How many production hours do you lose to unreported stoppages?
Micro-stoppages and waits between workstations often escape manual records. Measuring real activity by production zone makes these losses visible and helps prioritise improvement work.
Smart Industry
Make real activity in your production zones visible
VIDEO.MA analyses footage from your workshops to measure zone activity and process step durations, and to detect presence in restricted areas. Indicators focus on flows and workstations, complementing your existing production systems.
What it is costing you today
Free auditWhat does work-in-progress piling up between stations cost you?
A growing intermediate stock signals a flow imbalance, but it is often spotted late. Tracking the occupancy of WIP zones helps catch bottlenecks before they slow the whole line.
How many restricted-area intrusions go without follow-up?
Entry into a hazardous or restricted area is often only known when an incident occurs. Alerts on defined zones let you react in the moment and correct the organisation, without targeting individuals.
Industry & Manufacturing
Industry challenges
Stoppages and waiting time left unquantified
Micro-stoppages, material shortages and idle zones are not always captured by existing systems.
Approximate process times
Actual cycle times on some manual or semi-automated steps are estimated rather than measured continuously.
Restricted areas that are hard to supervise
Access to hazardous or sensitive zones is difficult to monitor continuously across a large site.
Internal flows that lack clarity
Congestion between workstations, work-in-progress buffers and forklift traffic are observed without data to analyse them.
VIDEO.MA
What VIDEO.MA delivers
Production zone activity monitoring
Per projectAggregated presence, activity and idle indicators by zone or workstation, with no individual operator tracking.
Process duration measurement
Per projectTime between a part or load entering and leaving a defined zone, where the step is visible on camera.
Restricted-area intrusion alerts
Per projectDetection of presence in a defined zone outside authorised conditions, as a supervision aid rather than a certified safety system.
Flow and WIP monitoring
Per projectOccupancy of work-in-progress buffer zones and movements between workshops.
PPE detection
Feasibility studyDetection of certain protective equipment (helmet, high-visibility vest) in defined zones. Subject to a prior technical, legal and employee-relations review.
MES / ERP integration
Feasibility studyMatching detected events with work orders or production data from your systems, depending on their interfaces.
Multi-site dashboards
Coming soonSelf-service consolidation of indicators across several plants or lines, planned for the upcoming VIDEO.MA SaaS platform.
Example metrics
Activity rate by zone
Video dataShare of time during which activity is detected in each zone, measured by video.
Average step duration
Video dataAverage time a part or load spends in a process zone, derived from video.
Restricted-area intrusions
Video dataNumber and timing of presence events detected in defined zones, by video.
WIP zone occupancy
Video dataVisual estimate of how full work-in-progress buffer zones are.
Output quantities
Business integrationData from your PLCs, MES or ERP; video does not replace these production counts.
Idle time per work order
Video + business dataCorrelation between idle periods detected by video and work orders from the MES or ERP.
Dashboard preview
Dashboard · Assembly Workshop — Shift BDemo data
Assembly zone activity
81%
Average step duration
6 min 30 s
Restricted-area intrusions
2
Buffer zone WIP
64%
Activity per hour
Events
- Unauthorised presence — Press area
- Workstation 3 idle for 18 min
- Buffer zone > 85% — Line 2
- Unusual step duration — Inspection station
Deployment approach
- 1
Shop-floor audit
Review of zones, processes and constraints (dust, vibration, lighting), inventory of cameras and definition of priority indicators.
- 2
Zone and rule configuration
Marking out workstations, restricted areas and WIP zones, and setting alert rules and production time windows.
- 3
Pilot on one line or workshop
Real-world testing to validate detection, reduce false alerts and confirm the indicators are useful to supervisors.
- 4
Rollout and continuous improvement
Extension to other areas, optional MES or ERP integration and periodic review of indicators.
Prerequisites, limitations and privacy
- Restricted-area alerts are a supervision aid: they do not replace light curtains, machine safety systems or certified intrusion detection.
- PPE detection requires a specific study covering labour law, informing and consulting employee representatives where applicable, and Law 09-08 formalities.
- Analysis covers zones and flows, not individual operator surveillance; as data controller, the employer must inform employees and complete the CNDP formalities.
- Dust, fumes, vibration and changing light affect accuracy; equipment choice and placement are validated during the audit.
Frequently asked questions
Is this about monitoring operator productivity?
No. The proposed indicators cover zone activity, process durations and flows, in aggregate. Individual employee monitoring is not part of the standard offering.
Can intrusion alerts make a dangerous machine safe?
No. They inform supervisors of unusual presence but are not certified for machine safety. Mandatory protective devices remain essential.
Can missing helmets or vests be detected?
It is technically possible under certain conditions, but it requires a dedicated study covering visibility, reliability, the legal framework and dialogue with employees. We do not present it as a standard feature.
Do images leave the site?
Processing can run on an Edge AI device installed on site, so that only indicators and events are transmitted. The architecture is defined with your IT team according to your requirements.
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