With the new agreement, Betonsa put the Smart Concrete solution into use where Vodafone Business technologies are utilized. This new digital solution ensures instant tracking of the concrete classification by measuring concrete quality by means of digital sensors embedded therein. Betonsa takes the lead in the sector with this project.
While providing productivity and saving opportunities to enterprises with its digital solutions, Vodafone Business ensures continuation of customer satisfaction by using the best channels. Betonsa, the ready mixed concrete brand of Akçansa as the leading construction material supplier in Turkey, has chosen Vodafone Business technologies for digital transformation of concrete production. Vodafone Business and Betonsa provide real-time remote measuring, reporting, and sharing digitally of concrete class with this project, which is a first in Turkey. Betonsa is the first ready mixed concrete company proving sustainability of its quality and sharing it with its customers with this project.
The ‘Smart Concrete’ project put into use by the collaboration of Vodafone Business and Betonsa ensures instant tracking of concrete quality and durability of concrete put into use in constructions by utilization of an application downloaded to smart phones. The technological infrastructure provided by Vodafone Business to Betonsa enables measuring concrete quality by means of digital sensors set into concrete. Numerous data is recorded in the system for classification of quality parameters of any concrete produced. Such records are shared safely with Betonsa’s customers.
“We provide value added solutions”
Stating that enterprises need to focus on digitalization for reducing costs and increasing productivity; Ms. Meltem Bakiler Şahin, Deputy Chairman of Turkish Executive Board of Vodafone, emphasized that they provided value added solutions in a wide range of area from Internet of Things to cloud applications, indoor network solutions for mobile communications as the `digital business partner` of enterprises in every sector in Turkey from retail to agriculture, finance to construction. Meltem Bakiler Şahin continued saying “For many years, we have been saying that digitalization is a must in order for safety, saving, productivity, and for not missing opportunities, and that digitalization will give a jump to enterprises in competition. For digitalization reshapes both ways of doing business and enterprises as well as customer experiences. We ensure that enterprises manage and sustain their entire work processes from production to energy and machinery monitoring by keeping track thereof remotely by using our solutions. We attach great importance to the project designed together with Betonsa. Betonsa is among the leading companies of the sector doing quality production for long years. It also displayed its leadership in digitalization and innovation. With this collaboration, we ensured real-time control of any concrete class used in constructions. As a first in Turkey, not only Betonsa, but also its customers are also able to check concrete quality remotely. We will go on supporting enterprises with our solutions for operational productivity, remote management, and productive works.”
Betonsa continues to lead the sector in digitalization and innovation with this new product
Mr. Barış Karahüseyin, Deputy Director General of Akçansa Sales and Marketing, says “Digitalization is near the top of the list of important investments of Akçansa. We set off for realization of digital transformation in ready mixed concrete as a traditional product in order to steer the future of our sector. We wanted to develop a product with which we could determine and remotely keep track of concrete quality by utilization of digital sensors embedded therein. Vodafone provides us the infrastructural services required for this technicality. The solution provided is a first in Turkey, and Betonsa continues to lead the sector in digitalization and innovation with this new product.”
