HPE J9420A Product Data Sheet

Objective

Create a future-proof, scalable Wi-Fi
network to serve as the backbone for
the new logistics centre

Approach

Compared multiple providers across a
set of 30 plus criteria

Case Study

Wollschläger goes wireless at
its new logistics centre

Retail enterprise installs reliable
HPE network solution

IT Matters

• HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework
(IRF) virtualisation technology ensures
that the company benefits from a
high-performance Wi-Fi network

• Simple configuration management
via HPE IRF

• The HPE Intelligent Management
Center (IMC) standard software
platform provides high levels of
transparency across the network status

Business Matters

• Reliable, high-performance Wi-Fi
network ensures the Wi-Fi network
in the logistics centre is very stable

• The company now has a future-proof
Wi-Fi network that can also be used by
the administrative department

• High levels of port security for all
data and systems, preventing
unauthorised access

Wollschläger uses solely
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
components to create a Wi-Fi
network for its new logistics
centre. The company has
installed a combination of
core switches, access points,
premium mobility controllers
and the HPE Intelligent
Management Center (IMC)
standard software platform
to create a high performing,
reliable and scalable solution.

Challenge

A highly reliable and available network

Within just 12 days, Wollschläger’s
employees moved around 400 lorry loads,
approximately 800 tonnes of material,
from the company’s existing site to its new
logistics centre on the opposite side of
Bochum. This was the biggest move that
the supplier of precision tools, welding
technology, health and safety and factory
equipment had ever carried out. The new
site not only serves as the central logistics
centre for the Wollschläger Group, but also
contains a rental and service point and
workshop. The site is also home to two
data centres, the mechanical engineering
department and a Wollschläger subsidiary.
The new centre brings all of the separate
areas of the company together under one
roof. This has enabled the company to
optimise its operational procedures and
improve the availability of its goods for
its customers, which are mainly industrial
companies, medium sized enterprises and
businesses in the trade industries.

Case study

Wollschläger

“The Wi-Fi network in the logistics centre is very stable. Having

high-performance 20GB connections in the most important areas of the
network is an excellent feature. And it also gives us plenty of options to
expand in the future - for example if the administrative department decides
to move to the new site.”

– Stefan Wörder, head of IT and project management, Wollschläger

Industry

Retail

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When it came to choosing the network for
the new logistics centre, the company was
looking for a future-proof, scalable solution
that would be able to support the company
as it grows. Wollschläger had already
installed a Wi-Fi network at its former
logistics site to improve the eiciency of
its warehouse logistics processes. Mobile
data capture devices were connected to the
SAP Extended Warehouse Management
System (SAP EWM), via Wi-Fi, which in turn
communicated with the SAP ERP system to
carry out tasks such as printing the invoices
for the relevant goods.

“The Wi-Fi network was ageing. As it was
installed some time ago, it wasn’t designed
for full redundancy, it didn’t have tools for
monitoring performance and the security
definitely needed some improvements,”
says Erdogan Caymaz, head of IT core
services at Wollschläger.

“We wanted to address and correct these
issues when we installed the Wi-Fi network
at the new logistics centre. As it was a new
build, we had the benefit of being able to
design the network from the ground up.”

During the planning phase, Wollschläger
began to research network component
manufacturers and solutions providers who
could take care of the installation.

The company’s catalogue of requirements
covered a total of over 30 criteria covering
technical, business-related and so-called
‘soft’ factors. Points were then assigned for
each parameter. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
and its partner K&K Networks achieved the
highest overall points total.

Solution

A Wi-Fi network with all-HPE
components

“The technologies behind HPE’s network
components really impressed us,” says
Caymaz. “From a business point of view,
it was very important to have a flexible
partner on our side who would talk to us
on our level as a medium-sized enterprise,
and also make the solution aordable for us.
We believed that K&K Networks would
be the best company to meet these
needs - and we were right.”

The company installed two HPE 7510 switch
chassis as a communications hub and
over 20 HPE MSM460 dual radio 802.11n
access points along with more than 50 HPE
MSM466 dual radio 802.11n access points,
ensuring the Wi-Fi network was accessible
across the entire logistics centre.