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Enabling a 100-Year Vision

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

Pacific

Country

New Zealand

Product

EcoStruxure data center
Symmetra UPS
InRow cooling
NetShelter SX
PDUs

Tech Stack

IoT
Data Analytics
Cloud Computing

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Productivity Improvements
Digital Expertise

Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Supply Chain Visibility
Remote Asset Management

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
System Integration

About The Customer

Mainfreight is a global logistics provider that offers international end-to-end freight service. The company has 239 branches across 21 countries and employs 7,000 team members. Mainfreight has a 100-year vision and is known for thinking big. The company started as a local trucking company in New Zealand and has grown into a global logistics giant with warehouses around the world. Mainfreight's ambitious growth strategy means they don’t just think five or 10 years down the road. The company takes pride in their ambitious corporate culture, which powers their dedication to be not only a leader in their industry, but also play an important role in the growth of New Zealand. Mainfreight has invested 51.1 million dollars in IT.

The Challenge

Mainfreight, a global logistics giant based in New Zealand, needed a state-of-the-art data center that would meet their current needs and support their growing global expansion. The challenge was to complete the project in three months, from design to implementation. The company's systems have grown as the company has grown, shifting from the use of manual systems into automated systems. This has opened up opportunities for the use of Electronic Data Interchange to automate the way customers transact with them and vice versa. To address organic growth, and to accommodate where the business is moving with the demands on data storage and analytics, Mainfreight constructed a new data center in New Zealand which houses all the necessary infrastructure to provide the platform to deliver those exact types of services.

The Solution

Schneider Electric modernized Mainfreight’s existing data center infrastructure in Hamilton, New Zealand. In less than 12 weeks, Schneider deployed a modular, scalable EcoStruxure data center with the performance Mainfreight needs to run their business well into their future. The solution included connected products like Symmetra UPS, InRow cooling, NetShelter SX, and PDUs (including power meters, breakers, and chillers). Schneider Electric delivered a modern, expandable solution for their global operations. The EcoStruxure software provides Mainfreight with the necessary visibility to maintain the performance and the efficiency of their infrastructure. The software is particularly beneficial on the company’s operations, helping them monitor, manage and maintain data centers that are remote to where IT teams are based.

Operational Impact

The EcoStruxure solution provided Mainfreight with an expandable UPS, power, cooling, and enhanced software capabilities, providing flexibility for future growth.
The EcoStruxure IT on-premise DCIM solution takes data from connected devices, delivering the analytics and visibility Mainfreight identifies as key to their growth ambitions.
The solution allows Mainfreight to pursue new services to customers that give them an edge on the competition.
The modernized systems set up Mainfreight for technological advances and also means collecting data that allows Mainfreight to pursue new services to customers that give them an edge on the competition.

Quantitative Benefit