HISTORY AND BUSINESS / HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

autobar was created in July 1999 as a subsidiary of Pronet (Pvt.) Ltd. , a prominent Pakistani company engaged in technology distribution and technology transfer activities since 1994 between Pakistan and the Silicon Valley of California, USA.

Since then autobar with its head office in Karachi has established branch offices in Lahore and Islamabad to offer its services to all business establishments throughout Pakistan, Afghanistan and also cater to Central Asia.

Within a short span of time autobar has earned the reputation of a growing organization across its business region, enjoying credibility and faith amongst its Customers with the backing of state-of-art-technology.

autobar is proud of its professionals who are cornerstones in all the accomplishments that this organization has achieved over the years. We are dedicated in providing them the best environment. We have automated many leading Pakistani and Multinational companies; transformed their tedious and cumbersome processes & procedures into an error free, efficient and reliable environment. By adapting to our proposed solutions our customers have experienced tremendous convenience, increase in productivity and cost savings.


NATURE AND SCOPE OF BUSINESS

autobar caters to the rapidly emerging “Supply Chain Automation” market in Pakistan using state of the art technology. Each package offered by autobar reflects a commitment to serve by providing “best-suited solution” catering to the specific needs of every organization. These packages are further customized as per customer requirements. autobar represents many automation giants both in hardware and software industry which allows us the flexibility to offer customized solutions to all our clients.

For companies who are aware of the benefits of automation, autobar offers a unique team of experienced staff with proven expertise. autobar is specialized in a much focused expertise that is hard to duplicate. Some of them are as under:

• Turnkey Solutions

• Software Development Expertise

• Local Equipment Repairing

• Nationwide Supply and Support

APPLICATIONS OF AUTOMATION

autobar specializes in the latest techniques used for "Process Automation" throughout the world. With latest technology autobar provides turnkey solutions in the following areas: Using different combinations of the technologies mentioned above autobar provides solutions as per customers’ requirements.
autobar specialize in the following applications:

• Order Taking/Entry (SFA)
• TAMS and Access Control
• Distribution Management
• Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)
• Factory Process Automation
• Warehouse Management System (WMS) & Logistics
• Item Tracking
• Point-of-Sale (POS) Automation
• Library Management Systems
• Bar-coding Solutions
• Secure Wireless LAN / WLAN
• Remote Data Acquisition (GSM/GPRS)
• MIS Software
• Electronic Article Surveillance
• RFID Solutions
• Internet Security
• HealthCare Solutions (AB- Clinic)
• Restaurant Automation
• Plant monitoring System
• Courier Services Automation

According to the requirements of the customer autobar proposes solutions based on one or a combination of the above mentioned techniques. At present autobar is providing various solutions to Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Distribution, Utility and Courier concerns. Similar efforts are underway in other functional areas of the Pakistani market.

AFTER SALES/CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND CUSTOMER TRAINING

At autobar utmost importance is given to “after sales customer support” aspect of the business. It has therefore developed a credible and dedicated after sales support team. Strongly believing in the dictum that without trained personnel no operation can last long, we provide comprehensive and credible training to all our customers on the entire range of the solutions to make their projects successful. Training is carried out locally in Pakistan as well as abroad at manufacturer’s site.

When you choose Support services from autobar, you can rely on:
 
    • A support team with the experience and organizational infrastructure to provide a service plan best suited for your business needs.
    • Consistent delivery and high quality of service.
    • Support services aimed at providing you with maximum uptime.

As part of our commitment to being a reliable source of solutions for our customers' mobile computing needs, autobar offers a comprehensive suite of services to our customers. These services are designed to deliver robust host integration, wired and wireless networks, and security solutions.

The Services area of our website outlines the core autobar services, as well as useful information that enables you to find autobar Services or Sales representative in your area.

REPAIRING AND WARRANTY

To minimize the turn around time and bypass the lengthy RMA procedures, autobar has setup a local diagnostic and repair center in Pakistan offering repairs for its entire products.
 
In addition to standard manufacturer’s warranty, autobar also provides additional service agreements to its valued customers, calling for immediate replacement of faulty units through a buffer stock.