Ultra-Modern Distribution Center Relies on an
Aruba ESP Network to Deliver World-Class Services to Vendors,
Retailers and Shippers
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today
announced that WIPTEC, a nationally recognized leader in order
fulfillment for the retail and e-commerce markets, has deployed an
Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) network at their new 1.7
million-square-foot distribution center in Longueuil, Quebec.
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WIPTEC, a nationally recognized leader in
order fulfillment for the retail and e-commerce markets, has
deployed an Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) network at their new
1.7 million-square-foot distribution center in Longueuil, Quebec.
(Source: WIPTEC)
WIPTEC manages a total of 85 million parcels per year from two
facilities, preparing and shipping hundreds of thousands of
products every day from an inventory of over 250,000 different
SKUs. Fulfilling orders for customers ranging from boutiques to
big-box retailers requires a rigorous process to maintain the
degree of precision that their clients have come to expect.
State-of-the-art equipment, combined with logistics management
systems, allows WIPTEC to automate operations and fulfill even the
most complicated orders accurately and on time.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated e-commerce demand, increasing
the need for technology solutions to reliably automate processes
while minimizing downtime, optimizing labor utilization, and
increasing the accuracy of order fulfillment. At the same time,
WIPTEC’s facility environments are challenging with very high
45-foot ceilings measuring over 1.7 million square feet. Modern
fulfillment centers need the right network infrastructure that
provides zero downtime, and fast, reliable access for thousands of
devices.
When it came time to assess the network needs for the new
Longueuil facility, WIPTEC’s objectives were to simplify the
deployment of switches and access points, centralize network
management capabilities and choose a solution that could scale to
meet future needs.
“The network is at the core of everything we do because our WMS
warehouse management system is used to access our database in
real-time,” said Jean Francois Robert, director of IT at WIPTEC.
“In our business, real-time is very important for us so we need the
fastest and most reliable network possible.”
To select their network solution, WIPTEC put out a formal RFP to
multiple vendors, including Aruba. After a thorough evaluation,
they decided to standardize the new facility on an Aruba ESP
network, with WiFi 6 indoor access points, outdoor access points,
access switches, and Aruba Central for network management.
“We choose Aruba because of the simplicity of deploying the
access points and switches, as well as the management capabilities
of Aruba Central,” explained Robert. “Aruba had the right solution
for us.”
Managing a Complex Environment
WIPTEC operates more than 10,000 networked devices for inventory
tracking, security, and lighting. These devices include bar code
and RFID scanners, mobile computers, tablets, wearables, video
displays, surveillance cameras, monitors, robots and automated
guided vehicles.
“We have video displays throughout the facility that relay
productivity data in real-time,” said Martin Ball, president and
CEO at WIPTEC. “We can see the number of orders in the system, and
that helps us know where to send our employees within the
fulfillment center to maximize productivity. It’s a dynamic
environment and to achieve our goal of maximum efficiency and
accuracy, we need real-time information displayed. This is all
relying on the Aruba network.”
For WIPTEC, every millisecond matters, and zero network downtime
is mission critical to the business. “With thousands of employees
and many, many thousands of requests to the database at the same
time, we need a system that won’t fail and will be very efficient
and fast,” said Robert. “We work seven days a week, 24 hours a day,
361 days per year,” added Ball. “So, the network needs to be up and
running all the time.”
Another benefit that WIPTEC is seeing from their Aruba ESP
network and their other technology solutions is with their employee
recruiting efforts. “Our objective in using technology is not to
replace humans, but rather to help humans do their jobs better,”
said Ball. “If we have good technology at the service of our
employees, it helps attract people and make them happy to work for
WIPTEC.”
WIPTEC is currently in the process of upgrading their legacy
infrastructure with Aruba solutions at their original facility.
Looking to the future, they plan to build more fulfillment centers,
including one for refrigerated and frozen food that is slated to
open in 2023.
About WIPTEC pick, pack & ship
WIPTEC pick, pack & ship is a Quebec founded company since
2002. For the past 19 years, the company has stood out as an expert
in order fulfillment for B2B (retail) and B2C (e-commerce) markets.
Situated in Sherbrooke & Longueuil, its modern and
technological infrastructure span a surface of over 2 300 000
square feet, employing over 1 000 associates daily and shipping 85
000 000 parcels per year. A leader always in search of innovative
solutions, WIPTEC offers companies all over the world,
comprehensive, efficient, integrated and highly strategic
solutions, from support of post-production products to shipping to
point-of-sale or residential addresses. Its operations also include
assembling activities, kitting, inventory management and process
engineering. Owner of its own software technology, LEAD WMS, WIPTEC
combines quality, productivity and advanced technology in its
numerous fulfillment centers. For more information, visit
www.wiptec.ca.
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global
leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions
that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive
powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform)
and as-a-service options, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to
helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial
requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker
environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide
area networking (WAN).
To learn more, visit Aruba at www.arubanetworks.com. For
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Media Contacts: Kari Curto Aruba, a Hewlett Packard
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Kathleen Keith Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
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