The gap between the count and the cameras
Shrinkage shows up as a number at stocktake. By then the footage that would explain it is weeks old and nobody can say whether it was theft, a miscount, a picking error or a double delivery.
The answer sits in two places that never talk to each other: what the cameras saw, and what your system says should have happened.
How it works
- Movement events come from the timeline. Analysis of frames from your recorder already produces events for goods being handled on cameras watching a dock, aisle, cage or counter, each with a short clip. That is the event timeline doing its normal job.
- Your records are brought alongside. A point-of-sale transaction, an inventory deduction, a despatch record. How those reach the system depends on what you run, and we work that out during setup rather than promising a particular integration here.
- The two are matched on time. A movement with a record near it is ordinary business. One with nothing near it is worth a look.
- Unmatched movements are flagged for review. They appear as a short list with the clip attached, so checking one takes seconds.
- Labels can be taught. If your team talks in cages, cartons or drums, the labels can be set up to match, so flags read in your language.
Footage stays on your recorder and analysis runs on our server, not a third-party cloud. AI analytics covers the wider platform, and our own warehouse is where we run this every day.
What you see and get
A review list of movements with no matching record, each with the camera, the time and a clip of what happened either side. Most will have an explanation, and that is fine. The value is that explanations get found in the same week rather than argued about at stocktake.
It assists people. It does not accuse anyone.
This needs saying plainly. A flag means a movement was seen and no record was found near it. That is all it means. Paperwork entered late, a manual adjustment, a return, stock shifted between bays: all produce flags, and none are wrongdoing. Nobody is identified and no score is kept against a person. A person reviews the clip and decides, as they would now, only sooner and with the right twenty seconds in front of them.
Surveillance and workplace surveillance laws differ by state and territory, and notifying staff and signage matter. This is general information, not legal advice; check the rules where you operate.
Where it fits best
Warehouses and despatch areas, trade and parts counters, high-value cages, retail back-of-house, and anywhere stock leaves by a known route. It works best where a camera clearly covers the point goods move through, which is a placement question as much as a software one. See warehouses and logistics and zones and tripwires.
What it does not do
- It cannot see inside a carton. It knows something was moved, not what was in it or what it was worth, and it does not count items or reconcile quantities.
- It misses what is off camera. Goods leaving through an uncovered view produce no events to check.
- It produces false flags. Timing differences between a camera and a till, or a record posted next morning, both show up as unmatched.
- It is not an investigation, a loss-prevention service, or evidence by itself.