2025.07.18
Solving today’s toughest manufacturing challenges with smarter video solutions
Reprinted story from Manufacturing Today (July 16, 2025)
Manufacturers today face relentless pressure to do more with less. They must maintain safety, improve productivity, reduce downtime, and stay compliant, all while dealing with labor shortages, tighter regulations, and rising operational costs. To stay competitive, many are turning to technology that can help them see more, know more, and act faster across their operations.
Video surveillance is no longer just about security – it’s a critical tool in the drive for operational excellence. Hanwha Vision is a global video security specialist, ensuring safety and security around the world with products and solutions that provide outstanding performance, high reliability, and industry-leading cybersecurity. Its solutions are increasingly focused on tackling broader industry issues – from workplace safety and predictive maintenance to supply chain accountability.
From the desire to improve safety and security, Hanwha Vision is now evolving to answer wider business opportunities and challenges. Investment in innovation and continually pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in video are core to Hanwha Vision’s competitiveness, ensuring consistent success in vision solutions.
In manufacturing environments, AI-powered video systems are helping teams solve practical, everyday problems – automating compliance, preventing downtime, and giving leaders better data to make decisions.
Reducing downtime
Unplanned downtime is a killer for any manufacturer. It disrupts productivity and reduces profitability. In worst case scenarios, it can negatively impact brand reputation, total product availability or product availability timelines.
Temperature changes are often the earliest warning sign of current or future equipment problems. Hanwha Vision’s thermal imaging cameras allow facilities to proactively monitor machinery and electrical systems, identifying abnormal temperatures before they lead to failures or fires.
This kind of predictive maintenance is crucial for avoiding unplanned downtime, reducing maintenance costs, and maintaining a safe working environment. If overheating occurs, production supervisors are immediately alerted and can use the insights to perform the necessary preventive maintenance tasks before a more costly breakdown and unplanned downtime occurs.
Bolstering safety
A key area where factory safety can be improved with the right AI video surveillance solutions is improper or unsafe forklift operations, which is one of the leading causes of workplace injuries and death.
The problems that improper or unsafe forklift operations cause are extensive, no matter where you are in the world. Improving forklift safety is one of the best ways that companies can save lives, protect employees, minimize compliance infractions, and reduce costly legal expenses.
Hanwha Vision’s AI-based object detection and tracking can identify and alert for forklift movement, helping to reduce collisions with personnel or other vehicles in high-traffic zones. This solution helps improve site awareness, enforce safe driving behavior, and support investigations with high-quality video evidence.
Cameras equipped with AI-enabled smart factory solutions monitor every part of a forklift’s operations. They provide various alarms that immediately alert operators and security professionals when encountering hazardous environments or unsafe driving conditions are in progress.
Similarly, with AI-powered analytics, Hanwha Vision’s cameras can assist in identifying slip, trip, and fall incidents the moment they happen. Quick detection allows for faster emergency response and more accurate incident documentation. This not only protects employees but also helps mitigate legal and insurance risks.
Additionally, properly positioned AI surveillance cameras enable manufacturers to identify real-time workplace hazards such as slip-and-fall incidents, improper lifting of heavy materials, poor handling of hazardous materials, or employees neglecting to wear PPE.
Elevate your operations
With tight schedules and rising customer expectations, delivery delays, inventory errors and packaging mistakes can quickly erode trust and profit margins. From the factory floor to the loading dock, for manufacturers, making every second count is essential, as lost productivity kills profitability. Indeed, shipping and delivery errors occur for many reasons and any issues can create negative attention for a brand.
Hanwha Vision’s integrated AI-powered surveillance solutions cover every part of inbound and outbound package delivery, including receiving, handling, shipping, and tracking. They quickly match videos with work history, enabling operators to respond effectively to customer claims for errors, omissions or damage throughout the packing process. Whether it’s verifying the right products were sent or resolving claims about damages, having visibility into loading operations builds trust and accountability across the supply chain.
Today’s smart manufacturers are rethinking what video surveillance can do – not just for safety, but for productivity, reliability, and long-term competitiveness.
With advanced, AI-enabled technologies that deliver actionable insights, Hanwha Vision is helping the industry shift from reactive to proactive operations – so manufacturers can focus on what they do best.
