# Empowering Workers and Improving Workflow Through Video Data

- Show: [The Manufacturing Executive](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive)
- Published: 2022-06-07
- Length: 32m
- Episode: 105
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-06-07-empowering-workers-and-improving-workflow-through-video-data
- Listen: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-manufacturing-executive#episode-457bbb56-b9b9-4d75-bdd8-887be3c0dfd2

## Summary

Dr. Prasad Akella, Founder and CEO of Drishti, explains how his company uses AI-powered video analytics to empower manufacturing workers rather than replace them. He details how Drishti’s technology captures production line video to create searchable 'video birth certificates' for products, enabling root cause analysis and quality control. Akella highlights specific applications like action recognition for error detection, optimizing line balancing, and using video to accelerate training and improve employee retention by identifying and leveraging 'brilliant outliers' on the floor.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-06-07-empowering-workers-and-improving-workflow-through-video-data#t=0) Introduction: Dr. Prasad Akella and Drishti's Vision
- [3:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-06-07-empowering-workers-and-improving-workflow-through-video-data#t=228) Akella's Background: GM Cobots and the Shift to Empowering Humans
- [8:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-06-07-empowering-workers-and-improving-workflow-through-video-data#t=484) The Spell Checker Analogy: AI as an Assistant for Line Associates
- [10:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-06-07-empowering-workers-and-improving-workflow-through-video-data#t=636) Drishti's Technology: Video Data, Root Cause Analysis, and Action Recognition
- [18:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-06-07-empowering-workers-and-improving-workflow-through-video-data#t=1127) Case Study: The 'Brilliant Outlier' and Standardizing Creative Workarounds
- [21:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-06-07-empowering-workers-and-improving-workflow-through-video-data#t=1294) Solving Labor Turnover: Accelerated Training and On-the-Job Feedback
- [27:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-06-07-empowering-workers-and-improving-workflow-through-video-data#t=1671) Moneyball for Manufacturing: Allocating Workers to Tasks Based on Data

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Drishti (company)
- General Motors (company)
- Samsung (company)
- Microsoft Word (product)
- Cobots (product)
- Spoke (company)

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