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LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center

AV Install Case Study: Crocs Distribution Center, Dayton OH

LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center:

What do Crocs and Sharks have in common? Well, besides the teeth, you can find them both in a brand new Distribution Center in Dayton, Ohio. The LEA CONNECTSERIES amps have made their way into another system install. Thanks to our system integrator friends at Chapel-Romanoff Technologies (CRT), our CONNECTSERIES amps are powering the overhead paging system for this essential distribution venue. Now, Crocs has ensured that all health and safety protocols have been met in their new facility, during a global pandemic, when safety is critical.

Let’s dive in and take a closer look at the LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center…

The Spec:

Venue: Crocs Distribution Center, Dayton, OH

Install Purpose: Overhead paging system

Product Used: CONNECTSERIES CS354 (Qty. 3), CS352 (Qty. 1)

Total Wattage: 2,100 Watts

The Who & The Why

LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center

At the end of 2019, footwear giant Crocs made the decision to move its warehouse to a brand-new distribution center in Dayton, Ohio. At the time, the company had no idea just how its operations would be challenged in the months ahead, or how important the safety and operation of the distribution center would become as an essential facility. Fast forward to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted every corner of the globe, Crocs took the necessarily steps to install an overhead paging system in its new distribution center to ensure it was set up for business as usual in a world facing unusual circumstances.

Overhead paging is essential for health and safety protocols, providing emergency weather alerts, shelter-in-place orders and as well as operational directions to employees. The integrator knew that our CONNECTSERIES would be the perfect amplifier solution.

“For this project we didn’t need a two-channel amp with 1000 watts but we also didn’t want a 10-watt multichannel amp. LEA Professional is right in this sweet spot and provided us with an option for 4 and 8 channels in a single rack space between 200 to 300 Watts per channel.”

-Mark Cohea, Vice President AV Systems at CRT

The Integrator

LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center

Chapel-Romanoff Technologies (CRT), based in Ohio provides an extensive range of systems integration capabilities including the design and installation and service of voice/data, audio/video, security, life safety and mass notification systems.  CRT’s customers include leading corporations and institutions in technology-dependent markets, including defense, financial services, data management centers, biotech/healthcare and institutional industries.

Learn more about CRT and the services they provide by visiting our CRT Integrator Spotlight Blog.

In order to get the system quickly up and running, audio supplier Chapel-Romanoff Technologies (CRT), turned to LEA Professional to ensure Crocs could operate efficiently. CRT was commissioned to provide the overhead paging system for the facility which, at the time, had none.

The Install

LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center

Mark Cohea, Vice President AV Systems at CRT, was first introduced to LEA Professional at Infocomm 2019 and knew that the products would be the perfect fit for the distribution center. CRT used four of our CONNECTSERIES amplifiers including three of our Network Connect CS354 4-channel, 350 Watt units and one of our Network Connect CS352 2-channel, 350 Watt units. All four units include free access to the LEA Professional Cloud Platform, to provide systems integrators with powerful, reliable and secure remote monitoring and control capabilities.

LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center

“Getting the distribution center up and running became more important than ever as the shoe company was in demand by healthcare workers who utilize the comfortable footwear during long shifts. Not only that, but Crocs donated 14,000 pairs of shoes to Dayton Area Hospital Association to distribute through the local Ohio health systems.

Once the installation was complete employees at the distribution center underwent training sessions on the new system. So far, the feedback has been extremely positive.

Everyone has been very positive about the system and Crocs has already started discussing replicating it in its other centers,” said Cohea.

 

For CRT and Crocs, LEA Professional proved to be the perfect partner, ensuring the project was completed on time with equipment that was both powerful and reliable.

 

“We will definitely look at using LEA Professional amplifiers again in our upcoming projects, the team there was extremely responsive and easy to work with,” commented Cohea. “The relationship we have with LEA Professional is the relationship I aim to have with all our manufacturers.”

The Conclusion

LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center

We’d like to thank CRT for giving our CONNECTSERIES a chance in this project and we wish the best for everyone working hard at the Croc Distribution Center to deliver a great product during a time of great need. 

If you have any question or feedback about using our CONNECTSERIES amps in an install projects like the LEA Professional Install Crocs Distribution Center or any other projects, feel free to leave them in the comments below or reach out to us on our social media channels.

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