Orix Life Insurance, pride themselves on being a customer-first organization, who focus on providing complete customer satisfaction. To help meet increasing demands and work more flexibly, Orix adopted hotdesking in their Tokyo head office and needed a high-quality speakerphone to upgrade their conference rooms.
The Challenge
Orix needed speakerphones that offered the highest-quality audio performance, were flexible, easy to use and manage, and secure, and turned to the world’s leading professional audio brand. With web meetings on the rise, and more staff working flexibly, Jabra speakerphones are high quality, easy to use, and portable, making them the ideal solution for online meetings both in the office and at home. To fully equip their Tokyo office meeting rooms, Orix invested in 60 Jabra Speak 710 and 26 Jabra Speak 810 speakerphones.
Amazing clarity. Better productivity.
According to Kazuyuki Abe, General Affairs Facilities Team Director, the superior audio quality made an immediate and tangible difference to the team’s communications.
Investing in Jabra solutions has helped to boost productivity. Kazuyuki Abe explained that before Orix chose Jabra, they struggled with poor audio quality in meetings, but their experience with Jabra Speak was completely different.
Thanks to Jabra, “the call clarity is amazing, picking up even quiet voices at the edge of the room clearly. Before, we would constantly have to ask people to repeat themselves, and pretty soon everyone was in a bad mood. Meetings now go very smoothly – and take less time.”
Easy, quick and popular
Mr Abe says that the Speak’s usability is another reason for its popularity. “Our meeting rooms are very popular and busy with people booking them for online meetings. Everyone really likes that you can simply plug a Speak into a USB port and get started. They’re so easy to set up and use that you can make the most of your time and know you’ll have a great meeting.”
Lower support costs. Simple to secure.
There’s a positive impact too on support costs as Takashi Majima from the General Affairs Facilities Team explains: “Our previous teleconferencing system was hard to use, so the support team got called into the conference rooms every time there was a meeting. Since switching to Jabra there’s been no problems. Everyone’s been able to use the Speak devices – we’ve had zero support tickets raised. It really makes the support team’s job a lot easier.”
Having device security is also a big deal, as there is a shrinkage risk associated with small devices like speakerphones, so being able to fix them in place is important”. Jabra offered an easy solution, with the ability to secure the Speak devices with a Kensington lock. “After all, our meeting rooms are in high demand, and the last thing we want is for someone to book a room and then find the Speak has gone walkabout” explains Takashi Majima.
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.
