ISA SpA returns to work with solution to track close contact from HPE

Milano, 10 June 2020 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced it has designed and implemented a solution in collaboration with ISA SpA, to track close contacts of people and objects in real-time, whilst respecting individual privacy, in order to protect their employee health as they return to work.

The new solution has supported the reopening of ISA SpA, a global player from the Umbrian district in Italy, and one of the most important in the world in the field of furnishings for bars, ice cream parlors, pastry shops and refrigerated displays for food and beverage and retail industries. To prepare for restarting business operations, ISA SpA required a solution to support their commitment to bring the relevant safety protocols into action for their people during the COVID-19 global pandemic. 

Each worker has been equipped with a small personal device, that warns with an audio cue and a push notification on a connected smartphone, if the user has come within a given distance (e.g. 1.5 meters¹) of another colleague and stayed for longer than a specified period of time (e.g. 15 seconds¹). The device also allows the company to monitor and keep track of all the interactions that each operator has had in the working context, so that they can easily reconstruct the chain of contacts, if necessary.

To ensure individual privacy is respected, the new system measures only the distance between the different operators, not their position in absolute terms. Each worker is also assigned a code that guarantees their anonymity and whose decryption is only allowed by ISA authorized personnel.

"As we move towards a new phase of this crisis, there is a strong demand from the business world for solutions that allow us to work, to produce, and to generate wealth without contravening the precautions and protocols required during this emergency. To do so, technology can play a leading role, helping support the safety and health of workers," said Stefano Venturi, President and CEO Hewlett Packard Enterprise Italia. "By leveraging our technological capabilities and expertise in complex industrial contexts, such as manufacturing and transport, we developed the solution, together with ISA SpA, to help them meet the required safety standards and adhere to the measures established by the government for different businesses and organizations.”

By leveraging HPE and partner technologies and HPE Pointnext Services, many other companies with the same requirements will be able to leverage similar solutions to meet the requirements of institutions and social partners, in order to agree on restart and reactivation plans in the wake of COVID-19.

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¹ Specific parameters can be set according to customer needs