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Contact: Anyware Honored for "Sealing Up ROI" Anyware Mobile Solutions was selected as a finalist for one the best mobile deployments in 2005 by Mobile Enterprise magazine, the industry leader in providing information on how the latest mobile technology is implemented within the enterprise. Anyware received the recognition for a SealTrac deployment at The Bama Companies, Inc. BASE facility. The Mobilizer Awards honor the most effective mobile technology deployments. From Mobile Enterprise, "Contributors to Mobile Enterprise magazine's 2005 Mobilizer Awards came from a refreshing variety of industries and verticals and presented forward-thinking implementations that impressed us with their vision, execution and good-sense use of mobile technology...We had a record number of submissions this year in every category, resulting in tighter competition than in any previous year." The winners were announced in the August 2005 issue of Mobile Enterprise magazine. The follow is from the article, which can also be found at MobileEnterpriseMag.com. Sealing Up ROI “The main issue driving the SealTrac deployment was the [2002] FDA Bioterrorism Act,” reports Chris Kingham, director of marketing for Anyware Mobile Solutions. Imposing additional shipment tracking and reporting requirements, the Act spurred Midwestern corn syrup distributor Base to re-evaluate an inefficient and mistakeprone paper shipment tracking system. It approached Anyware with its problem, and the SealTrac custom application was the result. With Anyware’s development, Base switched to an electronic tracking system with partial deployment in fall 2004. With the old system, handwritten invoices were sent back to the office and manually input into spreadsheets, paving the way for transfer error; with the new process, bar-coded seals are scanned, and the information is wirelessly sent to the Base office server and automatically cataloged. Using PsionTeklogix 7537 handheld computers and communicating over Base’s existing Wi-Fi system, SealTrac maximizes worker efficiency and decreases the likelihood of rejected shipments. Despite some initial skepticism from end users in the field, the new technology was quickly accepted. The paper system was entirely dropped in favor of the electronic one in March 2005. Anyware also immediately recognized the market-wide potential for a shipment tracking application. SealTrac can run on any Windows-based device, and it can be configured to send information directly to the Anyware data center, so no in-house IT is required. “SealTrac was designed to be easily customizable for different environments, depending on specific customer requirements,” says Kingham. By using the company’s existing Wi-Fi network and home office infrastructure, Base also minimized deployment costs to the extent that the investment will easily pay for itself by year’s end. With each returned shipment representing a $25,000 loss for Base, the prevention of 1.5 rejections completely covers the cost of deployment.
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