K+S

Creating a platform to boost productivity and enable Industry 4.0

Boost performance and productivity

K+S required a strong foundation for its future IT and business plans. We built a unified, high-performance global network that supports digitization and accelerates data transfer.

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Optimizing performance and operational efficiency

Challenges

  • Needed reliable connectivity in remote locations
  • Wanted faster truck-loading and round-trip times
  • Required close monitoring of explosive-tracking apps

Challenges

  • Needed reliable connectivity in remote locations
  • Wanted faster truck-loading and round-trip times
  • Required close monitoring of explosive-tracking apps
Monitor showing users connecting with cloud apps

Solutions

  • Lumen® MPLS IP/VPN and Dedicated Internet Access to connect 200+ sites worldwide
  • Lumen® Adaptive Network Security to securely connect smaller regional sites
  • Application Performance Management for insight and visibility
  • Regional data center services to support critical apps and data

Solutions

  • Lumen® MPLS IP/VPN and Dedicated Internet Access to connect 200+ sites worldwide
  • Lumen® Adaptive Network Security to securely connect smaller regional sites
  • Application Performance Management for insight and visibility
  • Regional data center services to support critical apps and data
Computer connected to cloud with apps and data on monitor

Results

  • Ablity to monitor mining machinery and pass information to central IT systems
  • Faster cloud services that improve staff productivity and reduce round-trip times
  • Greater visibility and control of network traffic

Results

  • Ablity to monitor mining machinery and pass information to central IT systems
  • Faster cloud services that improve staff productivity and reduce round-trip times
  • Greater visibility and control of network traffic
Computer and phone with cloud and global internet connections

What works for K+S

MPLS IPVPN Service

Lumen® MPLS IP VPN

Reliable, secure any-to-any/point-to-point WAN connections

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Lumen® MPLS IP VPN

Reliable, secure any-to-any/point-to-point WAN connections

Internet Services

Lumen® Dedicated Internet Access

Scalable and secure connectivity for enterprise applications

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Lumen® Dedicated Internet Access

Scalable and secure connectivity for enterprise applications

Adaptive Networking

Adaptive Network Security

Streamlined threat management with network firewall security

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Adaptive Network Security

Streamlined threat management with network firewall security

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“We chose to work with Lumen for our global network mainly because it provided the best match for our requirements, in terms of service levels, availability and geographical coverage.”

 

—Christian Biegel

Head of IT Platform and Operations

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About K+S

K+S, an independent, customer-focused minerals company with a commitment to sustainability, supplies regionally sourced mineral products to the agriculture, industrial, consumer and communities markets.

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