Dublin – Monday July 6, 2009 – Greenstar, Ireland’s leading provider of environmental, waste management and recycling solutions, has provided instant information to customers and eliminated paperwork in 100 vehicles across eight sites nationwide with a new handheld mobile system from Heavey RF. The €200,000 deal means that Greenstar’s customers have real time information on waste services available to them. Greenstar staff also save hours of administration time per day in docket management. Productivity, efficiency and customer service have all been improved with the new system.

Elizabeth Dunne, Logistics Project Manager, Greenstar explains, “We are now better able to manage our capacity which guarantees an even better level of service to our customers. We can schedule our drivers while they are on the move rather than having to wait for them to travel back to the office to pick up paperwork or schedule jobs. This saves time as well as money.”

She adds, “The communication from handheld to the back office also means that it is much quicker and easier for us to provide real time information to our customers and makes it much simpler and cleaner to provide them with proof of service should they require it.”

She continues, “We were spending an excessive amount of time on paper docket management. We have saved staff at least 10 hours’ administration time per week. Using Handhelds eliminates lost paperwork. Productivity and efficiency have been improved by 10 to 15 percent. The paper saved in the process is .75 tonnes or the equivalent of 13 trees per annum.”

Andrew Moloney, Technical Director Heavey RF adds, “The Ikon handheld devices which we supplied are linked into Greenstar’s back-office system via industry leading waste management software from AMCS, so all customers can avail of real-time information. In the past they needed to locate paper dated dockets whereas now it is all automated. Greenstar are utilising this timely information to produce results that equate to real savings.”

This is one of many recent deals by Heavey RF in the enterprise mobility market. The company has built its reputation to date within the warehouse environment supplying mobile solutions using Radio Frequency technology. This includes the supply of handheld and vehicle mount radio data terminals as well as voice directed systems, integration software, peripherals and wireless security.