Some locations such as chemical factories or mining operations, where critical sites are often hazardous and hard to reach, network cameras can be used to effectively act as your eyes and ears while you control the cameras remotely from your desktop. PTZ cameras with built in 2-way audio can be used to look around and zoom in and out observing the intoxicated situation from far or close, and the audio option enables you to talk to and take verbal input from staff working at the site.

Multiple locations that are far spread can thus be observed and controlled from a single location giving the manager a sense of omnipotence and giving a level of control unimagined before this.

The cameras also have multiple input output ports that let you integrate it to any machinery and thus allowing them to be controlled remotely as well making this system a complete remote operations solution.

completely automated processes in factories using robotics for production can be observed by operations management staff from their offices thus letting them observe all sites at the same time rather than visiting one locations and risking an event in the rest.

in case of technical support unavailable at the site, the access to the cameras can be given to experts sitting abroad and let them troubleshoot the site remotely and without delay.

Making sure a storage system works well--that goods can be accessed and are efficiently managed--can significantly affect the bottom line at a manufacturing plant. The fact that storage is often handled at remote sites, usually due to the lower cost, makes this another good place to install network video.