How Lock Technologies Are Simplifying Shared-Use Operations

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Combination padlocks, keys, bolt cutters -- they're all getting harder to find in athletics, fitness and recreation locker rooms these days. That's because code-based mechanical and electronic lock technology has made life easier for both locker users and facility managers, if a little less lucrative for local locksmiths.

"Twenty years ago, you had guests either getting assigned a key at a key desk or bringing a padlock into the locker room," says Julie Advocate, vice president and CFO of Digilock, which introduced electronics to locking mechanisms in 1992. "Now, there are a whole lot of electronic solutions out there that basically allow the user's experience to be hassle-free. They can walk in and enter their code without having to carry anything. Management doesn't have to manage anything."

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