Encompass Health

Encompass Health wanted an engaging medium to supplement email for employee communications and engagement initiatives.

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Introduction

Formerly known as the HealthSouth Corporation, Encompass Health is one of the country’s largest providers of post-acute healthcare services. They offer both facility-based and home-based post-acute services in 36 states and Puerto Rico through their network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, home health agencies, and hospice agencies. To provide world-class care, Encompass places a huge focus on the FIM score. The Functional Independence Measurement (FIM) is an outcome measurement tool used by physical therapists and other healthcare professionals to measure overall independence during specific functional tasks. Encompass Health Fredericksburg has consistently ranked high for this score.

The Challenge

The HR department at Encompass Health Fredericksburg was desperate to improve the network of internal communications at their facility. Furthermore, the only communications they had with their team were emails, which were checked infrequently and often forgotten, or paper posts in the employee break rooms, which were easy to overlook and limited to static content only.

Deployment & Usage

Working together with the Mvix team, Encompass Health of Fredricksburg implemented a network of 6 digital signs strategically located in the break rooms, nurses’ stations, and the check-in/out locations.

• 6 digital signage players and displays
• Mvix Content Management software
• Content Integrations – event listings, weather, performance metrics, and photo slideshows
• Professional services – education & training, implementation assistance

1. 6 digital signage players and displays
2. Content Management software – XhibitSignage
3. Content Integrations – event listings, weather, performance metrics, and photo slideshows
4. Professional services – education & training, implementation assistance

Why It Worked

As a result of the networked digital signage screens, the HR team saw an increased awareness of performance improvement campaigns and greater engagement in company initiatives.

FETCO

FETCO realized they needed a better way of communicating with their employees. Specifically, with their production line employees.

They looked to digital signage to improve employee communications. Digital signage powered through Mvix offers a touchless real-time solution.

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Introduction

FETCO specializes in beverage equipment. They manufacture:

• coffee brewers
• hot water dispensers
• iced tea brewers
• coffee grinders
• frozen beverage machines

With customers and clients all around the world, their extensive sales network includes Asia and Pacific Rim, the Middle East, Africa, India, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.

FETCO was looking for an opportunity to improve their production and work more efficiently in their factory. They opted to try digital signage.

Opportunity for Digital Signage

Before FETCO implemented digital signage, they had relied on static communication such as a production sheets.

Employees would walk to one centralized location to check what task they needed to perform next. This was FETCO’s primary way of communicating with their production employees. This became a time consuming and costly process to relay information and updates in such a delayed way. Additionally, it required someone to manually check the sheet.

Implement digital signage has meant, that FETCO eliminated many touch points in their factory and head office. Presently, this is very important with the COVID-19 pandemic. Eliminating touch points reduces the risk of infection. Furthermore, it limits human interaction, which helps keep employees safe.

What needed to be done?

Improve internal communication by implementing a digital signage solution. Determine the locations for the digital signage displays as well as the number of displays needed.

Once implemented FETCO needed to manage the content on their digital displays content.

Utilize displays to inform employees while eliminating touch points.

Why It Worked

Our CMS saves them time! They are able to edit their displays from anywhere. As well as display the content on multiple screens at once.

The perfect solution tailored to them. Digital signage delivered increased productivity for FETCO from day one. They are able to spend less time on manual scheduling and more time on the actual product manufacturing

NASA’s SOFIA Program

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program, a project of NASA, has implemented a digital signage network in their Ames Research Center located in Mountain View, California. Powered by the Mvix platform, their digital signage network consists of 5 screens across 3 of their facilities. The digital signage solution allows SOFIA program personnel to communicate easily, displaying flight and maintenance schedules, and day-of and post-flight activities.

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Introduction

SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to carry a 2.7-meter reflecting telescope, allowing astronomers to study the solar system and beyond. It is essentially a Flying Telescope. The airborne observatory is an 80/20 joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) respectively. SOFIA is operated and maintained by NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center and its program, science, and mission operations are managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center and the German SOFIA Institute.

The Challenge

NASA’s SOFIA Program needed a user-friendly way to communicate across different locations. SOFIA goes on 10-hour flights, observing the infrared universe and gathering data for researchers to study. The growing program has created large program personnel across different locations. In order to operate efficiently and easily, NASA needed an effective communication strategy.

Prior to their digital signage implementation, NASA team members relied on their email and other systems to find information regarding the SOFIA program operations. This communication method took personnel away from their core job tasks in order for them to gain vital information on flight schedules, flight activities, and other functions.

Deployment & Usage

NASA’s SOFIA Program implemented a digital signage network of 5 screens across 3 facilities, all powered by the Mvix Digital Signage Platform. The Mvix solution offered a robust platform for NASA personnel to manage the displays and upload content remotely. This helped with efficiency as they did not need to be at each facility physically in order to update the displays. Their screen could be updated with the most up-to-date information from anywhere.

Why It Worked

The digital signage network helped SOFIA program personnel communicate more efficiently across their facilities, relaying important information about flight and maintenance schedules. As a result of the digital signage implementation, SOFIA program personnel noted more effective communication across their facilities. Team members know where they can find information quickly without having to log into their emails or any other systems. The easy-to-read screens quickly became their “go-to information hubs” for their maintenance and operation teams.

In fact, because of the effectiveness of their digital signage network, NASA will be adding another system in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) headquarters in Germany to further their communications regarding the SOFIA program.