The security landscape is undergoing significant transformations, moving beyond traditional guarding to incorporating intelligent technology for enhanced safety and efficiency.
This evolution is particularly evident in expansive manufacturing facilities, where thousands of individuals and vehicles pass through daily, presenting unique security challenges. At the core of modern security are algorithms that power alert systems and automated surveillance, integrating multi-perception technologies that fortify facilities like JK Lakshmi Cement's Durg unit in Madhya Pradesh.
Implementation of Multi-Perception Technologies
In an era of digital convergence, security systems have begun to leverage cloud-based solutions, providing comprehensive asset protection.
This approach is especially crucial for remote manufacturing units operating continuously. The trend is moving away from multiple manual guarding points towards more unified, integrated security systems. At JK Lakshmi Cement's Durg plant, Peregrine, a security brand under the Tenon Group, manages a 10-acre facility with a strategic deployment of 50 security personnel.
Strategic Security Operations at the Durg Plant
The plant's security measures begin with controlling entry points and extend across various zones
Located amidst forested areas, the Durg plant encounters specific challenges, particularly the threat of unauthorized access. The plant's security measures begin with controlling entry points and extend across various zones.
With over 2,000 individuals entering daily, the deployment of an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Attendance Monitoring System (AMS) streamlines the tracking of all entrants and exits. This system offers real-time data on employee movements, enabling the well-trained Peregrine team to monitor operations efficiently.
Minimizing Human Intervention
The strategic placement of Peregrine personnel enables effective monitoring of forest intrusions and prevents unauthorized entry into restricted areas of the plant.
The plant also handles significant vehicular traffic, necessitating an efficient Vehicle Monitoring System (VMS). This system automates the recording of vehicle details and vendor information, significantly reducing the need for human intervention.
Advanced Vehicle Monitoring and Security Measures
In addition to automated systems, the Peregrine team maintains physical logs of vehicle entries and exits. Advanced technologies such as Automatic Number Plate Readers (ANPR) and RFID-based inventory management further secure vehicle operations, ensuring only authorized vehicles gain access.
The tech-enabled team at JK Lakshmi Cement is proficient in crowd management, tour monitoring, incident management, and overall vigilance, ensuring a secure environment conducive to safe and efficient operations.
The security industry has largely evolved, from just guarding, to transforming facilities into secure and efficient environments with intelligent technologies.
Speaking of manufacturing facilities, which are largely spread across acres with thousands of people and vehicular traffic passing through its premises at any given time, can be challenging when it comes to maintaining security. What are those algorithms that work on the alert buttons? Or those automated vigils that track every movement? How do all these multi-perception technologies integrate security?
Multi-perception technologies
Convergence of security systems through various applications and cloud-based solutions has now found its way into asset security as well. The usage of tech-based security solutions is significant to manufacturing facilities, especially as units today are remotely located and engaging in round-the-clock production.
Moreover, lately the concept of multiple manual guarding points is fading, giving way to integrated secure systems that are being preferred. When it comes to Peregrine, the security services brand of Tenon Group, operating at the 10-acre property of JK Lakshmi Cement’s Durg unit in Madhya Pradesh, with 50 guards eyeing the significant portion of the region intelligently.
Various demarcated areas
Geographically located in the midst of the forest area, the Durg manufacturing plant has over 2,000 people walking in and out of the premises daily. Everything about security begins with curtailing unauthorized entry and access, right from the main gate to various demarcated areas. Infiltration from nearby forests is a visible threat in this area.
Monitoring the entry and exit of 2,000 people to the premises daily based on the work rosters is now managed through the Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Attendance Monitoring System (AMS). This is installed at the gate and captures every entry and exit timing of the people accessing the premises. The Peregrine team, consisting of security officers, supervisors and inspectors, is well-trained and able to smoothly monitor with the AMS in place. In keeping with today’s requirement, the AMS enables access to real-time data on employee work movement as well.
Minimal human intervention
Strategically positioned, the Peregrine team keeps a check on intrusions from the forests, while doing security checks on different levels to restrict entry and access of unauthorized personnel to plant areas and other restricted areas.
Similar to every factory, the Durg cement plant also witnesses a large amount of vehicle traffic moving in and out with raw materials and finished products. The Vehicle Monitoring System (VMS) has been installed wherein the process of recording each and every detail of the vehicle along with vendor information is automated and requires minimal human intervention.
Tour monitoring systems
As a backup, the Peregrine team maintains physical records of entry and exit of these vehicles as well. Aspects like authorized vehicle entry are executed through Automatic Number Plate Reader (ANPR) and RFID-based inventory management, done at the entry.
Thus, the tech-enabled Peregrine team that has been providing security services at JK Lakshmi Cement is more intelligently inclined in crowd management, tour monitoring systems, incident management & freighting, doing vigilance checks and above all, providing a secure, safe and efficient environment.
