WAWA, Pa. -- Wawa Inc. has selected Tridium Inc., a Richmond, Va.-based provider of device-to-enterprise automation, as its companywide retail automation platform. Installations are expected to begin in third-quarter 2006.
In keeping up with the demands of our organization and our philosophy of using technology to enable our operational and financial objectives, the Niagara Convergence Retail Application from Tridium has demonstrated through an extensive pilot that it contains the features and functionality, that we require," said John McAllister, director [image-nocss] of facility operations at Wawa.
Built using the NiagaraAX Framework, Tridium, in partnership with Wawa and HVAC Concepts, a systems integrator out of Gaithersburg, Md., designed the Niagara Convergence Retail Application to be a complete end-to-end solution consisting of hardware and software that connects each individual store's operational devices and systems together to the company's wide area network (WAN).
The application is helping to monitor, control and archive data from a variety of systems including:
Fuel management (pumps, tank leak detection, inventory and delivery tracking) Mechanical systems (HVAC) Lighting Refrigeration Foodservice equipment (ovens, deli scales, grease traps) Irrigation
Now that the Framework is installed in these facilities, Wawa has the ability to easily support new vendors of equipment and to cost-effectively add new applications such as security and fire, said Kevin Perdue, president of HVAC Concepts.
Convenience and foodservice retailer Wawa operates more than 550 stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia; 202 of those stores sell gasoline.
Tridium, a global software and technology company, is the inventor of the Niagara Framework, a software framework that integrates diverse systems and devicesregardless of manufacturer, or communication protocolinto a unified platform that can be managed and controlled in real time over the Internet using a standard web browser. Niagara is an extensible platform that supports the rapid development of a variety of Internet-enabled products and device-to-enterprise applications.
Manufacturers adopt the Niagara Framework technology to move their products to the web, reduce development time, migrate legacy systems, develop new service offerings and open up new markets, the company said. System integrators use Niagara products to provide open solutions without regard for specific protocols, products or technologies. Tridium markets its products to value-added resellers, original equipment manufacturers and a network of Tridium Systems Integrators. The company is an independent business entity of Honeywell International Inc.
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