BlackBerry is an amazing tool for SMEs [Small and Medium Enterprises]. It enables them to improve business processes by taking non-disruptive baby steps

Business Challenge

  • KNR Flat Rock’s sales force only spends a small number of hours a week in the company’s offices.
  • As the company grew it became more difficult for the management team to communicate with its sales force.
  • In addition, the company’s manual fax-based order-taking system could not meet its needs

Solution

  • The company’s salespeople and management team are equipped with BlackBerry® smartphones, used by everyone for mobile email and calendar access.
  • KNR Flat Rock worked with Mobile At Work to develop a bespoke order-taking BlackBerry application and deployed it with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange. 

Results

  • The deployment has helped the sales force develop a sense of team spirit and camaraderie.
  • Data entry errors have been almost eliminated.
  • Support staff have been freed up to concentrate on customer-orientated services.

Industry Wholesale
Region South Africa
Company Size Small Business
Type of Solution Order-taking application, mobile email
Solution BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution
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