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Digitalisation, the bet of the brave during the pandemic

Digitalisation, the bet of the brave during the pandemic
  • Romania’s largest courier company deploys Honeywell CT60 and EDA51 mobile computers in response to growing demand for home delivery in Romania
  • Android-based rugged computers and cloud-based performance software will enable FAN Courier to maximize speed, security and accuracy of logistics; explore new, diversified future service offerings

BUCHAREST, Romania, 22 February 2021 – As more people turn to online shopping, logistics services across Romania are facing unprecedented demand. In response, FAN Courier, Romania’s largest courier company, has deployed more than 5,000 rugged mobile computers from global technology company Honeywell (NYSE:HON) to its delivery drivers and warehouse operators across the country, as part of an ongoing project to upgrade its operations with latest digital technologies.

Supporting the company’s digitalization investment roadmap, FAN Courier is also using Honeywell’s Operational Intelligence Professional software, a centralized cloud-based platform that enables it to keep track of its new devices, manage their operational status and reduce unplanned downtime to give customers an even more trusted, reliable service.

The new devices combine the ruggedness of traditional personal mobile computers with a design similar to personal mobile phones, so new drivers can train and on-board faster.

FAN Courier appointed Total Technologies to supply the solutions, extending the two companies’ 14-year history of collaboration. FAN Courier evaluated three classes of rugged device from four manufacturers, before selecting the Honeywell – Total Technologies package to provide its drivers with maximum uptime and productivity in the field.

Commenting on the investment, Daniela Catrinoiu, Chief Information Officer at FAN Courier, said: “During these unprecedented and challenging times, FAN Courier is harnessing the very latest technology to keep Romania’s commerce moving. We have a long-standing partnership with Honeywell and Total Technologies on innovation that helps us deliver the world class service our customers expect. Through this latest investment we can now also explore the potential to provide customers with additional services in the future, to help make their daily lives even easier.”

In addition, FAN Courier has also deployed Honeywell’s ScanPal EDA51 mobile computers for its warehouse personnel to drive productivity and accuracy of warehouse operations. Like the CT60 devices, Honeywell EDA51 devices run on the Android operating system and are also being centralized and managed using Honeywell’s Operational Intelligence platform.

“Through this investment in our latest mobile computers and Operational Intelligence software, FAN Courier is showing that it is prepared to react fast and push the boundaries when it comes to technology, to help its customers adjust to this rapidly changing environment,” added Ronald Binkofski, president Central and Eastern Europe, Honeywell. “FAN Courier’s investment in latest innovation from Honeywell reflects how digital transformation can unlock new value for the logistics sector, and even has the potential to create new diversification opportunities and exciting additional revenue streams for companies in the sector.”

The CT60 is built on Honeywell’s Mobility Edge platform, a unified hardware and software architecture with an integrated software toolset that extends asset life, accelerates deployment and simplifies management of mobility solutions. The only platform that guarantees support through Android R, Mobility Edge enables IT departments to reuse their investment in solution development and software certification across multiple computer form factors.

FAN Courier has relied on Honeywell technologies across its operations for more than a decade. Alongside mobile computing, FAN Courier also uses Honeywell’s mobile printing systems for receipt printing, and its voice solutions to support hands-free operations across its logistics teams.

About Honeywell

Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions (SPS) provides products, software and connected solutions that improve productivity, workplace safety and asset performance for our customers across the globe. We deliver on this promise through industry-leading mobile devices, software, cloud technology and automation solutions, the broadest range of personal protective equipment and gas detection technology, and custom-engineered sensors, switches and controls. For more information, please visit: sps.honeywell.com.

About FAN Courier Anywhere, with pleasure

FAN Courier has been the leading courier service in Romania since 2006, and continues to be a reliable partner of all those who choose our services, with the same passion and dedication for each delivery.

Every night, FAN Courier’s cars cover 103,348 kilometers and 137 routes over the entire country. We decrease the distances between people and the pace never slows because we have the most dedicated couriers, a wonderful team always ready to receive new members.

Founded in 1998 by Adrian Mihai, Neculai Mihai and Felix Patrascanu, FAN Courier is ranked 12th in the Top 100 of the most popular and enduring Romanian brands, a position given each year by Biz magazine, and is winner of the SUPERBRANDS award for the second time in less than five years. For more news and information on FAN Courier, please visit http://www.fancourier.ro

About Total Technologies KEEP YOUR BUSINESS CONNECTED TO THE FUTURE 
 
Total Technologies® with over 28 years of experience in the IT market, is called by many experts ''a company of the future'' specialized in integrating automatic data collection, Honeywell Voice technology, RFID and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR), for those in need of complete digital collection and processing solutions. Our solutions and applications are integrated into industries spanning: Retail, Courier, Logistics, Transport, Production, Distribution, Warehouse, FMCG, Health, Public Administration.

Most important awards received in recent years regarding the innovative digital solutions that Total Technologies offers for business environments:

  • Total Technologies® obtained the prize for SUPPLY-CHAIN INNOVATION 2018 for the Honeywell Voice solution, within the EXPO Transit 2018 event.
  • Total Technologies® obtained the prize for SUPPLY-CHAIN INNOVATION 2019 for the FETCH ROBOTICS solution, during the Transit Expo 2019 event.

For more news and information on Total Technologies, please visit www.totaltech.ro.