Solution · By task

Opening a branch

The first location is opened as a one-off project, the second is done from memory, and by the fifth it turns out no two are alike and the zoo is impossible to support. From the very start we assemble a repeatable kit: the same hardware, one connection scheme, one launch procedure.

2-4 weeks
to launch one location
Standard
the equipment set
VPN
a private link to head office
Nationwide
remote help for any location

What the kit is made of

The kit is assembled once and then simply repeated at every new address.

Discuss the format

The same workplace everywhere

The same model, one pre-built system image, the same list of applications. Loan stock and spare parts stop being a headache.

The network inside the premises

A small set: a switch, an access point, a power supply. The layout is the same everywhere, so an engineer can work with it without travelling to site.

The link to head office

A private connection to the accounting system and internal services, plus a backup link in case the provider goes down.

Access for staff

Someone in a new city gets permissions by the same rules as at head office, with nothing to configure by hand locally.

Help on site

We close most requests remotely, and when hands are needed we bring in a vetted person locally who works under our direction.

Documentation for the site

A diagram, the cabling documentation, a list of hardware and access rights. With that set you could open the next location almost without us.

The launch procedure

The first location takes longer because that is where the template is created. After that the timescale nearly halves.

01

We compile the list

We establish the requirements: how many desks, whether there is a till, a stockroom, a meeting room. It all goes into one list.

02

We prepare the premises

The request to the provider, running the network and power, installing the cabinet. This runs alongside the fit-out.

03

We install and connect

The hardware arrives already imaged; all that is left is to place it, plug it in and bring up the link to head office.

04

We accept it and take it under support

We walk every workplace, hand over the documents and add the address to the main support contract.

A mixed hardware fleet costs more than it looks at the point of purchase. Five addresses with five different computers and routers give you five sets of instructions, five spare parts kits and an engineer who starts by working things out every time. A common template starts paying for itself by the third location.

Questions and answers

We work remotely across the whole country and close most requests that way. We come out for the launch ourselves, and for day-to-day visits we keep a vetted person in the city who follows our instructions under our supervision. Requests still go through a single desk.

Usually not: the work runs over the link to head office or on rented capacity. Local hardware is needed where connectivity is shaky and stopping is unacceptable, such as a warehouse or a shop with tills.

The kit always includes a backup link, usually mobile, with automatic failover. For a shop it is essential: a register without connectivity stops trading. The subscription for the backup costs less than an hour of lost sales.

The locations go into the same contract and the fee is based on the number of computers, just as at head office. There is no surcharge for being a branch, but the backup link and travel to the region do enter the calculation.

We will build a repeatable kit

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