Beaver Group selects Autodesk PLM 360

Beaver Group is an agency specialising in digital media, design and creative solutions.

They are made up of two companies, Beaver Solutions and Beaver Design. Beaver Solutions provides digital media solutions (such as digital signage, way finding, interactive kiosks, AV, etc.) and Beaver Design provides design and print (such as websites, web tools, mobile apps, video production, etc.)

In addition, they also work with their specialist sister company, Signature Digital Menus. Signature Digital Menus is a sister company of Beaver Solutions, it's a specialist company/brand that provides digital menu boards (it works alongside Beaver Solutions to do this).

Beaver group manages the entire design, project management and Installation process of their digital menus and signs. They have been searching for a PLM solution for some time that brings together all aspects of the design process for internal staff, external suppliers and customers. With the added advantage of being available on mobile devises.

They did not want to invest in heavy infrastructure, so was put off in the past as the upfront investment was just too much. PLM 360 being cloud based changed this, it's also a perfect fit because it allows them to configure the software to fit with the ever changing demands and requirements from their customers.

Idea Generation..

To Design...

They intend to capture and manage the entire design process from the initial sketches done on site at the customer, all the way through the compliance checking once the installation is complete.

Beaver Group has won many design awards..

WINNERS in the highly competitive "Marketing Week Engage Awards 2011", with dramatic sales uplift at Burger King, from our sister company Signature Digital Menus.

WINNERS of "Digital Signage Project of the Year 2010" from the AV Awards, for designs and content strategies at Burger King, from our sister company Signature Digital Menus.

We even have a similar sign in our office in the UK !

I will be posting regular updates and progress reports on how they are streamlining their current process.

Cheers for reading...Mike

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