Modern Manufacturing Solutions – How to Deliver Value Through Your Video Security 

Manufacturing is on the cusp of another wave of rapid innovations. Artificial intelligence, automation, and multiple systems working together seamlessly are increasing productivity and benefiting many companies’ bottom line. 

Implementing these futuristic solutions into your organization can occur around multiple sides of your business, from assembly lines to warehouse floors. Cloud-managed video is one way that manufacturers can incorporate powerful new tech into their everyday operations in a low-friction way. Instead of having to reconstruct the processes and management of your teams, facilities, and operations, cloud-managed video can enhance your video security to not only improve safety but enhance efficiency, improving revenue and uncovering insights so you can make smarter business decisions at a pace realistic to your company. 

While the future of manufacturing is daunting, companies everywhere can still reap the benefits of advanced technology through a secure, cloud-managed video platform. In this article, we’ll discuss how cloud-managed video security delivers value across your organization with powerful tools including advanced video analytics, automated reporting, and an open ecosystem. 

Industry 4.0 – How New Technologies are Advancing Manufacturing 

Industry 4.0, the next wave of industrial revolution, is in full swing. Digital innovations including Internet of Things (IoT) devices, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence are becoming more commonplace for manufacturers everywhere. The benefits are obvious: improved productivity, better safety, and easier ways to uncover logical next steps to improve revenue. 

However, as thrilling as the developments have been, it has left some manufacturers struggling to keep up. With deeply ingrained legacy systems and infrastructure embedded in their companies, completely replacing the method by which manufacturing operations are done isn’t always an option. This puts these organizations at a crossroads: completely revamp their entire set of processes, or risk losing money by not adapting to new technologies. 

The answer for many companies is not to flip operations on their head, but instead to start with flexible, scalable change in areas they can see immediate benefit from without threatening the rest of their organization. As they upgrade at a pace more consistent with their budget and size, they can begin implementing more advanced solutions. 

Cloud-managed video systems offer that exact answer by enabling businesses everywhere to leverage futuristic tech like AI-based video analytics and automated reporting for fortified employee safety and improved operations. Plus, they can do all this under a single, open platform, helping to simplify management by bringing disparate cameras and security systems under one pane of glass for more data points and better insights. 

The Power of Video Analytics 

Manufacturers can use powerful video analytics to monitor operations, enhance efficiency, and increase revenue with video verification and alerts sent to email or mobile phone. 

These AI-based video analytics can recognize a wide range of events, including person and vehicle detection, license plate recognition, loitering, and intrusion detection, to alert on the situations most impacting production, saving you time and money. License plate recognition analytics can improve operations by tying analytics to relays to open gates around facility perimeters, allowing your team to devote that manpower elsewhere for increased efficiency. Video analytics can also keep your team alerted on anyone detected in a restricted area or negligence of proper safety protocol. This not only improves compliance across your organization, but it also protects your employees from unsafe areas or procedures while providing evidence for insurance claims, reducing the resources needed to conduct thorough investigations into incidents. 

Video analytics can be introduced throughout your operations in a seamless manner. Server-side analytics allow you to leverage this technology without ripping and replacing your entire camera system. Additionally, cloud cameras are equipped with their own storage and analytics processing power, allowing you to seamlessly scale over time with no limitations on channel count or system resources. 

The Efficiency of Visual Reporting 

A cloud-managed video platform can also help streamline process auditing with simplified reporting, for one location or hundreds. 

Compliance and facility auditing can be done with the use of thumbnail reports, giving your team the ability to see whether processes are being maintained or neglected at a glance. Production lines can be quickly viewed through these reports to help ensure expected output is met and operations are running smoothly. Centralized management through a cloud video platform also enables you to quickly audit your devices and locations. This improves compliance throughout your organization while streamlining the process so your team can focus on what matters most. It also streamlines communication between teams with the ability to share audit reports. 

The Benefits of an Open Platform 

An open platform lets manufacturers tie crucial business systems together for a complete picture of operations. Manufacturers can seamlessly integrate their video security with environmental sensors, access control, barcode data, intrusion detection, and other systems so you can quickly respond to various scenarios. 

Leveraging an open platform system not only allows you to leverage other solutions through a single platform, but it also provides video verification of different events. Having visual verification of multiple systems provides your team with a better understanding of the many data points across your operations, leading to better business insights and more actionable intelligence. 

An open platform also allows your organization to scale as needed while being flexible with the new solutions you deploy. Instead of having to source your systems from specific distributors, you can work across a wide range of brands, letting you build a system designed to fit your needs. Additionally, futuristic solutions can be tested and slowly implemented in a timeline that works for you. This is perfect for any organization who wants to upgrade their security system in a cost-effective way. Choosing an open platform today ensures you can leverage next-gen technologies to power your business for the future. 

See How OpenEye Web Services Modernizes Manufacturing Operations 

OpenEye Web Services (OWS) cloud-managed video platform provides manufacturers everywhere with a low-friction path to the cloud and the ability to leverage advanced video security technology for better insights and improved revenue. 

OpenEye’s AI-powered video analytics are the easiest way to get more from your existing surveillance system, from solutions built to fit your needs with edge analytics in both OpenEye and third-party cameras, as well as server-side analytics available natively in OpenEye Web Services. OpenEye’s automated reporting gets you information on your system and business alike, with thumbnail reports providing visual tools to improve operations. Finally, the OWS open ecosystem allows you to integrate your other security measures into OpenEye’s cloud-managed video platform, providing a cost-effective, scalable solution tailored to your organization. 

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