MEDIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apacheta, a mobile workflow application vendor, today formally introduced Apacheta Online, the company’s software-as-a-service offering.
Apacheta Online offers complete, hosted solutions for presales, direct-store-delivery, merchandising, transportation and field service mobile operations. A number of Apacheta customers, including BranchServ, a leading independent provider of physical and electronic security equipment and service solutions for banks and credit unions, are deploying Apacheta Online solutions to their mobile workforces.
Apacheta Online provides businesses of all sizes with a way to quickly deploy and scale enterprise-level solutions with minimal upfront investment and little IT management. Apacheta Online includes Apacheta’s full suite of mobile workflow applications, as well as access to Apacheta Management Center, offering back office functionality for route accounting, merchandising and dispatch.
Apacheta Online provides complete solutions for:
- Direct-store-delivery via RouteACE™, a mobile route sales and delivery application, and optional backend through IntegraSys’ DSD Manager to create a complete route accounting system.
- Merchandising via MerchandiserACE™, a mobile applications that automates the entire merchandising process and streamlines field marketing operations, and optional Merchandising back end module through Apacheta Management Center for data maintenance, route status, and reporting.
- Transportation via TransportACE™, which implements best practices for pickup and delivery and proof-of-delivery operations, with an optional Dispatch module through Apacheta Management Center.
- Field Service via ServiceACE™, a mobile field service application that automates the daily operations of service technicians, with an optional Dispatch module through Apacheta Management Center.
All Apacheta Online solutions offer essential capabilities for the mobile workforce including GPS tracking, turn-by-turn directions, mobile printing, camera support and barcode scanning support.
“Customers are looking for cloud-based solutions to scale up quickly with minimal upfront investment,” stated Don Grust, CEO of Apacheta. “Apacheta Online breaks down the barriers to enterprise mobility and delivers a complete, reliable, scalable solution that gets up and running quickly and reduces IT investment.”
BranchServ plans to roll out ServiceACE through Apacheta Online to its field service technicians who install and repair physical and electronic security equipment for financial institutions nationwide.
“By using Apacheta Online to leverage the cloud we now have the reliability and functionality of an enterprise-grade application without the IT management headache of setting up, configuring, and remotely managing mobile devices and applications,” stated Greg Navin, VP of Engineering and I.T. at BranchServ.
Apacheta Online offers a complete solution, with seamless hardware and software integration through Certified Hardware Integration Partners, reducing the IT burden for the customer and making mobile solutions viable for companies of all sizes. Apacheta Online offers:
- Reliable hosting in Apacheta’s secure data center featuring redundant system operation and 24x7x265 monitoring
- Full range of devices to meet the needs of your workforce including mobile handhelds from Intermec, Motorola and Honeywell
- Device management including set up, configuration, troubleshooting, security policy enforcement, over-the-air updates, real-time asset tracking and reporting
- Web-based access to Apacheta Management Center for data maintenance, reporting, and back-end modules for Route Accounting, Merchandising and Dispatch
- Integration with host CRM or ERP systems via secure VPN connections
“Apacheta Online allows us to leverage a leading mobile enterprise framework to rapidly deploy and manage powerful applications for our small and middle market customers,” said Kenneth Currie, Director of Marketing and Business Development for Barcoding, Inc. “We help more than 2,500 companies in distribution and logistics to be more efficient, accurate, and connected. Apacheta Online accelerates our effectiveness.”
Apacheta Online is available immediately from Apacheta in concert with Apacheta’s Certified Hardware Integration Partners including Barcoding, Peak Technologies and MSA Systems. These partners will provide the hardware, airtime and other managed services.
About Apacheta Corporation (http://www.apacheta.com)
Headquartered near Philadelphia, Apacheta Corporation provides flexible mobile business applications that enable consumer packaged goods, service, and transportation based businesses to increase the speed and accuracy of their service, sales and product distribution networks. After pioneering its flexible mobile application framework in 2003, Apacheta quickly established a solid customer base that includes Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Bimbo USA, G&K Services, Odwalla, United Rentals, Bally’s, Bell TV and many others. Apacheta solutions can be deployed on premise behind the firewall or hosted in a data center through Apacheta Online, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering.