Case Study: Halperns' achieves reliable freezer-ready WiFi and cloud-managed network with Cisco Meraki

Top food company deploys WiFi in harsh, industrial environment to great results

Halperns', an Atlanta-based purveyor of steak and seafood with about 100 employees, needed reliable wireless across a harsh, industrial facility — including a 40,000 sq. ft. freezer at -10°F — so handheld scan guns and laptops could perform inventory checks without frequent access point failures. Non-commercial APs kept failing and on-site hardware corroded, and the company wanted a solution that supported multi-site management without on-site IT; they evaluated and chose Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN for its cloud management and durable access points.

Smartwave Technologies deployed nine Cisco Meraki MR11 APs (802.11n) after a three-day site survey, creating a seamless, high-speed network that immediately stopped the connectivity complaints. Cisco Meraki’s cloud-managed solution delivered zero AP failures in the freezer environment, consistent scanner and laptop access, built-in reporting and rogue-device visibility, lower quoted cost than alternatives, and a scalable remote-management model that Halperns' will expand to other facilities.

Halperns'

Brandon Ensley

Manager of Technology