting social distancing between each other, or crowds exceeding the number of people allowed in each area of the workspace. 

The set-up of this system is exceptionally easy and just requires a temperature recognition system before entering the workspace and the creation of an employee list including full names, employer IDs and a recent photo (to ensure facial recognition). If an employee registers a higher than normal temperature reading, an alert containing the details of the employee will be sent to the system manager and the facility manager allowing them to take immediate actions. 

Due to the difficulty of keeping full time social distance, the system also includes a safety social distancing solution which consists on alerting employees via audio and visual cues if they were to unconsciously get too close to their coworkers. This solution works through Smart Badges assigned to each worker. These devices, linked to the individual’s profile have been designed by Abeeway, Actility’s subsidiary specialized in low-power geolocation, and work through portable multi-mode trackers with embedded sensors which combine multiple geolocation technologies to offer accurate and continuous outdoor and indoor geolocation and alert workers when they are not complying with the established social distance guidelines. The administrator will also be able to configure the alert notification system, including who and how to alert. The solution will also log these incidents into the system, to keep a record of date, time and location of when the encounter happened.  

Guests can easily be invited to the office, it is simply required to send them a link via email before the meeting date, allowing them to pre-register. Once they arrive to the office, their temperature will be taken and they will be assigned a Smart Badge linked to their profile while they are within the premises, being able to reprogram the badge when the guest has left the office. 

This safety distancing solution also has a unique feature which allows facility managers to set crowd density for enclosed specific areas. Once that maximum number of people is reached the Smart Badges will automatically trigger alerts to everyone within that specific facility. A very useful feature for office canteens, meeting rooms, demo spaces and showrooms where crowds can gather very quickly. 

Orange Business Services Singapore’s COVID Safety Distancing Solution has improved enormously the safety in their offices due to this solution and now offers contact tracers and managers a comprehensive 360-degree view to help them make more informed decisions on the necessary actions to take for different employees based on their actual interaction and exposure risks.