Opening and closing times
When each store actually opened and closed, against its schedule.
Rolling out13 use cases
Store operations
Opening hours, after-hours, restricted areas, hygiene and hazards.
After-hours intrusion
Anyone inside the store after closing, with the clip.
Ready
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
Crowding
Sudden gatherings and crowded areas in stores, branches and campuses.
Ready
Uncleared tables and table hygiene
Tables left dirty after customers leave, and how fast they get cleared.
Rolling out
Seating available
Free and occupied tables right now, and how busy seating gets.
Ready
Cleaning rounds done or missed
Checks scheduled cleaning rounds happened, with an audit trail.
New
Shelf gaps
Visible empty shelf space in chosen aisles, checked through the day.
Validating
Spills, blocked paths and exits
Spills, obstructions and blocked fire exits where people walk.
Validating
Smoke and fire
Early warning when smoke or flames are seen on camera.
Validating
Doors and gates left open
Shutters, gates, fire doors and cold-room doors left open too long.
Validating
Fire exits blocked
Boxes, trolleys and locked shutters blocking fire exits and escape routes.
Validating9 use cases
Queues and service
Queues, waiting, service time and counters that need staff.
Queue length alert
Alerts when too many are waiting, so another counter opens in time.
Ready
Waiting and service time
How long each customer waits, and how long they are served, per counter.
Rolling out
Left the queue without service
Customers who joined a queue and walked away before being served.
New
Customer waiting with no staff
Customers left waiting at a counter or zone with nobody to help, and how long until someone came.
New
Counter or desk unattended
Billing, reception and service desks left without staff during open hours.
Ready
Staff and customer interaction time
How long staff spend with customers in each zone, and how many customers get help.
New
Darshan and entry queues
Queue length and waiting time in darshan lines, ticket counters and security checks.
Ready
OPD, billing and pharmacy queues
Queue length and waiting at OPD registration, billing and pharmacy counters.
Ready
Branch crowding
Banking halls getting crowded, so another counter opens.
Validating12 use cases
Owner's remote watch
Shutter times, empty counters, cash, staff, back doors and night watch for owners who can't be in the shop.
Footfall and live occupancy
Visitors in and out, and how many are inside right now, for every store.
Know how many people walk in, every hour, in every store.
Ready
Busy hours and daily trends
Hour-by-hour and day-by-day patterns to plan staffing and shifts.
Ready
Delivery staff
Spots delivery riders (Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit, Zepto and others), with or without cartons, and keeps them out of customer counts.
New
Staff attendance and time inside
Who came in, when, how long they stayed, and time away during the shift.
Rolling out
Cash drawer opened with no customer
Drawer openings at billing counters when no customer is present.
Needs a connection
Camera offline, blocked, blurred
Cameras offline, covered, blurred, moved or with night vision failing.
Validating
Strongroom and locker room after hours
Anyone at the strongroom, safe or locker room after the shop closes.
Ready
Cameras covered or turned
A showroom camera covered, sprayed or turned away, usually the first move in a planned theft.
Validating
Empty shop, nobody at the counter
The billing counter or cash drawer left with nobody on it while the shop is open.
See from your phone that someone is minding the shop.
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 watch on the shutter
Anyone at the shutter, or hanging around the shop front, after it is closed for the night.
Ready
Trial room overstay
Someone in a trial room far longer than usual, often a sign of tags being cut. Watches the corridor only, never inside.
Ready11 use cases
Fire, smoke and hazards
Flames, smoke, sparks, smoking, blocked exits, spills and flooding.
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
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
Blocked aisles and gangways
Sacks, pallets or goods blocking an aisle or gangway.
Validating
Fire and stubble burning
Flames, smoke and stubble or waste burning in or next to the fields.
Validating4 use cases
Platform and camera health
Camera health, recording, access and accuracy.
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
Sweet shops, bakeries and cloud kitchens, answered.
What can a video management system do for sweet shops, bakeries and cloud kitchens?
Iron VMS shows every camera live, records on your own server and watches each camera for what matters in sweet shops, bakeries and cloud kitchens: After-hours intrusion; Restricted area intrusion; Intrusion with face recognition; Crowding. In all, 49 use cases across 5 packs switch on for sweet shops, bakeries and cloud kitchens.
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?
16 of the 49 use cases for sweet shops, bakeries and cloud kitchens 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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