CirqueClub today has an article today with some insight into how the company keeps track of all its tons of equipment world wide. Chloé Gaudet, Special Correspondent to CirqueClub talks with Shawn Tucker, Tour Operations on the subject.
EVERY CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TOURING SHOW COUNTS ON SOME 80,000 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT TO RUN SMOOTHLY.
Every year, by land, sea and air, Cirque du Soleil moves an incredible amount of material of all kinds! This goes from the canvas for the Grand Chapiteau (Big Top), the rigging in an arena or theatre, all the way down to textbooks for our classrooms or the nuts and bolts that hold a stage together.
To manage, inventory and keep track of the physical condition of all this equipment, the Touring Shows Division’s Technical Operations department created an initiative called Global Equipment Management (G.E.M). With G.E.M., finding out the types of material assets Cirque du Soleil has and where it is stored or used is a quick and seamless process.
Read the rest of the article here.
{ SOURCE: CirqueClub }
