Video Conferencing: Finding the fit

Finding the fit and how different industries leverage video conferencing technology to meet their needs

Understanding how various industries utilize video conference, can help you leverage your newly implemented video conferencing solution, or, if you are still in the planning or implementation phase, provide you additional uses to include in your business case. As mentioned in the previous article, reducing expenses is a great foundational reason for video conferencing, but that is only the beginning. Look through the following lists, see how many of these examples you can leverage to increase the usefulness of your video conferencing solution.

Manufacturing

• Make decisions on product development and design.
• Hold quality control inspections across different locations.
• Provide experts for remote repair.
• Coordinate shipments with suppliers.
• Create a single company culture, even within a global organization.
• Prepare for business continuity plans.
• Conduct focus groups with customers.
• Offer ongoing staff training.

Finance

• Collaborate in real time, set daily strategies, share news and market conditions and make decisions without confusion.
• Extend expert financial services to customers regardless of location.
• Interview potential job candidates from afar.
• Offer training and consulting services.

Public Sector

• Coordinate action with departments and inter-agency task forces, including national, state and local government agencies.
• Conduct briefings with an increased level security.
• Provide cost efficient training.
• Promote telecommuting or work-from-home initiatives.

Public Safety

• Coordinate disaster recovery efforts.
• Establish mobile field command posts.
• Disseminate information to a wide audience.

Healthcare

• Provide remote diagnostics, regardless of location.
• Create a virtual doctor’s office, available anytime, anywhere.
• Link medical professionals for mentoring and consultations.
• Offer translation services for patients and medical staff.
• Participate in continuing medical education programs.

Education

• Collaborate with other educational institutions.
• Extend classes to students in rural or remote areas.
• Include presentations from experts and virtual field trips in your curriculum.
• Offer continuing education and training for instructors and staff.
• Hold administrative meetings among multiple campuses.

As you can see, video conference can be leveraged beyond internal meetings and integrated into your everyday business activities. Reducing expense of travel for internal meetings is just the tip of iceberg, once you start understanding the power of video conferencing, have the right solution in place, it easy to imagine how it can be used to deliver better services, increase customer satisfaction, and ease communications across a wide variety of solutions.

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