Advance Auto Parts Turns To Velociti To Install Improved Business Process Technology In More Than 2,600 North American Locations In Just 90 Days

For Advance Auto Parts, the challenges were daunting. The Roanoke, Virginia-based Fortune 500 Company -- the second-largest retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items with 35,000 employees and 2,652 stores in 39 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands -- had an immediate need to upgrade various generations of RF and computer equipment as part of a larger project to modernize store layout and systems to enable more efficient business processes for store management.

Not only was the project huge, but Advance Auto Parts wanted it done in an expedited timeframe which called for just two weeks notice for the installations to begin and approximately 90 days to outfit and implement working systems in more than 2,600 locations across the U.S.

The deployment required:

• upgrades and installations of in-store RF networks and devices
• installation of memory in PC-based cash registers
• firmware upgrade in existing RF devices
• network enable all back office printers and install new printer in some stores
• install new wireless switches to control and manage the new RF devices and
• configure these devices to store specific specifications

To meet its technology deployment project management needs, Advance Auto Parts turned to industry leader Velocti, Inc. Velociti was responsible for all aspects of the deployment and installation.