After two months of running demo tests in early 2009 with three NEC LCD displays and a three-month pilot test in Arizona, Pei Wei went national with their digital signage in June and finished their deployment in October. Altogether, Pei Wei purchased 486 displays, three units at each of its 162 nationwide locations. The displays are installed in portrait mode near the entrance of the dine-in area of each restaurant.

Pei Wei’s internal graphic designers provided the creative services to build Flash files with Rise Vision software. Since the initial testing in January they have continually made changes to the different merchandising zones, which are now created in Adobe After Effects. One of the key advantages provided by the NEC / Rise solution is the ability to allow Pei Wei to manage everything remotely and scheduling content.

If you would like to read more about their deployment there is a great article at NextGenSelfService