customer success story

Kompania Piwowarska: Responsible business and sustainability are key to success in the Polish industry

Industry Manufacturing

Daily Use All departments are enjoying the benefits of visual communications and rich exchanges improving team efficiencies.

Solution Polycom brings communications to a new level and delivers benefits to all departments.

Results and Benefits • Improved collaboration • Facilitate communications • Reduce travel

Kompania Piwowarska (KP) was established in 1999 and now is one of the largest brewers in . With several years of experience in , state-of-the-art technology and rigorous adherence to ‘world class manufacturing’ KP guarantees the highest beer quality. The company’s brand portfolio includes best-selling Polish : , Żubr, Lech, Dębowe Mocne and Redd’s as well as international premium brands: Urquell and Grolsch. KP is part of SABMiller plc, one the world’s largest brewers.

Kompania Piwowarska has a board office in Warsaw, and operates three (in , Poznań and Białystok) with depots across Poland. Kompania Piwowarska is engaged in a number of social programs, addressing poverty - based social exclusion as well as educational programs promoting responsible and moderate drinking.

There were many factors that urged KP to transform their internal communications and invest in a visual communication solution. The company has a sustainable mandate, they support a decentralised management structure, operate at low cost, and strongly promote knowledge sharing. When the IT department recommended the use of video collaboration, to reduce email traffic, improve collaboration, reduce travel between the sites in Poland, and facilitate knowledge sharing, the executive staff was immediately on board.

“I can meet with my team visually every week. This creates team cohesion, which was not possible before. We exchange more and learn from each other. It’s a great solution.” Cezary Olejarz, Regional Sales Director, Kompania Piwowarska A POLYCOM CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY - kompania piwowarska

“For us, it is the foundation of a project to revolutionalise and optimise the way we all communicate, internally and externally. We look forward to the journey with Polycom as our partner guiding us in the adventure!” Jakub Lamperski – Network Engineer, Kompania Piwowarska

Jakub Lamperski, Network Engineer explains “It is our responsibility in IT to recommend Product Listing tools and solutions that will help everyone work better, and be cost effective for the company”. Choosing Polycom® was quickly evident, as the solution responded to KP’s Telepresence and Video Conferencing selection criteria which were:

• Polycom® HDX® 8000 • Easy to roll out telepresence solutions • Easy to use • Polycom® RealPresence® • Cost effective Resource Manager • Polycom® DMA® 7000 The Polycom video conferencing solutions deliver a: clear image, fluid motion and rich • Polycom® Video Border Proxy™ sound to create an experience that feels like you are in the same room. For KP, there was no other alternative. For Cezary Olejarz, Regional Sales Director, managing a sales force located in the west of Poland, managing his team is today much easier with Polycom video. “I can meet with my team visually everyweek which was not possible before; there was always someone missing, due to traffic, or not being able to be at the meeting location. Today, no one misses a meeting. This creates team cohesion. We exchange more, learn from each other, it’s a great solution.” And that is great for team efficiency. He adds, “a video meeting is so much better than a phone call”. Cezary shares a fun use of video during a Christmas party held in each site on the same day, with all sites connected by video. “Our president was able to address all employees at once, and deliver his Christmas wishes to everyone, even the employees working in the breweries, who do not have access to a PC.” This was a great experience for all involved, and only possible thanks to Polycom.

“The Polycom solutions help our organisation operate better, faster and at less cost. This is fantanstic for everyone, and as it is an IT lead project, it brings great satisfaction within our team.” continues Jakub.

The future plan for KP is to continue to increase the adoption of the solution of all deparments, and encourage video collaboration with customers and partners. “For us, it is the foundation of a project to revolutionalise and optimise the way we all communicate, internally and externally. We look forward to the journey with Polycom as our partner guiding us in the adventure.”

About Polycom Polycom helps organizations unleash the power of human collaboration. More than 400,000 companies and institutions worldwide defy distance with secure video, voice and content solutions from Polycom to increase productivity, speed time to market, provide better customer service, expand education and save lives. Polycom and its global partner ecosystem provide flexible collaboration solutions for any environment that deliver the best user experience, the broadest multi-vendor interoperability and unmatched investment protection. Visit www.polycom.co.uk or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to learn more.

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