CGT Inside News - 9/28/2005
Coca-Cola HBC Promotes Enterprise Mobility, Deploys 6,000+ Mobile Computers
By Alliston Ackerman, News Editor, [email protected]
September 29, 2005 - To help increase productivity and improve operational efficiency within its organization, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) S.A. in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) selects Symbol Technologies to provide an enterprise mobility solution. Serving a population of more than 500 million consumers across 26 countries, Coca-Cola HBC will equip more than 6,000 associates across EMEA with Symbol MC9000 mobile computers.
The Symbol mobility platform replaces a range of working practices that were based on paper, expensive laptops and delicate PDAs. Coca-Cola HBC expects the solution to support its mobile enterprise strategy of capturing and delivering accurate information while workers are on the road, such as inventory, delivery schedules and store set-up and displays to its mobile workforce, customers, partners and suppliers in a timely fashion.
"The MC9000 mobile computer provides us with the ability to both capture data and have timely access to business critical information from various points in the supply chain," says Vagelis Ballas, manager of IT mobile solutions, Coca-Cola HBC. "The MC9000 mobile computer offers an intuitive mobility tool for increased productivity within our sales, driver and technician teams."
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By Alliston Ackerman, News Editor, [email protected]
September 29, 2005 - To help increase productivity and improve operational efficiency within its organization, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) S.A. in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) selects Symbol Technologies to provide an enterprise mobility solution. Serving a population of more than 500 million consumers across 26 countries, Coca-Cola HBC will equip more than 6,000 associates across EMEA with Symbol MC9000 mobile computers.
The Symbol mobility platform replaces a range of working practices that were based on paper, expensive laptops and delicate PDAs. Coca-Cola HBC expects the solution to support its mobile enterprise strategy of capturing and delivering accurate information while workers are on the road, such as inventory, delivery schedules and store set-up and displays to its mobile workforce, customers, partners and suppliers in a timely fashion.
"The MC9000 mobile computer provides us with the ability to both capture data and have timely access to business critical information from various points in the supply chain," says Vagelis Ballas, manager of IT mobile solutions, Coca-Cola HBC. "The MC9000 mobile computer offers an intuitive mobility tool for increased productivity within our sales, driver and technician teams."
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