Access Control Cards and Credentials and Security news

Important! We have been advised by our manufacturing channels that most cards and credentials will be subjected to increases. This is concerning as these increases are said to be between 10 to 20 percent starting July 1st, 2022. World events and rising fuel costs along with inflationary pressures are given as cause to these upcoming rate increases. Another wave of supply chain issues is becoming apparent as we see long delays in product back orders. Many industries are still not back to full product output, shortages of raw goods and electronic circuitry being the root cause. As always, Ashton Security Inc....

Optimism abounds! As we emerge from lock-downs and constricted work environments we are finally seeing an improvement to our supply chain delays. Things are near normal with the exception custom production of cards and hardware. As large manufacturing facilities work themselves back to full production they are still experiencing delays for custom work as they are focusing on their core product manufacturing. We are pleased to say that our inventories are back to near normal, this said, shipping and fuel costs along with political issues are still impacting costs of goods.  Our Moto - "If you dont see it - let...

 Ashton Security Inc has just received as small inventory of P10SHL cards. As these are in  short supply at the moment we don't expect these last very long. We are continually and aggressively seeking replenishment of Kantech credential. We are optimistic about the supply chain normalizing in the new year.    

Looking at the November projections on the Kantech product delivery delays shows that the timelines have not improved. As Black Friday and Cyber Monday approaches it is likely we will see these time lines push out into the new year.                                                                           The P10SHL cards along with many other 3rd party access cards manufactured in Asia are back ordered. Ashton Security Inc. managed to secure...