{"id":20158,"date":"2016-09-09T07:42:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T14:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=20158"},"modified":"2016-09-15T08:30:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:30:43","slug":"toshiba-powers-carolina-panthers-gameday-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/sales-and-service\/2016\/09\/toshiba-powers-carolina-panthers-gameday-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Toshiba Powers Carolina Panthers\u2019 Gameday Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-20159 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9-9-16-panthers-photo.jpg\" alt=\"9-9-16-panthers-photo\" width=\"286\" height=\"286\" \/>The Carolina Panthers have built themselves into an elite team in the NFL with a real shot at repeating its Super Bowl appearance this year. That success was built largely on the blood and sweat spent by the team\u2019s players and coaching staff, but Toshiba technology played a role behind the scenes and on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Toshiba&#8217;s industry-recognized e-STUDIO multifunction products (MFPs) \u2013 integrated throughout the organization\u2019s North and South Carolina facilities \u2013 helped Panther players and team personnel prepare for each summer exhibition, regular season, and playoff home game leading up to the Championship in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Toshiba color MFPs have produced all of the team\u2019s vibrantly-colored playbooks and individual game plans to help head coach Ron Rivera, offensive and defensive coordinators, Mike Shula and Sean McDermott prepare their players for gameday action throughout the Panthers\u2019 breakout season. Since 2006, Toshiba\u2019s e-STUDIO products have been delivering game preparation documents for players and coaches while also producing player contracts, marketing collateral and an array of other content management needs for administrative employees.<\/p>\n<p>Toshiba MFPs \u2013 located in every department at the team\u2019s Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC offices \u2013 additionally scan and transfer playbooks to players\u2019 and coaches\u2019 tablets while enabling them to easily access and prepare for any upcoming game from their mobile device. Prior to the installation of the products, players and coaches had to manually input this vital information onto the tablets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been very happy with the performance and functionality of Toshiba\u2019s MFPs,\u201d said Carolina Panthers Director of Sponsorship Sales, John Berger. \u201cJust as important, the company\u2019s sales and support team, led by Mike Johnson (Toshiba account manager) has been there at every step to ensure that everything runs smoothly for every department during the week as well as for our on-field and entertainment staff on gameday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of the team\u2019s dominant performance in the Conference Championship to advance to the Championship, the Toshiba team quickly decided to deliver an e-STUDIO4540C \u2013 the MVP of the color MFP line \u2013 to the Panthers\u2019 San Jose hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Their quick thinking allowed Panther coaches to create opponent scouting reports and preliminary game plans \u2013 which were immediately uploaded to the players\u2019 tablets \u2013 upon their arrival in the Bay Area 10 days prior to the most important game of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToshiba\u2019s responsiveness to our diverse content management needs has been remarkable,\u201d Berger added. \u201cWhether producing sales and marketing materials during the offseason, playbooks throughout the pre-, regular and post season, or shipping one of their most robust copiers to our hotel to help us prepare for the Championship, having Toshiba as a partner has been a great asset for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Panthers have built themselves into an elite team in the NFL with a real shot at repeating its Super Bowl appearance this year. That success was built largely on the blood and sweat spent by the team\u2019s players and coaching staff, but Toshiba technology played a role behind the scenes and on the sidelines. Toshiba&#8217;s industry-recognized e-STUDIO multifunction products (MFPs) \u2013 integrated throughout the organization\u2019s North and South Carolina facilities \u2013 helped Panther players and team personnel prepare for each summer exhibition, regular season, and playoff home game leading up to the Championship in 2015. Toshiba color MFPs have produced all of the team\u2019s vibrantly-colored playbooks and individual game plans to help head coach Ron Rivera, offensive and defensive coordinators, Mike Shula and Sean McDermott prepare their players for gameday action throughout the Panthers\u2019 breakout season. Since 2006, Toshiba\u2019s e-STUDIO products have been delivering game preparation documents for players and coaches while also producing player contracts, marketing collateral and an array of other content management needs for administrative employees. Toshiba MFPs \u2013 located in every department at the team\u2019s Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC offices \u2013 additionally scan and transfer playbooks to players\u2019 and coaches\u2019 tablets while enabling them to easily access and prepare for any upcoming game from their mobile device. Prior to the installation of the products, players and coaches had to manually input this vital information onto the tablets. \u201cWe have been very happy with the performance and functionality of Toshiba\u2019s MFPs,\u201d said Carolina Panthers Director of Sponsorship Sales, John Berger. \u201cJust as important, the company\u2019s sales and support team, led by Mike Johnson (Toshiba account manager) has been there at every step to ensure that everything runs smoothly for every department during the week as well as for our on-field and entertainment staff on gameday.\u201d Upon completion of the team\u2019s dominant performance in the Conference Championship to advance to the Championship, the Toshiba team quickly decided to deliver an e-STUDIO4540C \u2013 the MVP of the color MFP line \u2013 to the Panthers\u2019 San Jose hotel. Their quick thinking allowed Panther coaches to create opponent scouting reports and preliminary game plans \u2013 which were immediately uploaded to the players\u2019 tablets \u2013 upon their arrival in the Bay Area 10 days prior to the most important game of the season. \u201cToshiba\u2019s responsiveness to our diverse content management needs has been remarkable,\u201d Berger added. \u201cWhether producing sales and marketing materials during the offseason, playbooks throughout the pre-, regular and post season, or shipping one of their most robust copiers to our hotel to help us prepare for the Championship, having Toshiba as a partner has been a great asset for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1649,87,1638],"tags":[243,1668],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20160,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20158\/revisions\/20160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}