CASE STUDY
Delivering a video surveillance system to APC Overnight Tapping the power of smart security
Securitec Systems has partnered with the professional security division of Samsung Techwin to provide a multipurpose Video over IP solution for APC Overnight’s new hub in Cannock. There was a time not that long ago
when the only reason for a distribution centre to invest in CCTV was to deter and detect theft. The quality of the images captured
Colin Dicken reveals how Samsung’s
technology has helped APC Overnight
by traditional industry standard analogue cameras, if positioned and set up correctly, could be relied on to verify and more often than not, help obtain a description of the person or a group of people who might be involved in any suspicious activity. The cameras would however rarely
be expected to make a contribution beyond this narrow, albeit very important, task. With the introduction of affordable
high definition megapixel cameras and the ability to control them over an IP network infrastructure, has come the
opportunity for distribution centres to achieve considerably more from their investment in a video surveillance system. There can perhaps be no better
example of this then at APC Overnight’s new national sorting centre in Cannock, West Midlands. A Samsung Video over IP solution
- in addition to providing a powerful tool to minimise theft - is assisting operational personnel with tracking the movement every month of 1.5 million parcels, as well as ensuring strict compliance with the company’s Health & Safety procedures.
APC Overnight APC Overnight is the UK’s largest next day delivery network with more than 115 local depots. The company has invested £16.5 million its new 138,000 square feet hub in Cannock in order to maintain
its year-on-year growth by providing exceptional service levels underpinned by state-of-the-art technology. The construction of the new sorting
centre provided APC Overnight with an opportunity to take full advantage of the superb images that can be captured by the latest generation of high definition megapixel cameras by deploying them in locations where evidence-grade images might be required - or where there was a need, such as at conveyor belts and loading bay areas - to be able to zoom in to observe close up detail of any activity. “One of the key benefits of a Video
over IP system is that it provides the option to control and monitor cameras from anywhere on the network,” said Colin Dicken, APC Overnight’s Security Manager. “This means that our on-site security
personnel are not restricted to watching live images or reviewing recorded video from a central control room, whilst
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