As the summer draws to a close, administrators, teachers, and numerous other officials are busily preparing schools for the return of hundreds of lively students. Textbooks are being organized, classrooms are being decorated, and supplies are being ordered. With countless details to consider, it is difficult to keep a school running as efficiently as possible,…
School clocks are a particularly funny situation. For a device that every single person within a school must look at more than ten times a day, they seem to go unnoticed for the most part. In fact, the only time the clocks seem to stand out to the teachers, students, or staff that use them…
Most people don’t realize how important the little things are in a facility. A variety of everyday items such as computers, projectors and intercom systems keep things running normally throughout the day. Another item that often gets overlooked is the clock system. Having clocks that are not on time in your facility can cause disorder…
Here at Sapling, we have always strived for excellence when it comes to customer service. The dealers that carry our product are an important asset, and making sure we do proper business with them has always been one of our main concerns. However, we know that as the company keeps on growing, there will always…
In the United States, there are many healthcare facilities that still do not have synchronized hospital clocks. Often times, battery-operated clocks or clocks that plug into the wall are bought from thrift or department stores are hanging up around the hospital. Each one of those clocks has a different time from one another. Not all…
At Sapling, we wanted to create a master timing device that delivered the correct time out to all the clocks in a building or facility while equipped with additional features that the user would find very helpful in their facility. We developed many different technologies to do so. Through wireless, wired, and Internet Protocol (IP)…
Is your healthcare facility falling behind in the technology department? Do you walk into other hospitals or nursing homes and see miniscule, but notable upgrades in the equipment these places use that your facility doesn’t? There is a common issue among healthcare facilities around the country where the most up-to-date equipment has not yet been…
Being an IT Administrator for a company can be a stressful occupation. After all, you’re responsible for all of the computers, network hardware, servers, software and security for an entire corporation. It can be a taxing job, especially with how quickly technology advances and progresses in such a short period of time. One area of…
During the years of elementary, middle, or high school, you may remember commonly looking up at a clock on the wall and seeing it was minutes or hours off. You might even remember seeing clocks that would not even move—stuck in time since the moment of their mechanical failure. These school clocks, as old and…
Like any industry out there, healthcare facilities need accurate time to function properly. Installing hospital clocks in these facilities is a given. Whether you are in the cafeteria, an emergency room or doctor’s office, clocks can usually be seen just about anywhere in a hospital. There are several reasons why having a hospital clock is…
Nowadays, there are still lots of reasons why things like stopwatches and timers are used on a daily basis. Many businesses in many industries need to keep track of activities in order to ensure things like quality and safety. One technology that is particularly used often to facilitate timing is the IP clock. Not only…
Manufacturing plants all share one very common challenge—staying on schedule. The pick-up or delivery of finished goods must be on-time to keep customers happy. Deliveries of raw goods must arrive at a specified part of the work day and unloading them into the facility must occur in an orderly fashion. Many manufacturing plants are able…
Just a few months ago, my trip abroad was, unfortunately, coming to an end. After just three and a half months of visiting in Rome, Italy and traveling throughout Europe, I had been on 18 planes, to 16 cities within eight different countries, and slept on a countless number of hotel beds. It was without…
When it comes to building projects, architects and engineers face many challenges as they design new facilities and remodel older ones to fit the needs of today’s various organizations. Some of the factors that come into play include appearance, metrics, sustainability, retrofitting and interfacing capability. At The Sapling Company, we design and produce our clock…
With such a wide coverage throughout the globe, military camps, bases, office complexes, and airstrips have become more common than ever. The military presence of both the U.S. and many other countries has grown out into neighboring countries as well as in the backyard of our own territories. Along with the sprawling of military infrastructure…
Using synchronized time in universities has become a standard in higher education for years. In fact, more and more school clock systems are being implemented within new construction or remodeling projects throughout the country and abroad. When it comes to getting what you need out of timekeeping, synchronized school clock systems offer just the kind…