-AI-powered system "digitizes cleaning" by generating a heat-map of touched 
surfaces 
-Pinpoints specific areas that need to be cleaned 
-Monitors cleaning activity by cleaning crew to help ensure compliance

To help businesses meet new hygiene standards efficiently and affordably, 
meldCX, an enterprise software solution provider, has created SAMi(R) 
(www.meldcx.com/sami), a new surface monitoring feature on its Viana(TM) vision 
analytics platform. 

SAMi (Surface Awareness Management Intelligence) turns manual "clipboard and 
checklist" cleaning procedures into an efficient, digitally-driven and 
monitored process:

Step 1:    Cameras anonymously monitor surfaces, using AI to produce a heat-map 
of human contact without capturing any identifiable information
Step 2:    When critical levels are reached, a digital manifest is created and 
notifications sent
Step 3:    Cameras monitor cleaning activity by cleaning crew to help ensure 
compliance

Book a demo: www.meldcx.com/book-demo.

As well as helping to deliver better compliance and safety, SAMi ensures that 
resources aren't wasted on unnecessary cleans, or the wrong surfaces being 
cleaned. Businesses can pinpoint areas that specifically need cleaning and 
dispatch appropriate cleanup teams accordingly.

Each room can be viewed in real-time through the SAMi dashboard, and businesses 
can set thresholds for individual areas. There's also a mobile app for cleaning 
staff which provides exact details of an assignment, identifying specific high 
touch surfaces - tables, doorknobs, light switches - that need cleaning. 

"Due to the impact of COVID-19, businesses and workplaces have much stricter 
hygiene standards to comply with. In addition to existing cleaning schedules, 
specific surfaces must be cleaned when they reach the clean time interval, 
human proximity or contact threshold. SAMi automates this, alerting businesses 
to exactly when and where extra cleaning is required," explains Joy Chua, EVP 
Strategy & Marketing, meldCX.

Increased alertness for cleaning compliance

As well as meeting regulatory requirements, the system is also important for 
customer trust. At least 50% of respondents surveyed by 
McKinsey(https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/marketing-and-sales/solutio
ns/periscope/our-insights/surveys/~/media/A99E68262D584A639029AB7F27A782F6.PDF) 
expect stores to follow guidelines that will help keep both customers and 
employees safe.

"COVID-19 creates an environment where businesses have to ensure cleaning 
practices are adhered to and not left to chance. Using computer vision 
technology, SAMi is designed to help businesses reopen in a clean and safe way 
and have these processes automated," says Thor Turrecha, EVP SaaS, meldCX. 

This solution is built in collaboration with best-of-breed technology from tech 
partners Intel, Microsoft and Google.

"meldCX utilizes Intel Core processors and the Intel OpenVINO toolkit in SAMi 
to deliver a complete and easy to use solution, enabling companies to focus on 
employee and customer safety. By utilizing Intel hardware and software 
technology, meldCX is able to simplify deep learning inference at the edge for 
their customers." - said Jose Avalos, Intel VP of IOTG & GM, RBHE Vertical 
Markets

COVID-19 solutions by meldCX


SAMi is one of a series of COVID-19 solutions by meldCX. meldCX also has a 
range of antimicrobial solutions for existing and new commercial devices which 
can be purchased through meldCX or authorized resellers 
(www.meldcx.com/antimicrobial).

About meldCX (www.meldcx.com)

meldCX's mission is to empower businesses to create premier customer 
experiences through AI and intelligent edge technologies. Its flagship product, 
the meldCX Core Platform, is a leading comprehensive cross-OS enterprise 
platform for the development of digital transformation (DT), making it simple 
and cost-effective for organizations to develop, deploy and manage commercial 
applications for IoT devices and DT initiatives. meldCX also has a line of 
dedicated hardware and SaaS solutions.

SOURCE: meldCX

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