A Warehouse in a Digital Blackspot: Solved

Company

APJ European

Industry

Refrigeration | Air Conditioning

Location

Portsmouth

Website

Description

APJ European: global refrigeration and air conditioning distributor, based in Portsmouth. Growing fast. But their warehouse was in a digital dead zone.

The Problem: Infrastructure Blackout

APJ European is a global distributor. But their warehouse was in a location with no infrastructure. The ducts that should carry fibre were collapsed. The available internet was unusable—slow and unreliable. As a result, their whole operation was crippled. Staff couldn't access the systems they needed. Customer calls were dropped. Order processing was glacially slow. They were a global distributor operating like a business from the 1990s.

Two Crises: Systems Crawling, Phones Failing

Their ERP (Quicken, SAP) would time out constantly. Disconnections were routine. Staff couldn't do their jobs. And then there were the phones: dropped calls to customers and suppliers. A distributor whose customers can't reach them reliably is losing business. They needed a solution that actually worked—fast.

The Solution: Three Networks, Bonded Into One

Integra deployed their SD-WAN solution, bonding three of the four major UK mobile networks (including 5G) into a single, resilient connection. No waiting for fibre infrastructure. No reliance on a single network. Just real, fast internet.

Result: over 300Mbps download speeds. All their applications—Quicken, SAP, everything—now work smoothly. Phone calls don't drop. Customer service is back. Installed in two weeks. APJ European is no longer a warehouse in a blackspot. They're a modern distributor.