The Challenge
Management at Coca-Cola Andina of Chile needed to upgrade their existing
analog video security system to help secure a massive complex including 16
large buildings.
The Solution
Milestone XProtect Corporate software enabled the intelligent integration
of Axis, Sony, Hikvision, and Dahua cameras, as well as OPTEX access and
perimeter security controls, with the IP video security and surveillance
system.
Advantages
In addition to the integration of cameras and hardware from different
manufacturers, the Milestone open platform software provided the
necessary network flexibility so the company’s corporate anti-virus system
would not interfere with the video system, thus respecting the security
policies of the network.
Coca-Cola Andina is among the three largest Coca-Cola bottlers in Latin
America, servicing franchised territories with almost 52 million people. In
2014, Coca-Cola Andina delivered more than 4.7 billion liters of soft drinks,
juices, and bottled waters to market. The multinational company employs
about 20,000 people in the four countries, including Brazil, Paraguay,
Argentina and Chile.
The Coca-Cola Andina facility in Chile, features four production plants with
18 buildings, and approximately 5,000 employees. The video security system
upgrade project began five years ago and the installation involved 16 of the
facility’s 18 buildings. The building sizes are diverse, ranging from 20 to 67 acres.
Given these big dimensions, the company undertook a project to completely
upgrade its analog security system. Today, Coca-Cola Andina has a modern
IP network-based video security system that helps the company secure staff
and assets, and reduce operational losses.
The new Milestone system allows video to be recorded and viewed by
authorized users from anywhere on the network, and brings centralized
control of multiple sites. This capability helps the company reduce the need
for duplicate staff or equipment in each location, with potential savings of
thousands of dollars in salaries and equipment costs. Maintenance and
service costs are also reduced because IP-based systems can be adjusted,
reviewed or even reconfigured without reinstalling or pulling new cabling.
“Coca-Cola Andina had a basic analog system that did not allow them to
control real-time asset security procedures or perform forensic analysis on
images to determine the cause of errors,” said Romina Zamora, Commercial
Manager, CTIS-GROUP, the integration firm for the project.
Zamora explained that Coca-Cola Andina had already purchased the cameras
and hardware, and for that reason it was necessary to have an open platform
architecture for the video management software to be compatible.
“Several manufacturers offer platforms, but we knew that our competition
— both software and hardware manufacturers — could not meet the
requirements like we could with Milestone,” said Zamora. “Therefore, we
recommended that our client request a demonstration of interoperability
from all contenders.”
For these reasons, Coca-Cola Andina chose the Milestone XProtect Corporate
video management software (VMS) to manage the varied cameras and
security devices, including Axis, Sony, Hikvision, and Dahua cameras, and the
integration with an OPTEX access control system.
“Since we started working with the Milestone system, we have lowered our
intrusion rates, which is of the utmost importance because there are banking