After-hours intrusion
Anyone inside the store after closing, with the clip.
Ready12 use cases
Godowns, mandis and cold storage
Night intrusion, wall climbing, blocked aisles, rough handling, forklifts, cold-room doors and animals.
Smoke and fire
Early warning when smoke or flames are seen on camera.
Validating
Vehicles waiting too long
Vehicles waiting in delivery, loading or service areas beyond the agreed time.
Ready
Truck loading and unloading
Each truck at each dock: arrival, loading time and departure.
Ready
Back door and godown door left open
The back door, godown shutter or cold-room door left open after use or after hours.
Validating
Night intrusion in the godown and yard
Anyone in the godown, yard or loading area at night.
Ready
Wall climbing at the godown
Someone climbing the boundary wall or the godown roof.
Validating
Blocked aisles and gangways
Sacks, pallets or goods blocking an aisle or gangway.
Validating
Rough handling of sacks and cartons
Pilot: sacks and cartons thrown or dropped while loading.
Pilot
Forklift speeding
Pilot: forklifts over the site speed limit inside the godown.
Pilot
Cold-room door left open
The cold-storage or freezer door left open, wasting power and spoiling stock.
Validating
Cattle, dogs and monkeys in the mandi
Stray cattle, dogs and monkeys getting into the godown, yard or produce stacks.
Validating6 use cases
Vehicles and yards
Plates, waiting vehicles, bays and docks.
Number plates in and out
Every vehicle in and out by plate, with watchlist alerts.
Ready
Match plates to service appointments
Arrivals matched to bookings: early, on time, late or walk-in.
Needs a connection
Bay utilisation and turnaround
How busy each service, paint or welding bay is, and how long jobs take.
New
Count materials loaded
Pilot: counts units loaded or unloaded per truck.
Pilot
Forklift and pedestrian near-misses
Forklifts and people coming too close in aisles, docks and yards.
Validating
Materials and vehicles leaving the site
Every truck in and out by plate, with time inside, to stop material pilferage.
Ready12 use cases
Fire, smoke and hazards
Flames, smoke, sparks, smoking, blocked exits, spills and flooding.
Spills, blocked paths and exits
Spills, obstructions and blocked fire exits where people walk.
Validating
Flames
Visible flames anywhere a camera looks, as an early warning before the alarm panel.
See a fire on camera before the alarm panel trips.
Validating
Smoke
Smoke from fires, electrical faults and smouldering waste, indoors and out.
Validating
Sparks and arcing
Pilot: sparks from welding, grinding and electrical panels where they should not be.
Pilot
Open burning
Garbage, leaves and waste being burnt in the open.
Validating
Industrial smoke and emissions
Dark smoke from chimneys, kilns and boilers beyond the allowed level.
Validating
Smoking in no-smoking areas
Smoking in fuel stations, warehouses, hospitals and plants.
Validating
Fire exits blocked
Boxes, trolleys and locked shutters blocking fire exits and escape routes.
Validating
Spills and leaks
Oil, chemical and water spills on floors, docks and fuel islands.
Validating
Waterlogging and flooding
Water on roads, underpasses, basements and parking, for diversion and pumping.
Validating
Smoking and smoke in corridors
Smoking in corridors and rooms' floors, and smoke before a fire takes hold.
Validating
Fire and stubble burning
Flames, smoke and stubble or waste burning in or next to the fields.
Validating19 use cases
Perimeter and intrusion security
Walls, fences, rooftops, doors, guard posts and staff-only areas.
Restricted area intrusion
Entry into stockrooms, cash offices, server rooms and staff-only areas.
Ready
Intrusion with face recognition
Intrusion alarms that know who it is: staff on your lists let through, anyone on a banned list named, strangers raised as usual.
Fewer false intrusion alarms from your own staff, and a name on the ones that matter.
Ready
Drone sightings
Pilot: drones over no-fly zones, events and secure sites.
Pilot
Climbing walls and fences
Someone climbing a boundary wall, fence or gate, day or night.
Validating
Tailgating at controlled doors
A second person slipping through a badge-controlled door or turnstile behind the first.
Validating
Rooftop and terrace access
Anyone on rooftops, terraces and water-tank areas, with the clip.
Ready
Animals inside the premises
Dogs, cattle, monkeys or wildlife entering sites, farms and campuses.
Validating
Items thrown over the wall
Pilot: packages thrown over boundary walls, common at prisons and warehouses.
Pilot
Vehicles in pedestrian zones
Cars and two-wheelers inside walkways, plazas and campus pedestrian zones.
Ready
Guard post unattended
Security posts, gates and cabins left without a guard during the shift.
Ready
Loitering near the perimeter
Someone hanging around gates, walls and parked vehicles longer than usual.
Ready
Unknown person in staff-only areas
Anyone not on the staff list inside staff-only areas, by face.
Rolling out
Doors and gates left open
Shutters, gates, fire doors and cold-room doors left open too long.
Validating
Site intrusion after hours
Anyone on the site, in stores or the yard after work stops.
Ready
Yard and depot intrusion
Anyone in rail yards, depots and stabling lines.
Ready
Known offenders and gangs
Faces on a list shared by the jewellers' association or police, matched the moment they walk in.
Rolling out
Guard at the door
The guard's post at the door left empty during opening hours.
Ready
Night watch on the shutter
Anyone at the shutter, or hanging around the shop front, after it is closed for the night.
Ready
Night theft and boundary breaks
People climbing the boundary or in the farm at night: crop, pump and equipment theft.
Validating5 use cases
Platform and camera health
Camera health, recording, access and accuracy.
Camera offline, blocked, blurred
Cameras offline, covered, blurred, moved or with night vision failing.
Validating
Recording failures and storage
Recording gaps and storage on each DVR or NVR.
Needs a connection
Store logins, roles, per-store reports
Each store manager sees only their store; head office sees everything.
Ready
Count accuracy dashboard
Sampled clips checked by people against the AI's counts, with the error rate per store.
New
ATM camera tampering
ATM cameras covered, sprayed, turned or blacked out.
ValidatingQuestions
Godowns, mandis and cold storage, answered.
What can a video management system do for godowns, mandis and cold storage?
Iron VMS shows every camera live, records on your own server and watches each camera for what matters in godowns, mandis and cold storage: After-hours intrusion; Vehicles waiting too long; Truck loading and unloading; Night intrusion in the godown and yard. In all, 54 use cases across 5 packs switch on for godowns, mandis and cold storage.
Will it work with the CCTV cameras we already have?
Yes. Iron works with any IP camera or NVR that speaks RTSP or ONVIF. Existing NVRs keep recording while Iron adds live view, search, AI and alerts.
Does our video leave the premises?
No. Iron runs on a server you own, as a Windows, Linux or macOS service. AI can run on site too; cloud models are optional.
How do we get alerted?
Every alarm becomes an incident with its clip and goes to whoever is on shift on WhatsApp, SMS, email or a webhook, escalating if nobody acknowledges it.
How many of these are ready today?
17 of the 54 use cases for godowns, mandis and cold storage are proven on real footage and ready now; the rest are validating, rolling out or in pilot, and each card on this page says which.
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