Customer Success Story
Koppert takes the sting out of Refreshing Warehouse Operations with Juniper Mist
Will the 10 billion people of 2050 have enough to eat? How can we secure the production of healthy food in ways that are safe for both people and the environment? Innovation in agriculture is a priority as the population grows. Koppert Biological Systems, the world’s largest producer of bees, is a leader in sustainable cultivation and pest management. Koppert chose Mist, Juniper's AI-native networking platform to deliver an exceptional networking experience for users and network operators.
Overview
| Company | Koppert |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Products used | Wired Assurance, Juniper Wi-Fi Assurance, WAN Assurance, EX2300, EX4100 Multigigabit, SRX300, Session Smart Router |
| Region | EMEA |
Improved
Operations at warehouses and distribution centers
Empowered
Staff with efficient barcode scanners
Increased
Productivity with AIdriven troubleshooting
Supported
increased use of video conferencing apps
Koppert’s business has grown steadily since its inception, averaging 12 percent each year since 1967 to reach a global scale of subsidiaries in 27 countries. With demand for its products increasing, Koppert took a close look at its operations and started planning for improvements.
“We decided to implement barcode scanning in our warehouses,” says Gertjan de Vogel, senior system administrator at Koppert. “To support our scanners, we wanted the best possible Wi-Fi performance and a modern cloud architecture that supported automation, AI, and more advanced technologies.”
Koppert migrated to Mist™, Juniper’s AI-native networking platform for a modern, future-oriented wireless network to support both its offices and warehouses in 2023. “In every category that we investigated and compared solutions, Mist was the best,” de Vogel says.
After the proven success of Mist wired and wireless networking, Koppert then rolled out Juniper Session Smart Routers to connect its locations with a tunnel-free SD-WAN. The application-aware, Zero Trust secure network fabric is designed to connect users with exceptional experiences and meet stringent enterprise performance, security, and availability requirements.
With Mist, the IT team has a single platform to manage campus and branch office connectivity across the entire enterprise, and the results are clear: a better networking experience for users and IT operators alike.
“A single network operations platform gives us lots more information and details that help pinpoint what is going on in the network,” says Fer Wijker, coordinator, infrastructure team at Koppert. “Having everything from one provider has led to much better support. With the proactive insight and automatic root cause determination that the AI delivers, we are able to resolve issues quickly and easily make improvements across the wired and wireless networks.”
Juniper Wi-Fi Assurance automatically optimizes Wi-Fi performance to meet service level expectations set by the IT team. With Juniper Wired Assurance, IT can deploy and manage Juniper switches from the cloud while getting minute-by-minute insights into switch health. Juniper WAN Assurance streamlines deployment and operations of the SD-WAN.
Marvis® AI Assistant brings proactive insights and prescriptive actions to help the IT team stay one step ahead of user experience issues. Marvis' natural language conversational interface makes interactions simple and intuitive.
Global integrator Nomios designed and implemented the Juniper Mist full stack network.
As global food demand increases, Koppert is continuously looking for new solutions to support growers across the world. Bumblebees, beneficial insects, microbial products, sticky traps, and pheromone traps are a more sustainable way to control pests and diseases, encourage pollination, and promote crop growth and resilience.
The efficiencies and warehouse improvements realized at its Netherlands headquarters will spread to the company’s distribution centers when the global rollout of Mist wireless and Juniper wired is complete.
“The proven solutions of Juniper AI-driven networking will take us into our next phase of business development,” Wijker says.
The Products
Marvis AI Assistant
Our Marvis AI Assistant, the first AI-native virtual network assistant, is the Marvis AI engine’s conversational interface. It optimizes user experiences with proactive actions and self-driving network operations. A natural language conversational interface provides simple and seamless interactions, making the Marvis AI Assistant an integrated member of any IT team.
Wired Assurance
Juniper Wired Assurance service brings AI to access-layer switching. It sets a new network management standard with AI-native operations and automation, improving the experiences of devices connected to resources through Juniper EX Series Switches.
Juniper Wi-Fi Assurance
Powered by the Marvis AI engine, the Juniper Wi-Fi Assurance cloud service automates troubleshooting and operations, making wireless networks predictable, reliable, and measurable while providing near-real-time visibility into service levels.
EX2300
The EX2300 Ethernet Switch delivers a compact, high-density, cost-effective solution for small network environments where space and power are at a premium.
Published July 2020