Professional Services are an integral part of what a good Commercial A/V Integrator does. Professional Services like design and engineering and project management represent our biggest value to our customers and are a natural result of our commitment to continuing education and insights gained through experience. We are honored to sell and integrate with world class products from the highest quality manufacturers, but at the end of the day, people hire us not because of what we sell, they hire us for what we know and how we bring value to every project through or professional services.
So how does a company end user, network operator or integrator choose the best digital signage software/content management software solution for their application or business model? One thing for sure, there is no one software package that is a fit for every application. Candidly there are clearly many solutions that will work for almost every application or business but there are many that will not work and there in lies the challenge. Where do you even start? Why not just buy one that seems to do most of the things you want to do and hope everything will work out? Should you just do a Google search and pick the package that has done the best job of appearing in the organic search or paid position at the top of the page?
Don’t feel bad if you did actually do one of the above because most long term digital signage projects have had to change digital signage software at least once, most two or even three times. Sometimes it even included significant hardware changes as well. So you ask the question, does it have to be like that? Do I have to assume that I will likely have a false start and have to change packages after I figure this out?
MMS knows what questions must be asked. We have experience and insight on at least 100 digital signage software solutions. We have strong cooperative relationships with many experts in the industry (USAV Group and World Class Consultants like Lyle Bunn) that add to our experience when brought into a project. MMS as a professional service to you, your organization or team, can be contracted to help you navigate the vast waters of digital signage solutions, help you to comprehensively ask all the right questions, define a clear scope of work for your digital signage software and then make recommendations and even provide that expert level demonstration. This can be done completely independent of the deployment of the project in a pure consultative professional service.
So consider the value proposition of engaging MMS to help you navigate and secure the right digital signage software/content management solution for your project. Let us help you skip the pitfalls of choosing the wrong software and get your project started on the right foot. Please contact Robert White, Manager of MMS Digital Signage Services @ rwhite@m-media.com or call us @ 800 968 7907.
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Keeping content relative and timely are the foundation of a successful digital signage network or project. However as you and your organization focus on developing and committing that content to a playlist, one should always make sure that your content supports or complies with your content guidelines. Content guidelines certainly include branding and approved colors and fonts, but it has to go so much further than that to protect your long term interest and success. Content guidelines must embrace the specifics of what is acceptable and allowable as content on your network. It has to provide structure to your organization as they commit content to your screen and it must be in writing. Failure to do so will bring liability exposure to your digital signage network or project that could have long term impact on your network or project. Reality is the failure to have in place well written content guidelines could force your digital signage network or project to carry and support content that is unacceptable and devastating to your investment.
MMS can be contracted to work with your team to avoid this challenge. We can as a stand alone project help you put to paper, guidelines for content that will protect your investment and support uniformity and avoid unexpected liabilities. Please contact Robert White @ rwhite@m-media.com or 865 681 2575 for insight on how we can provide this professional service to your team and help safeguard and protect your investment in digital signage
MMS brings vast experience to today’s most complex Audio Visual Projects. Video Conferencing, Video Telepresence, Video Streaming, Digital Signage, Wireless Digital Signage, Video Walls, Command and Control Centers, Network Operation Centers, large campus meeting and training room networks, multi-site implementation of collaboration technology, unified communication projects, worship and fellowship centers, Video Surveliance, Closed Circuit TV Networks, Sound Masking, Audience Voting Systems, LCD Film or LCD Glass or Electric Glass applications, Outdoor Audio Systems
No guess work, we have proven experience and references doing all of these and more. We would welcome the opportunity to consult or be contracted to support any of these projects. It really is about what we know and not what we sell. MMS also has a GSA contract that we can use as a vehichle to support these professional services.
MMS is an Audio Visual Systems Integrator that by the reality of what we have done for the past 20 plus years has developed advanced project management skills. Today’s world of integration is one that involves understanding the logistics and dynamics of how multiple teams work together to complete a project or task. MMS has several seasoned project managers that can be contracted to act as owner’s representatives or project managers on complex Audio Visual Projects.
MMS knows how to work with the trades to get things done. We understand that we must logically work with the HVAC Team, the Network Team, the Site Security Team, Electrical Subcontractor Team, Architect Team, Lighting Contractor Team, Acoustical Team, Plumbing Team & Interior Design Team. We know how to run or support the weekly progress meetings and help keep everything on track. We also understand the essential element of communicating pro-actively with all teams and the owner.
MMS would welcome the opportunity to support you and your team with contracted project management. Please contact Steve White @ swhite@m-media.com or 865 681 2575
With flexibility comes complexity at least when it comes to large audio visual projects. Today organizations are faced with the challenge of supporting both today’s most current technology and legacy equipment of that same technology. So our systems have to provide great flexibility and with that flexibility comes complexity in the form of lots and lots of options. While providing these options are just what all of us in the professional audio visual systems integration business do, what many do not do is compliment competency with the ability to communicate clearly how to embrace and utilize the delivered solution.
MMS understands and embraces professional training to support every single project. We also have the ability to develop and deliver professional training on systems that we physically did not design or install. MMS would welcome the opportunity to develop and provide professional training for your organization associated with Audio Visual Installations. Please contact Steve White @ swhite@m-media.com 865 681 2575
Included on every MMS installation is 90 days of total support. Our support services include phone, Video and on-site. Our experience and trained integration and installation team have the experience and know how to diagnose challenges quickly and if replacement is required, we work with the manufacturers to provide expedient replacement any failed component. After the first 90 days of support we offer professional service and support contracts that extend that total support program provided in the first 90 days.
MMS knows that a successful sell is more than just delivery and installation, it must include long term dependable support by a team of trained professionals. Please contact Steve White @ swhite@m-media.com or 865 681 2575 to discuss how MMS can serve your organization and bring that investment you made back to life .