IKEA is a multinational group of companies that designs and sells ready to assemble furniture (such as beds, chairs and desks), appliances, small motor vehicles and home accessories. As of January 2008, it is the world’s largest furniture retailer. Founded in Sweden in 1943, as of June 2015, IKEA owns and operates 353 stores in 46 countries.

The company is known for its modern architecture designs for various types of appliances and furniture, and its interior design work is often associated with an eco-friendly simplicity. In addition, the firm is known for its attention to cost control, operational details, and continuous product development, corporate attributes that allowed IKEA to lower its prices by an average of two to three percent over the decade to 2010 during a period of global expansion. The IKEA group has a complex corporate structure and is controlled by several foundations based in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.

The Problem

How to improve manufacturing productivity and quality in the processing plant?

During production of different furniture equipment, Ikea wanted to identify the bottlenecks so that the supervisor can assigned more workers in a particular process. Ikea also wanted to have access to the production data in real time in which transparency brings pressure to perform and guarantees continuous improvements. A production planning is also needed that can push out instruction real time via a touch of a button from the back end server.

The Solution

Commercial Tablet with Secure OS and Hardware Protection

In 2015, Ikea installed 300 pieces of multiple Commercial Tablet (kiosk) in production line in POLAND, to recreate and reinforce digital message. These kiosk helped the production team in providing a more accurate data collection and faster workflow. The project revenue if approximately USD200,000- USD300,000. Poland is the first manufacturing plant location and IKEA will expand to other manufacturing plants.

Glory Star JARVIS tablet Enables Ikea to:

1. Making instruction available in electronic form by using tablets has delivered reliable traceability and improved productivity

2. Improve workflow production time through data collection

Checking process and procedure on the device force the workers to be more cautious while operating the machineries.

Originating in Japan, Genki Sushi is today the largest sushi chain in Hong Kong. Genki Sushi persists in selecting the freshest ingredients and providing the most professional services and original Japanese-style dining experience to dinners. They bring sushi within the reach of everyone.

The Problem

Genki Sushi had been implementing queuing systems with consumer Samsung tablets and have been facing with difficulties. The below are some of the challenges met:

1. Constant change of consumer tablet models caused re-investment in development and system upgrade which increased the cost to maintain the growth of the project.

2. Internet connection are dropped out at times due to unstable WIFI connection.

3. Receipt printer was necessary to be connected and a customized firmware on android platform was required for a stable performance.

4. Constant charging of the tablet caused the expansion of batteries and increased the defect rate.

The Solution

GAD101A- 10” JARVIS Commercial android tablet and NEB156- 15.6” Commercial Android Tablet.

With GAD101A and NEB156, customers could enter the number of dinning guest, a table would be allocated following a printed ticket and a message delivered to the guest’s phone when the table is ready. The 15.6inch Tablet was utilized as a display board displaying specials and queuing number. The benefits include:

The tablets are supported by Glory Star within 3-5 years of purchase, no re-development is required in their invested system.

Automatic detection of stronger signal between the LAN or WIFI when RJ45 LAN is connected.12V power cables are applied for steady performance.

Customized firmware on external modules such as printer allowed stable performance.

Mass deployment of tablets with one coherent operation is allowed.

Customer does not have to stand in front of the restaurant to wait for tables, they can move around until they receive a message notification.

Mohammad Ghaziri, a Beiruti citizen, established Barbarin 1979 amid the intensity of the Lebanese war. Ghaziri started with a small man’ousheh bakery to serve residents in his city. The shop, which opened facing the landmark Piccadilly theater in the heart of Beirut, gained fame from its varieties of man’ousheh: thyme, minced meat and cheese. Barbar’s hit was the man’ousheh with super melting akkawi cheese, deliciously topped with sesame seeds; the man’oushehw became famous.

Solution

Glory Star first asked Barbar Restaurant what type of CPU processor requirements were necessary to run their POS platform. Their POS platform managed every aspect of the restaurant from taking orders to managing inventory and more. Glory Star recommended the ULTRON 15inch and ULTRON 215 J1900 to be used as a POS tablet at the order taking terminal as well as the kitchen display. The Ultron is able to withstand the kitchen environment and allowing the chef to quickly read the orders on the screen.

By using the ULTRON Windows Tablet for Barbar restaurant, it has provided the following benefits:

Integrated all their business processes and managed their restaurant with a simple interface.
There is a solution for ordering, communicating with the kitchen, and bill payments; everything you need is on the screen.
It has replaced printer & paper based systems.
The kitchen display system replaces old printer and paper based systems, eliminated the cost for printer consumables
improving the communication between the kitchen and the front of the house staff.
it provided quicker turnaround time, less mistakes, and more satisfied customers.
Easy installation with less cabling.
Kitchen space is often sparse but the ULTRON Windows Tablet units are compact and designed to fit in many different locations.
Glory Star ULTRON Windows Tablet is VESA compatible and can be installed on a pole, wall or hang from the ceiling.
The all-in-one solution (PC and display integrated in one unit) reduces the amount to cabling.
Glory Star ULTRON Windows Tablet supports a second display, which makes installation easier and saves money

Telycam teamed up with Broadcast Technology Limited to introduce our PTZ camera – Vision+ 4KN to the University of Cambodia. This collaboration allowed students and aspiring media professionals to explore practical tools for visual storytelling, offering them hands-on experience with industry-relevant technology.

Hertz is a world’s leading vehicle renting organization and were looking to facilitate their clients with a fast, easy, intuitive way to sign agreements and receive them by email.

Hertz is a world’s leading vehicle renting organization, operates from approximately 7,700 locations in 145 countries worldwide. They were looking to facilitate their clients with a fast, easy, intuitive way to sign agreements and receive them by email.

The Problem

Before implementing the Glory Star tablets, customers were using large amount of paper for authorizing signature documents at car rental locations. This is the reason they named the project “Paperless branch” / Digital branch. Not only does paper create additional unnecessary costs , it is cumbersome, so shifting from paper-based to a digital (secure) process shortened the lines and made the entire customer experience to a much friendly one. There was a difficulty in finding a tablet that will perfectly suite customer needs. Robustness Direct connection to electricity and lack of battery.

The Solution

The Glory Star JARVIS 10inch tablet and Comda digital signature system displays documents for the signatories and are used as a graphical signing platform. Customers can also photo other documents and certifications and attach them with the tablet camera. The entire solution integrates with Comda’s digital signature system – the server names it Signer1. The android capabilities were utilized in order to build a paper like user experience with the highest level of security.