SYNERGY CONCEPTS, INC.
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SCI-GEMS

SCAVITS©™  SCI-GEMS™
REAL WORLD EXAMPLE

PROBLEM / SOLUTION / METHOD / RESULTS

MANAGEMENT PROBLEM

Liquidate two corporate subsidiaries located in two states with inventory at four locations and totaling over 17,000 serial numbered items in less than 60 days.

 

SYNERGY CONCEPTS SOLUTION

Hold an international real time interactive satellite auction using SCI-GEMS^™ technology.

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Designed, assembled and programmed:

• (1) Network file server system

• (1) Master control computer system

• (1) Master communications / SCAVITS©™ computer system

• (7) Site computer systems

• (1) Auctioneer's master computer / display system

Designed, assembled, tested, packed and air shipped:

• (6) 10 1/2 foot professional C-band TVRO systems

• (6) Remote site computer systems

• (7) High resolution Computer / Video projection systems

• (18) Automatic voice communications sets

Produced:

• 120 cassettes of field shot raw video

• 1000 minutes of edited master source video

• 3.5 hours of promotional broadcast video

• 28.75 hours of live multi‑camera, multi‑source audio / video and network duplex data feeds

• 50 master instruction manuals

• 20 technical manuals

Broadcast (Over 3 days):

• 26.75 hours terrestrial microwave multiple audio / video / data feeds

• 27.25 hours of multi‑subcarrier with video satellite T.V. feeds

Trained:

• (14) data systems operators (12 of which had never operated a computer-!)

• (7) TVRO tech crews

• (7) Presentation tech crews

• (1) Broadcast tech crew

• (2) Data systems managers

• (15) Voice communications operators

Supplied:

• (6) TVRO crews

• (1) Terrestrial microwave multi‑channel link

• (1) Large multi‑camera mobile production / broadcast van

• (6) Camera crew

• (2) Directors

• (1) Producer

• (18) Production staff

• All technical transportation, shipping, reservations and tracking of personnel and equipment

Documented or processed:

• Over 17,000 sale items

• 156 pages of buyers guide

• 17 crews to 7 locations in the US and Canada

• 29.75 hours of audio/video

• 26.75 hours of multi‑channel communications audio

• Approximately 800 registrants and LC's

• One export / import transaction

• 1348 lot sales

• Sales tax for more than 4 states

• Over 3800 transactions

• Over 3500 invoices

• Over 5000 delivery tickets

• Over 300 statements

• 428,000 miles of air travel

• Over 3000 expense transactions

• 100,000 pages of printing

• 26.75 hours of real time on line statistic output

• Over 60 hours of video auditing

 RESULTS:

The client had anticipated $3 million in gross sales.
Actual sales were over $4.5 million.

TOTAL COST:

Less than 5% of gross sales.

ELAPSED TIME:

Start to Finish ‑ 39 days.

AUDIT:

Bad transactions ‑ 0%.
Delivered items ‑ 100%.
Financial variance ‑ 0%.

P.O. Box 803088, Dallas, TX  75380-3088
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