Southern Wine & Spirits to Save Millions With IBM Wireless Warehouse25 June 2006
in less than seven months. Work began afterSouthern Wine & Spirits combined three separate distribution sites into onelarge warehouse to reduce errors and improve efficiencies. "Since the completion of the wireless warehouse system, we can fillcustomer orders more efficiently with far greater accuracy than before,"said Jason Witty, Director of Information Technology for Southern Wine &Spirits' Florida operations. "IBM has helped us achieve an infrastructurethat is stable, resilient and a foundation for future technology." IBM designed a VoIP telephony system that allows employees to use wirelesscommunication throughout the entire facility. The system deployed wasdesigned to support the Lakeland facility and act as a hub for all ofSouthern Wine & Spirits' distribution facilities. In addition to providing the integration services such as site surveys,project management, and network installation, IBM collaborated with Cisco,a Premier IBM Business Partner, to complete the project on time and underbudget. The wireless warehouse solution includes Cisco Call Manager, Unityvoicemail and unified messaging solutions and wireless radio frequencyhandheld devices from Symbol Technologies. "Building the warehouse with the latest wireless technology is an exampleof how we are committed to improving our operations to better serve ourcustomers," Witty said. "With IBM's help, we are now more flexible andresponsive." Southern Wine & Spirits is the nation's largest wine, spirits, beer andnon-alcoholic beverage distributor. Founded in 1968, theMiami-headquartered company has grown rapidly from a Florida distributorand now operates in 21 states. For more information please visit:www.southernwine.com For more information on IBM, please visit www.ibm.com Contact:Gretchen McWhorterIBM(404) 238-6664 or (770) 289-3310gmcwhort@us.ibm.com SOURCE: IBM
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