3 Best Ways to Improve Logistics Management with a Warehouse Security Camera System 

Numerous facilities, disparate security devices and systems, and hundreds of employees can be a headache for logistics companies to manage. Without a way to easily keep tabs on what’s happening between locations, or which users have access to your systems, proper procedures can become neglected, and in critical cases, theft and inventory loss can be missed entirely. 

To navigate these challenges, logistics companies can utilize security camera systems to help better manage warehouses. With the right system in place, locations, users, and devices can be more easily managed, saving your team time and money while delivering actionable intelligence to bolster security and improve operations. Cloud-managed video offers all those benefits while providing logistics companies a smart way to elevate their business and get eyes on all sides of their organization. 

In this article, we’ll take a look at the main problems that affect warehousing in the logistics industry, as well as 3 features of a cloud-managed warehouse security camera system that can provide more visibility into your business. 

The Security Blind Spots Affecting Logistics Management

Because of their scale, logistics companies often struggle to get eyes throughout their locations. A lack of visibility was cited as one of the biggest supply chain challenges in 2021, and for many businesses, this problem is still an everyday issue, affecting multiple sides of logistic operations, such as:

• Not being able to generate a solid idea around what’s occurring across locations, users, and devices.

• Time unnecessarily devoted to recursive tasks that can either be automated or done remotely.

• Users having access to systems and platforms they shouldn’t. 

• Devices downed for months without anyone knowing their status. 

• The creation of blind spots, which can result in increased inventory loss, whether that’s from damage, theft, or miscounts. 

All logistics organizations need a way to keep operations in check and ensure warehouses are running smoothly. Unfortunately, without a way to manage their locations, users, and devices in one place, many extraneous issues fall to the wayside, leading to bottlenecks and a loss in business efficiency. 

How a Complete Warehouse Security Camera System Benefits Logistics 

A cloud video surveillance platform is a strong addition to any warehouse security system and can help uncover actionable intelligence for better operational efficiency. With the right video surveillance solution in place, logistics companies can leverage remote access, centralized management, and flexible deployment across locations for better management of security and their business as a whole. 

1. Manage Your Business from Wherever You are with Remote Access 

Remote access empowers you to access your security video from wherever you are, offering an easier way to manage your business, strengthen safety, and uncover actionable intelligence. 

A cloud-managed warehouse security camera system will equip your team with the ability to remotely monitor events and receive event alerts from wherever you are. If you’re off-site, walking through your facility, or want to view an alert you received from another location, remote access will allow you to quickly look at any security footage tied to these events. From there, you can determine whether it’s a false alarm or you need to take action.  

Remote access can also be used to track security video of shipments across multiple locations for both operational efficiency and investigations into theft. Additionally, it can be used to remotely export and share video of any injuries and incidents in loading bays or other busy areas. According to the National Safety Council, workplace injuries in the warehousing industry can cost upwards of $40,000. Because of this, having a remote system in place that streamlines those investigations, wherever your teams may be located, can have a big impact on an organization and safety. 

Finally, remote access can save your IT department hours of time by mitigating the need for on-site visits to manage your system, such as monitoring the health of your devices. Instead, those tasks can be dealt with remotely, freeing up time for situations that need on-site attention. 

2. Unify Locations, Devices, and Users with a Centralized Platform

Managing multiple security devices throughout multiple warehouses is a complicated task. However, by leveraging the centralized management that’s offered by a cloud security system, logistics companies can unite every device under a single platform, regardless of geographic distance, providing oversight and access across all sites. This simplifies management and allows you to keep all your teams connected through your surveillance platform. IT, facilities, security, loss prevention teams, and whoever else may need access can access the intelligence they need to improve security, safety and business operations. 

A cloud video platform also ensures that any changes you make are instantly pushed to all users, locations, and devices, whether that’s new features, software updates, or system changes. This not only protects your system from cyber threats but also provides the most up-to-date version of your security software for all users. Centralizing user management makes sure that only the right people have access to your system, further increasing the strength of your platform. This includes the ability to specify what clients (such as mobile) your team can or cannot use. Additionally, user management through a cloud security system reduces the burden on IT and strengthens cybersecurity by: 

• Allowing users to reset passwords on their own 

• Providing access to a web-based browser version of the platform, eliminating the need to install software 

• Managing user groups by role to help with the onboarding of new employees 

• Integrating with identity management for improved security and efficiencies 

• Enforcing company policies and additional cybersecurity best practices from the top down, such as multi-factor authorization and IP allow-lists. 

Additionally, cloud management offers the ability to share reports easily across specific teams or roles, which creates efficiencies in day-to-day tasks. This is also true for alerts to ensure you keep everyone informed about any critical incidents that may arise for proactive response. 

3. Rollout Security Solutions at Your Pace with Flexible Deployment 

A complete cloud video security system will also offer an easy pathway to the cloud via a more flexible rollout across your locations. As opposed to starting from scratch and replacing your entire warehouse security camera system, a cloud-managed video platform can work with your existing cameras while allowing you to upgrade over time. Not only can this be a more cost-effective solution for many businesses, but it also gives you the freedom to delegate your resources elsewhere, such as leveraging multisensor or thermal cameras for unique use cases, or cloud cameras for areas that might require a serverless solution. This allows for you to ensure your security is managed holistically and completely through one centralized platform, with no location left out due to legacy or future technology needs. 

With an open cloud platform, you’ll also be able to leverage other disparate security systems throughout your organization, alongside your cameras. This includes access control, intrusion detection, barcode readers, and environmental sensors. Because of the flexibility offered by cloud video security, you can bring these devices under a single platform for video verification of events tied to these data points, giving you eyes on critical business events as you scale across locations. 

Enhance Logistics Security with OpenEye’s Cloud Video Solutions 

OpenEye’s video security solutions help increase logistics visibility through a powerful cloud platform designed to enhance warehouse operations. 

OpenEye Web Services (OWS) helps logistics organizations scale their operations across multiple locations for better safety and security, with benefits including: 

• Remote Access: Protect people and assets from anywhere with remote access to OWS via web, mobile, and desktop clients. 

• Centralized Management: Leverage OpenEye Web Services to manage multiple locations remotely, reducing costs and overhead. 

• Flexible Deployment: OpenEye helps scale your security systems as your company grows, easily deploying cameras across diverse facilities while working with existing security infrastructure – no rip and replace.  

To see how OpenEye Web Services can help your business gain total visibility into logistics operations, book a demo with us today.