Scheiffele-Schmiederer – Scheiffele-Schmiederer

Challenge.

As a timber wholesaler, Scheiffele-Schmiederer KG (SCS for short) offers its customers from the carpentry, prefabricated timber house industry, timber construction and timber trade sectors a large selection of modern timber construction products from leading manufacturers - supplemented by products from its own production. Thanks to forward-looking investments in the new company headquarters in Gundremmingen - with a total storage capacity of 50,000 m³ of timber construction products and state-of-the-art plant technology - SCS aims to ensure maximum delivery capacity even in the peak season and to deliver the goods to customers in southern and central Germany within the shortest possible time using its own fleet of vehicles. Due to the size of the project and the complexity of the associated mechanization, SCS was looking for a way to monitor the plant technology using video during the construction phase. This was to prevent faults and errors. SCS was also looking for a solution that would optimally monitor the interior and exterior of the production and logistics halls in Gundremmingen in accordance with current data protection guidelines, ensure plant security and support the subsequent flow of production and goods. This not only required a complex setup of fixed and moving cameras, SCS also wanted remote access via an app and for recorded material to be retrieved and viewed from outside by authorized persons.

Solution.

After Bechtle had inspected the local conditions of the new company headquarters, the IT security experts at Scheiffele-Schmiederer KG recommended a video surveillance system from the established, well-known manufacturer Axis with suitable video management software (VMS). Bechtle installed a total of around a dozen Axis network cameras on the extensive factory premises. The analysis capabilities of the VMS AXIS Companion make the cameras security tools perfectly tailored to the needs of SCS. The video management software gives SCS control over the surveillance system and all video material at all times. The company uses the app to automatically monitor its relatively complex machinery between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. and the entire plant at night. The Axis Secure Remote Access technology records everything around the clock.

If a malfunction occurs in the technology used for loading - such as the vacuum robots - SCS service providers, for example in the areas of mechanical engineering or programming, can view the relevant sections of the video recordings. This allows faults to be analyzed and even rectified remotely. From 6 p.m. onwards, the Axis cameras regularly pan to the outer boundaries of the large site in Gundremmingen and scan them throughout the night. SCS also controls the cameras from the local network using Axis Secure Remote Access technology. The associated app not only shows a live view of the cameras, it can also be used to pan, control and zoom the cameras remotely.

The easy-to-install, reliable, turnkey solution offers SCS flexible user management. Bechtle set up the system so that users have different access rights to the system and therefore to the surveillance cameras. SCS administrators can view all the recorded video material if required. The material and remote functions such as user administration, remote access or monitoring are stored exclusively on the company's server in the local network on site.

Business benefits.

Thanks to the Axis video surveillance system installed by Bechtle at the new company headquarters in Gundremmingen, SCS can now keep an eye on its production and logistics halls and outdoor areas anytime and anywhere via an app. This supports the production process as well as the flow of goods and also strengthens the security of the company and its employees. Both production management and logistics have access to the relevant areas if necessary. All of this saves SCS costs, time and nerves.