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Summary

When a New Balance needed an IT refit across 17 stores, they turned to Telco ICT for an integrated approach.

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Tackling telco nationwide for a New Balance

How Telco ICT reconfigured 17 retail stores with no downtime and zero lost sales.

With retail stores spanning the country, this household name needed a way to tame their inefficient, outdated IT solutions in store and at HQ. How could such a shift happen with minimal impact to sales and valued customers?

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The challenge:

With close to 20 stores spanning shopping centres, strip malls and more, this New Balance knew the outdated IT systems connecting every sales point for their business left a lot to be desired.

While shoppers were blissfully unaware, these retail stores were running an unconnected approach and only had one business analyst on staff (not a dedicated IT resource) to deal with every issue. But this was just the tip of the iceberg. All IT equipment was at end of life. All stores were connected via MPLS in a private environment, with no ongoing and account management from a telecomms partner. Some stores still faced a shift to NBN, left behind with dragging internet connectivity and outdated equipment.

This big player in retail needed more than just an installation of new technology. They needed end-to-end project and account management to align and connect each store and touch point. Moreover, they needed to keep doors open and sales coming in. After all, retail doesn’t sleep.

With this in mind, Telco ICT stepped aboard – promising to deliver big, while keeping the lag time small.

  • SILOED STORE TECHNOLOGY
  • NO TELCO ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
  • LACK OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  • SHOP FRONT IT SYSTEMS OUT OF DATE
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The Telco ICT approach:

Approaching the task with speed and strategy top of mind, Telco ICT set to work, first and foremost developing a strong account management relationship. What resulted was trust and alignment, two key elements for the project’s success.

Through ongoing discussions with the retailer and their global headquarters, Telco ICT installed and configured new technology across all 17 stores and established ongoing account management for Telstra services for mobiles, fixed points and MPLS, moving all remaining stores over to NBN.

Telco ICT installed and configured CISCO Meraki SDWAN for all 17 sites, including roll out of security policies for staff and wifi access points for customers.

With a centralised dashboard, all stores now benefit from security updates in unison, meaning that finally, no store was left behind. This unified approach provided not only an easier experience for staff, but a more seamless transaction for customers each and every time – leading to increased foot traffic and sales.

Centralising the stores’ mobile ordering and cancelling capacity required Telco ICT’s expertise in integrated project management, with effective communication and sign-off from HQ. Transparency was key to the process, and Telco ICT acted as conduit to keep communication, reviews and account management on a continuous cycle of improvement.

Telco ICT now provides regular, on-demand remote support for all IT matters – on-site if required – and this new balance couldn’t be happier. With years of isolated store experiences left behind, they are finally able to confidently increase sales and customer satisfaction, thanks to Telco ICT.

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Total value delivered by Telco ICT

  • Centralised dashboard for security updates, mobile orders and cancellation
  • Exceptional project management and problem-solving skills
  • NO DOWNTIME MOVING FROM MPLS TO SDWAN
  • MINIMAL OUTAGES SINCE IMPLEMENTATION
  • 4-5 HOURS OF IN-STORE DOWNTIME REDUCED TO NIL
  • NO LOST SALES DUE TO NETWORK OUTAGES
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Essential Eight is the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s baseline set of eight controls for preventing ransomware and data breaches. Most businesses do not need Maturity Level 3, but almost all should be at Level 1 or 2, and insurers and larger clients increasingly ask. We assess where you sit and build up in stages rather than all at once.

That is the usual situation. We can run the assessment now, show you what a transition looks like, and time the switchover to your contract end date. We handle the handover of documentation, licences, domains and vendor accounts. Most migrations run over two to four weeks with no downtime for your staff.

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