Answers about Vikbot

Implementation guides: how Vikbot systems work

AI vision

Cameras combined with computer vision software that recognise, count and check physical items automatically, instead of people doing it by eye. How Vikbot works

AI WMS

A warehouse management system that updates stock only when AI cameras or scans verify the physical movement, so the system matches what is on the floor. Vikbot WMS

Dispatch verification

Checking every item loaded onto a truck against the dispatch order or pick list before it leaves, to stop wrong, short and excess shipments. Dispatch Tracker

Loading dock verification

Dispatch verification done at the dock door: each item is identified and checked against the invoice or pick list before it enters the truck. DockBot

Pack-out verification

Checking what goes into each box against the order before it is sealed, with a photo of the contents as a record. PackBot

Short, excess and wrong shipments

A short shipment has fewer items than ordered, an excess shipment has more, and a wrong shipment has items that were not ordered. Scanning and dispatch verification guide

Pick list

The list of items and quantities to collect for an order or dispatch. Vikbot checks counts and loads against it. CountBot

Waybill

The document that travels with a shipment and lists its goods, quantities and destination. Dispatch Tracker

GRN (goods receipt note)

The record of goods received into a warehouse. At unloading, CountBot counts the incoming goods against the GRN. CountBot

SKU

Stock keeping unit: one distinct product variant that a business tracks in its inventory. Fusion Bot

Item master

The catalogue of product data, such as SKU codes, sizes and packaging, that many systems need before they can identify items. ScanBot, Fusion Insight and Vikbot WMS work without one. ScanBot

FIFO and FEFO

First in, first out picks the oldest stock first; first expired, first out picks the stock that expires first. Vikbot WMS and ScanBot guide picking by batch and expiry. FMCG warehouses

Label scanning (OCR)

Reading the human-readable text on a product label, not only its barcode, to capture details such as MFG date, expiry, batch, lot and MRP. Barcode and QR scanning

Number plate recognition (ANPR)

AI that reads vehicle number plates from camera images, used to log truck entry, exit and turnaround without RFID tags. FleetBot

PPE detection

AI that checks from camera images whether people wear required protective equipment such as helmets, safety vests and gloves. SafetyBot

Edge computer

A computer installed on site that runs the AI next to the cameras. Vikbot supplies it, and it runs on the customer's own network. Deployment requirements guide

On-premises deployment

Running the system on the customer's own network and behind its firewall, offline, so data stays with the customer instead of going to a cloud service. Deployment requirements guide