Camera-Based Supply Chain Insights
Customer Challenge
A large distributor was experiencing data pipeline issues with their supply chain warehouse camera system and desired an upgraded system.
Innovative Solution
Illumination Works worked with the retailer’s camera loss prevention team to debug and provide a fully functioning application with corrected camera-to-product mappings. By synchronizing with the warehouse management system, the camera system can quickly audit correct product movement and track warehouse-to-truck movement by product. In addition, Illumination Works conducted a comprehensive assessment of the current software, existing camera system, and desired new camera system to determine the project’s readiness to progress and modified the application to support the multiple camera system.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Debugged and modified current application camera mappings to mitigate existing issues
- Provided assessment findings to include risk analysis, mitigation strategies, and recommendation for go or no-go decision for the new camera system
- Applied modifications needed to support the new camera system including database-to-store item pick information
- Performed testing to ensure compliance with performance and quality standards
Business Value
- Validates product movement and reduces discrepancies between recorded stock and actual stock
- Enables quick investigation of inventory shortages, damaged goods, or mis-shipments
- Enhances security and loss prevention through improved traceability of goods
- Confirms loading/unloading activities and improves workflow monitoring
Toolbox
- Data engineering, data pipeline, database engineering
- Warehouse camera systems
Domain Expertise
- Supply chain
