Food and hospitality trades

Connectivity for butchers and meat processors

Scales, labels, traceability and cold storage. Orders, payments and deliveries arrive over the internet. When it drops, the kitchen is busy and nobody can pay.

Internet, wireless and security for butchers and meat processors

Each of the three has to be right, and they are usually bought from different companies. We compare them together.

Internet

Orders, labelling and traceability systems are networked.

Wireless

Wireless temperature sensors guard the stock.

Security

Customer and supplier records need protection.

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The cooler alarm that did not send

By the Telecom Agency advisory team

A compressor fails overnight. The temperature sensor notices, tries to send an alert over the shop's Wi-Fi, and the Wi-Fi is down.

What a consultant changes

An advisor puts monitoring on a connection that does not depend on the shop network, with cellular as its own path. Telecom Agency thinks about what happens when things fail, which is the difference between a telecom consultant and an order form.

How Telecom Agency shops the market for butchers and meat processors

The advice
An advisor recommends temperature monitoring on its own cellular connection, independent of the shop network, alongside the main internet service.
The price
Monitoring connections are inexpensive and priced as such. The main connection is compared across providers.
The service
Alerts are tested when installed, and the advisor follows up if a sensor stops reporting.
  • No fee to you: providers pay the advisor
  • Every provider compared, none favoured
  • One contact for every carrier
  • Reviews and support after the install

An illustrative scenario based on situations common among butchers and meat processors. It does not describe a specific client.

What we usually put in place

  • Internet with automatic cellular backupService continues when the main line fails.
  • Guest Wi-Fi apart from the registersCustomers online without touching payment systems.
  • Online ordering and phones togetherCalls, orders and delivery apps that do not compete for bandwidth.
  • Protected payment networkCard systems isolated and monitored.

Providers that often fit

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