Remote site monitoring in Columbus, Indiana

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Cummins' headquarters city, on I-65

Cummins was founded in Columbus in 1919 and still runs its headquarters here, along with a 500,000-square-foot research and technical centre that puts engines from 2.8 to 19 litres through 89 dynamometer test cells. The company now employs 67,400 people worldwide, and Columbus ranked in the top 2 percent of US manufacturing cities in 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. North of the city, the Bartholomew County I-65 and US 31 Industrial Park sits one mile from I-65 Exit 76 with parcels up to 154 contiguous acres and direct service from the Louisville & Indiana Railroad; Cummins itself leases more than 1 million square feet at Mohr Logistics Park up the interstate in Whiteland, run by DHL, to move parts and finished goods.

Where there's a concentration of plants and warehouses, vehicle theft tends to follow, and Columbus is no exception. The Bartholomew County Prosecutor's Office filed nine felony theft counts against a 59-year-old Columbus man in February 2024 after businesses across the city reported a run of catalytic converter thefts beginning that December; investigators believed he was behind similar thefts in Johnson and Marion counties as well. For a plant yard or warehouse lot, the same after-hours window applies to trailers, forklifts and parked fleet vehicles, not just converters.

Plant yards and warehouse lots in Columbus get the same live coverage: an agent on every camera, around the clock, with no days off. Movement near parked vehicles or loading docks after the last shift triggers an AI alert that an agent checks on video before giving a live, instant talk-down through the speakers and escalating to police, footage in hand. Scheduled trucks can also be let through the gate by an agent who checks the driver and keeps a timestamped entry log.

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