SouthRac is a premier fitness facility chain with a mission to revolutionize the industry. Known for its innovative approach, the company plans to onboard 1,500 clubs over the next two years, each featuring an average of 3,000 members and 700 daily visitors.
SouthRac collaborated with Cloud303 to develop and deploy a facial recognition system to enhance member entry at their gyms. The end-to-end solution, built on AWS services like Amazon Rekognition and DynamoDB, not only fulfilled the immediate Proof of Concept (PoC) requirements but is also scalable for future rollouts across multiple facilities.
SouthRac was grappling with issues such as slow check-ins and administrative inefficiencies using old methods. The facility needed a secure, high-speed system to manage the expected increase in volume of members and visitors. There was a pressing need to innovate, to keep up with and exceed industry standards.
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Architectural Overview
SouthRac turned to Cloud303 because of their strong track record in leveraging AWS services for business solutions. Cloud303 set up a net-new AWS account and designed the architecture to integrate Amazon Rekognition for facial recognition and Amazon DynamoDB for data storage.
Implementation Strategy
Data Gathering: Collected facial image samples for training the Amazon Rekognition model.
API and Backend: A backend API was developed that would accept an uploaded image, process it via Rekognition, and respond accordingly.
Database: Amazon DynamoDB was set up to store essential metadata for each member.
UI/UX: A rudimentary web interface was created for testing the complete system in real-world conditions.
Our team was faced with a unique challenge to redefine the gym entry experience in a seamless and efficient manner. By leveraging AWS' powerful services like Amazon Rekognition and DynamoDB, we were able to devise a solution that was not only swift but also highly accurate.
The collaboration between SouthRac and Cloud303, bolstered by Amazon's robust AWS services, has paved the way for a new, more efficient era in gym access management.
The project got off to a great start, recording 98.7% accuracy rate during the PoC. The average response time was an incredible 1.2 seconds, inspiring overwhelming positive feedback from gym members.
The solution has also substantially impacted operational costs, with approximately a 20% reduction in operational costs relating to entry management alone.
This innovative, scalable solution sets a high standard in the fitness industry, highlighting the robust capabilities of AWS for solving real-world business challenges.
