Locking Concept Study - Fence and Gate

Within the gate and fence industry, which of the following best describes your organization?

Have you been asked to create locking solutions for areas or items outside your clients’ buildings in the last 2 years (including gates, equipment, etc.)?

Yes

Don't Know

Do you believe it is likely you may be asked to create locking solutions for areas or items outside your clients’ buildings in the next 1 to 3 years (including gates, equipment, etc.)?

Yes

Don't Know

For which of the following areas or items have your clients asked you to create locking solutions in the last 2 years?

[Choose all that apply]

On a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1 is not satisfied at all, and 7 is extremely satisfied) how satisfied would you say your clients are, overall, with the locking solutions you have provided for areas or items outside of their buildings?

For those areas or items you are most frequently asked to secure, what are you currently using? Please describe.

For those areas or items you are most frequently asked to secure, have you considered using any of the following solutions?

[Choose all that apply]

MasterLock® Cable Locks

Securitron® GL1 Gate Lock

Ingersoll Rand® Schlage® Security Cables

Mi-Jack Systems & Technology Gate Cuff™

Other

For the purposes of research, please consider the following alternative for securing areas or items outside your clients’ buildings:

Based on this concept statement, on a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1 is not likely at all and 7 is extremely likely) how likely would you be to recommend this locking solution to a client who asks you to secure an area or item outside of their building (e.g. gates, equipment, etc.)?

For the purposes of research, imagine a future client asks you to secure areas or items outside of their building (e.g. gates, equipment, etc.). Please consider the following product concept:

Why did you give it this rating?

Which of the following areas or items do you feel would be appropriate for this product concept?

[Choose all that apply]

Would your clients want this product to tie into their central access control system?

Yes

Don't Know

Would your clients want to use this as a standalone software system (i.e. not tied into their central access control system)?

Yes

Don't Know

What kind of information would you want this product to communicate?

[Choose all that apply]

Audit trail

Standard monitoring

Vandalism monitoring

Other

How would you want this product to communicate information?

Hardwire

Wireless

Either hardwire or wireless

Other

What wireless protocol would you prefer for this product?

What kind of credential would your clients be most likely to use to operate this?

What kind of contactless smart card would you most prefer for this product?

13.56 MHz (e.g. iCLASS)

125 kHz (e.g. Prox)

Other

What type of power would you most prefer for this product?

Why do you prefer this type of power?

[Choose all that apply]

Flexibility to change locking locations

Distance to hardwired power source

Cost of hardwiring

Other

We're almost finished...just a few more questions!

Considering the areas or items where you might use this locking solution, which cable lengths do you think would be most useful?

[Choose all that apply]

For this type of locking solution, on what might your clients want to mount this?

On a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1 is not at all important and 7 is extremely important) how important would each of the following product features be for your clients?

Based on the above photo, on a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1 is not likely at all and 7 is extremely likely) how likely would you be to recommend this locking solution to a client who asks you to secure an area or item outside of their building (e.g. gates, equipment, etc.)?

Why did you give it this rating?