Case Study: Electric Research and Manufacturing Cooperative secures 532,000 sq ft and triples incident-resolution speed with Verkada

How a Top Transformer Manufacturer Secures 532,000 Square Feet of Production and Office Space

Electric Research and Manufacturing Cooperative (ERMCO), a midsouth-based leader in oil-filled distribution transformers with 532,000 sq. ft. of production and office space, faced a fragmented legacy DVR/NVR system of 160 cameras that lacked centralized management, multi-user support, and easy offsite access. Russ Shepard, ERMCO’s Vice President of IT, needed a secure, durable solution with an intuitive interface so HR could independently manage video without IT assistance — requirements that led them to evaluate and select Verkada’s cameras and Command cloud management platform.

ERMCO deployed Verkada cameras and the Command hybrid cloud system, gaining rugged hardware (withstanding extreme production heat and backed by a 10-year warranty), onboard SSD retention up to 365 days plus unlimited cloud archiving, and reduced server and hardware needs. Verkada’s role-based permissions and audit logs let HR securely access and share footage remotely, streamlining multi-site management and making incident resolution three times faster while freeing IT to focus on other initiatives.

Electric Research and Manufacturing Cooperative

Russ Shepard

Vice President of Information Technology