It Saved Millions - Personal Protective Equipment Detection in 3 Case Studies
When executives evaluate their investments in safety technology, including personal protective equipment detection, they need tangible evidence that goes beyond marketing promises and proves long-term return on investment (ROI). In this case, there is no better proof than case studies and success stories, as they are real-world experiences free from flashy words. To understand personal protective equipment detection technology and its capabilities that have transformed monitoring from merely observing what happens to predicting what might happen to avoid disasters, we must understand AvidBeam's revolutionary solutions, including the AvidGuard platform and its applications.
AvidGuard as a Personal Protective Equipment Detection Platform
AvidGuard is an intelligent video analytics solution developed by ex-Intel engineers, who know each business challenge and address their needs; that’s how AvidGuard is developed.
The following case studies confirm AvidGuard's ability to deliver measurable safety improvements across diverse industrial environments, from petrochemical facilities handling hazardous materials to mass entertainment events that successfully manage hundreds of thousands of attendees. AvidBeam's solutions in general, and AvidGuard in particular, provide a consistent and measurable pattern of return on investment (ROI), which is what executives who think in numbers need.
Plus operational efficiency gains and safety improvements that ensure personal protective equipment detection in real-time and even proactively, saving facilities thousands of dollars (non-compliance with proper personal protective equipment wearing rules -such as a worker removing a helmet- can result in problems that completely halt work operations).
Here are some real-world case studies of implementing the AvidGuard server-based video analytics solution:
SABIC Saudi Arabia - Personal Protective Equipment Detection in Petrochemicals
When mentioning SABIC in Saudi Arabia, we're talking about the world's fifth-largest petrochemical company and the largest public company in the Middle East and the Kingdom, not just an ordinary company. The giant company employs thousands of workers across multiple highly sensitive facilities, and one mistake regarding not wearing personal protective equipment in a disciplined manner is capable of stopping operations in an entire line or at least in a specific area within the company.
Through the experience of managing this enormous number of workers and employees, it has been proven that ensuring continuous compliance with personal protective equipment through human oversight alone, and even human oversight with traditional surveillance cameras, is impossible.
As SABIC's facilities handle hazardous chemicals daily, a single safety violation can trigger catastrophic incidents. Reliance on traditional safety monitoring by supervisors is coupled with coverage gaps (human errors are inevitable no matter how careful they are).
Here came AvidGuard solution from AvidBeam Technologies, an AI-powered server-based video analytics platform, which filled this gap by leveraging the company's existing camera systems while granting them "superpowers" for detecting personal protective equipment and improving safety.
MARS Factory Egypt - Manufacturing Safety
No less important than SABIC comes the application of AvidBeam's video analytics solutions at MARS factory in Egypt, which is one of the largest and most important factories and belongs to the global company specializing in producing confectionery and food products.
In MARS's case, the need required providing personal protective equipment detection monitoring that integrates with existing production management systems and ensures food safety without disrupting manufacturing workflows. The factory operates in food manufacturing with its unique personal protective equipment challenges coupled with hygiene requirements: workers move between different areas requiring various protection levels and food safety protocols.
It also needs solutions for managing access permits and the ability to access specific places in the factory (granting/denying access permission to certain places according to company rules). Accordingly, MARS industrial facility needed intelligent monitoring (personal protective equipment detection is part of it) that can adapt to different production areas while providing detailed compliance documentation for food safety audits, which AvidBeam's solutions successfully achieved on the ground.
AvidBeam's Server-Based Video Analytics Solutions
When AvidBeam's engineers thought about creating their video analytics solutions, it wasn't just a desire to fill monitoring gaps and improve production operations in factories, but extended to achieving safety in streets, smart cities and facilitating life and raising its quality in various fields. So, AvidBeam's solutions are definitely not limited to personal protective equipment detection and have cross-sector uses, including entertainment events:
SoundStorm 2024 Riyadh - Mass Events
When Riyadh organizes a musical event, it won't be "just an ordinary event" but rather SoundStorm, whose 2024 edition attracted more than 450,000 attendees. Being the largest music festival in the Middle East, traditional crowd management methods won't be able to scale to handle such massive attendance while ensuring real-time threat detection.
Here, AvidBeam's technology and solutions were relied upon, capable of processing huge data volumes while maintaining response times in seconds, and these solutions proved their ability to:
• Achieve multi-zone monitoring.
• Manage crowds and detect anomalies.
• Control access to VIP areas.
• Scale to cover massive events.
• Integrate with emergency response.
Across the demanding landscapes of petrochemical giants, high-stakes manufacturing, and mass-scale events, the implementation of intelligent personal protective equipment detection has transcended being a mere safety upgrade to become a strategic imperative.
If you’re ready to see how AvidBeam's proven solutions can deliver measurable ROI for your organization, contact our experts today at [email protected] to schedule a personalized consultation.
