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Wireless communication is an integral part of today's mobile work force and it is also an integral component of the BelTek’s Mobile Sales and Route Accounting Solutions. In fact, BelTek’s solutions have used wireless capabilities for the past 10 years and it is this long history of working with wireless providers and services that has given us the opportunity to build solid wireless functionality. Wireless communications come in many shapes and forms and are known by many terms like WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network), WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network), WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) and BelTek supports them all. Our solutions have been developed to support features such as Bluetooth and 802.11(Wi-Fi) printing, as well as remote communication with the mobile handhelds using 802.11, GSM/GPRS, and CDMA 1XRTT.
BelTek’s wireless functionality has allowed our clients to become less reliant on printer cables and telephone lines and become more focused on performing their tasks. Mobile Sales Representatives no longer have to search for and fumble with cables so they have more time to do their work. BelTek’s wireless functionality also allows the corporate office to have "real time" visibility to sales and inventory in the field. As orders, invoices, and inventory transfers occur they are instantly uploaded to the corporate server and if the Mobile Sales Representative is outside of a wireless coverage area the data is stored and then transferred when a signal is received. All of this happens in the background so it never interferes with the Mobile Sales Representatives duties.
Ginsters, the brand leader of the savory filled pastry market in the United Kingdom, implemented BelTek’s Mobile Sales and Route Accounting Solution with wireless communications and saw immediate savings in time and paper. “At Ginsters, BelTek’s wireless solution simply means time. Customers, who used to order sandwiches from their previous supplier two days in advance, can now place orders with us as late as 10 PM the night before, and we can deliver them first thing in the morning. They get exactly what they need without having to guess several days in advance. From a management’s perspective we can see what is going on in the field in real time. This allows us to manage things like missed stops and sales performance right away, and we can do something about it, rather than read about it days later when it is too late to react. Another great advantage we’ve seen is the paperless environment. We no longer have to manage 30,000 paper invoices a week. Everything is managed electronically and our people can focus on growing the business instead of pushing paper,” states Shaun Galloway, Finance and Administration Director, Ginsters.
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