Perhaps one of the most overlooked departments that can benefit most. Marketing Wikipedia opens its definition of marketing with a simple statement: Marketing is used to identify the customer, to keep the customer, and to satisfy the customer. Envysion’s MVaaS virtually transports marketing representatives to the point of purchase. Want to know who is purchasing a [...]
Our quest has highlighted the use of MVaaS in two areas: Human Resources and Training. As we continue our discovery of managed video benefits beyond security, we turn to a department common in heavily franchised enterprises that are tasked with protecting a big piece of the revenue stream. Revenue Assurance Large multi-location franchisors generate a significant amount [...]
Yesterday we covered how Human Resources leverages Envysion to assist in incident review, documentation and collaboration. Collaboration is a key element to the widespread adoption of MVaaS throughout an enterprise. Today we will focus on another area that leverages video collaboration to consistently deliver the right message to the right people at the right time. [...]
In my last post, MVaaS – Video Convergence for the entire Enterprise, I touched on one of the great benefits of Envysion’s MVaaS technology – getting meaningful video and corresponding data at the fingertips of thousands of users without straining the network or IT resources. Here is the first of several real-world use cases for [...]
Over the past few years, Envysion has pioneered Managed Video as a Service and changed the way large multi-location enterprises deploy and utilize video across their entire organization. One of the most powerful skills we’ve leveraged during this time is also one of the most basic – listening, We listen closely to our customers and [...]
I spent the latter part of last week at one of the year’s most significant gatherings of restaurant technology executives. The keynote, delivered by Pizza Hut CIO Baron Concors, focused on their popular iPhone app. He shared some impactful stats on the explosion of web traffic originated from handheld devices, all in the past couple [...]
Yesterday I left readers dangling with a “things are looking better, but…” ending. So with commodity costs down, sales down to flat, but profitability starting to tick upwards, why wouldn’t a small business owner want to draw a paycheck? Perhaps the first paycheck in over a year? Earlier this month, a coalition led by the [...]
Over the past year I’ve tracked the roller coaster trends in commodity food costs that affect the restaurant industry. It started in late 2007 with the “corn bubble” where over zealous farmers were chasing the ethanol craze, creating a ripple effect on the world food supply. The resulting food cost escalation squeezed restaurant profitability and [...]
In a recent post, I wrote about the economic impact of hitting and not hitting store level KPIs. It’s imperative that everyone involved in the business process have the same goals in mind – those that govern daily behaviors towards the ultimate reward of profitability. This includes, management, staff and yes, vendors (or as I [...]
Recent discussions with current clients and prospects have primarily focused on one simple question – “How do you measure success?” Nearly all companies have a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are used as a health check and management incentive. Ultimately, they are created and measured to ensure one thing – profitability. What is [...]