Sigma Alimentos Picks Userful for VNP Deployment

Userful Corporation, a leading provider of AV-over-IP solutions for enhanced video communication since 2015, announced today that Sigma Alimentos, a leading global branded refrigerated food company, has deployed Userful video wall technology at its headquarters’ main control room. Sigma Alimentos is headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico and maintains operations in the U.S., Mexico, Latin America and Europe. The company’s 2017 revenues totaled more than .3 billion and it deploys a fleet of more than 13,000 vehicles based at 208 distribution centers.

“Userful’s visual networking platform helps organizations manage their core operations, and help drive improved productivity and efficiency,” said John Marshall, CEO of Userful. “Sigma Alimentos’s deployment of Userful technology gives the company an important competitive advantage by ensure a continuous distribution operation, thus maximizing freshness, reducing spoilage and out of stocks, and ensuring the company’s products reach the right retailer at the right time.”

Sigma Alimentos has built a 4x2 control room video wall at its headquarters that serves multiple functions:

• Monitor distribution routes and weather to track vehicles moving to and from its distribution centers

• Manage and monitor their surveillance cameras in all distribution centers

• Show web content applicable to monitor its fleet, remote desktops via VNC for operators to interact with the video wall, and security cameras via web

Video wall operators use tablets to control the video wall using Userful’s friendly interactivity features, including interactive viewer and preset switcher.

“Userful is an innovator in visual display solutions and many companies have embraced Userful as a result of its power, flexibility and features,” said Sergio duSolier, president of ThinTechnologies, a Mexican reseller of Userful solutions. “Selling into the Mexican market can be a challenge, but the ability to deploy Userful for control room applications, as well as other applications such as digital signature and dashboards, makes Userful the product of choice in many situations. Our experience with Userful sales, marketing and support teams has been very positive.”

Sigma is a leading global branded refrigerated food company focused on the development, production, marketing and distribution of quality value-added foods, primarily packaged meats, cheese, yogurt and other refrigerated and frozen foods. Sigma has a diversified portfolio of leading brands and operates 70 plants in 18 countries across its four key regions: Mexico, Europe, the United States, and Latam. In 2017 Sigma reported sales of U.S. .0 billion and EBITDA of U.S. 6 million. Sigma employs more than 45,000 people.

About Userful Corporation

Userful provides the industry-leading approach to AV-over-IP-based communications, the Visual Networking Platform. The architecture allows organizations in industries ranging from telecommunications to transportation to take maximum advantage of video and other visual displays to improve operating performance and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO). Products that make up the Visual Networking Platform include software, a cloud platform and apps that enable AV/IT teams to make visual content of any type available on a virtually unlimited number of screens. Organizations in more than 100 countries have deployed Userful solutions on more than 1 million screens to date. To learn more or schedule a demonstration, please visit: www.userful.com.

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