People counting gains valuable insight
Understanding your business, and the people it touches, is a key element of any modern strategy. It’s often said that the only constant is change. Which means a deeper understanding of a situation as it changes is crucial. This provides a solid base to enable informed decisions, and people counting is a valuable metric for that.
In a Deloitte survey, 49% of senior executives said the greatest benefit of using analytics is it’s a key factor in better decision-making. The majority of business analytics are focused on understanding the customer. This all boils down to “what do they want, and how can I give it to them?”
Multiple data – multiple potential
The amount of data around is mind-boggling. According to Statista, the total amount of data globally was forecast to 64.2 zettabytes (a trillion gigabytes) in 2020. That figure is set to triple by 20252. This is generated by a vast range of devices, especially in the brave new world of IoT.
Even one business in the middle of all this data can be generating its fair share. Think about all the files you store, internet hits you measure and financial transactions you carry out. There’s also the data captured by security cameras and other devices that physically monitor a business. These data provide useful insights into what’s actually happening around us.
Assembling the data
The real power of this data is evident when it’s all collected in one place. This means you can analyze it with other data and see the ‘bigger picture’, mapping trends and making connections.
For example, imagine you could count the number of people moving through a museum and see ‘bottlenecks’ in the flow. This information, collected over time, could help you change the route through the museum, maximizing that flow. This would lead to more efficient crowd management, and happier visitors.
Imagine, too, that you can see from camera footage what piece of art was displayed at that point. That would give you an idea of the popularity of the item. This is valuable information, giving insights into what your visitors want, helping you to arrange, and even market, your exhibit.
When you can see all the different data gleaned by cameras and other devices, you can understand much more. But this only works if there’s a comprehensive platform to bring it all together. It’s like pieces of a jigsaw making a complete picture when assembled.
The centralized platform
HikCentral Professional Video Management Software is used to manage a security system, bringing together information from all its elements. This is vital, of course, to security personnel, allowing them to monitor the whole site centrally and providing alerts when it sees predefined actions.
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