To cater for a vibrant market, Spain’s Renfe Mercancías has built a rail freight network that crosses the country. The business has been built on providing reliable services -to serve customers. This freight network and its management is important for their clients, that use Renfe Mercancías for either dedicated rail transport or for transporting goods in multi-customer convoys. Their traffic management center is called the ‘Operations Management Center’, which was recently upgraded with Barco UniSee LCD video walls that improve visualization and 24/7 collaborative services across the network.
The Operations Management Center controls, supervises and analyzes the company’s operations to run smoothly. It gives a broad overview of the state of the network, while allowing operators to drill down fast when they need to view specific situations. This allows them to respond in real-time to issues that might arise – whether that be an unforeseen technical issue or changes to trains requested by customers. What’s more, Renfe Mercancías involves its customers in this process. Using GPS technology and the Renfe´s Copernicus system, they can closely track the goods, locomotives, wagons, and train drivers. So they, in turn, can better organize their logistics. “Our commitment to technological and process innovation enables us to provide increasingly efficient operations with higher levels of competitiveness,” according to Andrés Novillo Romero, Director de producción at Renfe Mercancías.
Bezel-less video wall for more effective decision-making
The key to better decisions is better information. With its bezel-less construction and tiny 0.3mm mechanical gap, Barco UniSee gives operators the impression of watching a single screen. This is underlined by the continuous, real-time color and brightness calibration that creates perfectly balanced images across the whole surface. For the easiest ongoing use, the whole system takes up a minimum of space, thanks to the front access for servicing. This reduces service time and consequently ensures optimal operational performance.
Seamless sharing with the people that count
For the most effective operations, several stakeholders must provide their input. These include operators in the control room, executives in crisis rooms, remote experts and workers in the field. Yet they have different requirements and are often in different locations. Barco’s TransForm N is the backbone network for swift data distribution. The networked AV platform allows decision-workers and decision-makers to choose a fixed set of relevant content and share it with the rest of the organization to enhance collaboration. TransForm N can manage a wide variety of different inputs, from over hundreds of different device types, and display them in exactly the way you want – on large overview walls, operator desktops, kiosks, or even mobile devices. This enables true collaboration, leading to better and faster decision-making.
A graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology, Doug has been in the Technology industry since 1976 and actively oversees Fearing’s daily operations. Along with his wife, Lois, and three others, Doug started Fearing’s in a 600 square-foot facility in Portage, Wisconsin. In the 25 years since, the company has grown to over 30 employees with offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Doug likes to say he’s a “TV Technician with a dream� going back to his history with the family’s original business-Fearing’s TV and Appliance.
Doug values time with family, watersports, hiking, snowshoeing and skiing. In addition to being a devoted member of his church, Doug serves as Board President for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County, Board member of Schools for Haiti and Scripture Chair of the Gideons-Portage camp.
A graduate of MATC, Lois oversees Fearing’s daily book keeping along with various HR responsibilities.
Along with Doug, Lois is deeply connected to community outreach, serving as a Board member and Fundraising Committee Chairperson for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County. She also serves on the Schools for Haiti Fundraising committee. In addition, Lois’ ongoing passion and commitment to provide care for the elderly comes from her 10-year history of working in a Reedsburg, Wisconsin Nursing home.
Lois enjoys singing, hiking, sunny days on the pontoon, and spending time with her 4 grandchildren.
Ehren drives Fearing’s technology by continually seeking out trends to enhance capabilities while supporting Sales, Engineering and Installation teams. Throughout his years with Fearing’s, Ehren’s talent and vision have joined forces to create a wide variety of projects and strategic solutions that exceed expectation.
Ehren loves music, family time, movies, nature, sustainability efforts and electric vehicles.
With 10 years with Fearing’s and over twice that long in the industry, Ben continues to lead, coordinate, and develop the Commercial AV team.
By consistently delivering an outstanding experience and outcome, Ben contributes to the Fearing’s legacy of long-lasting partnerships that truly make a difference. Whatever the Commercial AV need may be, Ben and team deliver at the highest level.
Ben is an avid fisherman and photographer. He enjoys coaching his sons and other youth.
Chris has been with Fearing’s for 20 years and in the industry for over 2 decades. As a Certified leader in Sales Acceleration and trained in EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems), Chris successfully utilizes his skills to lead the Fearing’s Salesforce. Chris and team are motivated and driven to develop new client partnerships while continuing to reinforce loyal long-term relationships with ongoing Service excellence.
Married for 19 years with 3 children, Chris enjoys skiing, hiking, fishing, boating, hunting, camping and golf. He’s also been actively involved as a Youth Football and Softball coach for his family and others.
