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costs associated with false alarms. Cameron pointed out that linking store systems together can greatly improve business processes, and offer visibility of transactions associated with video footage – streamlining security and sales. “Video analytics are also a fascinating
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he retail sector is leading the way in the use of video content analysis (VCA) as a key security measure. VCA works by automatically analysing
CCTV footage to gather information and intelligence about its content. This can have several major benefi ts for retailers, from intruder detection to public safety announcements. Over 38% of suppliers surveyed by
the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) are currently providing VCA technology to customers in the retail sector, which was also identifi ed as the most frequent user of VCA (alongside the transport sector).
Pauline Norstrom, chairman of the BSIA’s CCTV Section, commented: “With the nation’s retailers facing continued threats from theft and other security breaches, it’s encouraging to see that the retail sector is embracing new technology to help it counter such risks.” Iain Cameron, managing director of security
specialist, Mirasys UK said the affordability of more sophisticated CCTV technology was making better security more accessible than ever before. Advanced CCTV systems support the
integration of point-of-sales (PoS) systems, access control, alarm and fi re systems. Video footage associated with PoS information helps clearly identify questionable transactions, while immediate access to video can reduce the
TOMTOM SEEKS CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
TomTom, the location and navigation solutions provider, has selected the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to provide cash management services in three regions: Europe, North America and Asia Pacifi c. This allows TomTom to further enhance control and security over its cash resources in over 40 countries and 20 currencies. RBS will enable cash pooling across TomTom’s group of global subsidiaries – minimising
overdraft charges and optimising interest income on cash surpluses. The deal enhances TomTom’s central cash management function allowing all payments and receipts for all bank transactions worldwide to be routed via RBS. The new service will automate cash pooling and the centralisation of cash for the major currencies to TomTom’s corporate headquarters. Richard Veffer, senior vice president of corporate fi nance at TomTom stated: “This is
an important project for the TomTom Group and will allow us to save on banking costs, enhance our control over cash security and generally optimise on liquidity across the group, by further improving working capital. With a real-time view on the cash cycle, we will be able to manage risk better and make quicker and more accurate decisions on a day-to-day basis.”
innovation, making the analysis of video footage faster and more effi cient for better suspect identifi cation,” he added. “Certain analytics programmes can run alongside image recording and analyse customer behaviour in real time. Video analytics algorithms such as people counting and loitering can be very useful ways of tracking customer behaviour. This can be helpful for crime reduction, staff training, or even product placement.”
COSTCUTTER STREAMLINES HEALTH AND
SAFETY
Costcutter Supermarkets Group, the convenience store chain, has chosen Huddersfi eld-based Safety Management & Monitoring Services (SM&MS) to provide health and safety services to a number of its sites.
SM&MS, one of the UK’s leading
providers of health and safety services will carry out fi re safety and asbestos risk assessments at 21 of Costcutter’s group sites. As part of the new contract, SM&MS will
also supply Costcutter with its PropertyPlus system. PropertyPlus is an easy-to-use health and safety compliance data management system designed to streamline the way compliance reports and actions are managed, particularly on multi-site portfolios. The PropertyPlus system provides
strategic management reporting and manages thousands of actions generated from health and safety, fi re safety, asbestos and water risk assessments, quickly allocating those actions to the relevant person at a ‘touch of a button.’ The actions identifi ed from the risk assessments can then be ‘closed’ and signed off, with progress notes added or even allocated to an approved contractor, through a link to SM&MS’s ContractorPlus online contractor management system.
MARCH/APRIL 2010 RETAIL TECHNOLOGY
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