When people think about cameras in logistics parks, they think about pure-play security applications. But what if video could also be used to boost efficiency, productivity, and even health and safety?
Of course, none of this is possible with traditional security cameras that record footage of a site. But the good news is that the latest generation of smart video solutions can help optimize the operations, and gain new competitive edge, in five key ways:
Improving the employee safety
Introducing health and safety policies is relatively easy, but enforcing them can be much harder. With smart video, users can trigger alerts if their people are not wearing hard hats, or if they are entering restricted areas, for example. Because these kinds of situations are detected automatically, one can save time and ensure to not miss potential health and safety breaches.
Optimizing the site security
At busy logistics parks, people come and go all day and night, increasing security risks and often causing delays at the park entrance as well. Smart video helps operators speed up site access and tighten security with a range of features, from vehicle recognition to facial recognition, which can be used to prevent unauthorized access to the site and speed up access for authorized visitors. In all cases, automated alerts are generated to inform the security team of any suspicious activity, allowing them to respond faster and more effectively.
Saving time for the security team
With smart video, one can replace manual security patrols with ‘remote’ patrols. These support regular security checks of the key site locations using strategically placed, high-definition, low-light cameras that can identify potential security breaches automatically and in real time. As an extension to remote patrols, one can use AI to reduce the need to review footage manually, saving even more time for the teams.
Increasing the operating efficiency and throughput
The latest smart video solutions give the team a way to monitor all vehicles entering the park and to direct them to available loading docks in real time. The best solutions also provide all the devices and software they need to scan goods entering the park and to follow them through to their final destination, helping the security team reduce risks and shrinkage, and reduce manual goods tracking workloads and costs. All this helps increase security and throughput and increase overall operating efficiency.
Minimizing on-site fire risks
Thermal cameras and smoke detectors can be built into the smart video solution to detect abrupt temperature changes that could indicate a fire. This allows the teams to respond in real time, before employees are put at risk, and before the buildings or assets are damaged or lost.
