Coca-Cola India
Retail
Real-Time Cooler Tracking App for Coca-Cola India
Coca-Cola India needed a reliable way for sales and distribution staff to track refrigerated coolers in the field — including locations with weak or no connectivity. Evolve Blue built a cross-device mobile app backed by a cloud admin platform, so cooler data, inventory checks, and support tickets stay accurate whether staff are online or offline.
Technology Stack
01 Overview
Coca-Cola India engagement context.
Coca-Cola India needed a reliable way for sales and distribution staff to track refrigerated coolers in the field — including locations with weak or no connectivity.
Field staff and retailers had no consistent way to monitor cooler locations, check inventory, or raise maintenance requests. Connectivity in retail locations was unreliable, so any solution had to work fully offline. The app also had to run well on a wide range of phones, from low-end to high-end devices.
The goal was to give sales and distribution teams real-time visibility into the cooler network, let retailers report issues directly, and keep all data in sync and secure across devices.
The audience included Coca-Cola India sales and distribution staff along with retail shop owners managing on-site coolers.
Evolve Blue designed and built the mobile app, the cloud backend, and the admin panel, and set up the cloud hosting and sync layer.
02 The Challenge
Coca-Cola India constraints to solve.
- Field staff and retailers had no consistent way to monitor cooler locations or check inventory.
- Connectivity in retail locations was unreliable, so any solution had to work fully offline.
- The app had to run well across a wide range of phones, from low-end to high-end devices.
- Maintenance requests had no single workflow — issues were reported inconsistently.
- Data had to stay in sync and secure across multiple devices and user roles.
- The admin panel needed to handle multi-persona user management and real-time data from the field.
03 The Solution
Coca-Cola India solution architecture.
Evolve Blue built the field app on the Ionic Framework with Angular, keeping a single codebase across device types to control cost and maintain a consistent experience.
A Laravel backend hosted on AWS powered the admin panel and web API, handling data storage, multi-persona user management, and offline-to-online sync.
The app lets staff monitor cooler locations and inventory in real time and manage support tickets, while shop owners can report issues, request support, and upload photos of coolers so maintenance needs are addressed promptly.
Cooler tracking
Real-time cooler location and inventory tracking across retail sites.
Offline sync
Full offline mode with automatic sync once a connection is available.
Support tickets
Support ticket creation and management for maintenance requests.
Photo upload
Photo upload so retailers can document cooler issues visually.
Multi-persona access
Multi-persona access for distribution staff and shop owners.
Single codebase
Single shared codebase across low-end to high-end devices.
04 What We Built
Coca-Cola India delivery objectives.
Give sales and distribution teams real-time visibility into cooler locations and inventory.
Build full offline mode with automatic sync once a connection is available.
Let retailers report issues, request support, and upload photos of coolers.
Support multi-persona access for distribution staff and shop owners.
Keep a single shared codebase across low-end to high-end devices.
Set up a cloud admin platform for user management and field data review.
05 Mobile Field App
Cooler tracking on the devices that matter.
The Ionic-based field app runs on phones across the device range — from low-end to high-end — giving sales staff and retailers the same experience everywhere.
Cooler list and status view
06 Implementation Journey
Coca-Cola India delivery journey.
Discovery
Defined cooler tracking needs across sales staff and retailers, and confirmed offline operation as a core need.
Design & Planning
Planned a single cross-device codebase and a multi-persona data model for staff and shop owners.
Build & Implementation
Built the Ionic/Angular app and the Laravel backend on AWS, with offline-to-online sync and secure authentication.
Launch & Support
Deployed on AWS with horizontal scaling, encryption, and secure authentication for data integrity.
07 Before / After
From inconsistent tracking to one connected app.
The engagement moved cooler management from scattered, manual tracking to a single mobile app with real-time visibility and offline support.
Inconsistent field tracking
Cooler locations, inventory, and maintenance requests were tracked inconsistently, and field connectivity gaps made reliable updates difficult.
One connected field app.
One mobile app gives staff and retailers real-time, offline-capable visibility into the cooler network, with maintenance requests handled in a single workflow.
Before
- Cooler locations, inventory, and maintenance requests were tracked inconsistently.
- Field connectivity gaps made reliable updates difficult.
- Retailers had no direct way to report cooler issues or request support.
- No single workflow existed for maintenance tracking across locations.
After
- Staff and retailers have real-time visibility into cooler locations and inventory.
- Offline-first design keeps data accurate in low-connectivity locations.
- Retailers report and track maintenance needs directly from the field.
- One mobile app handles tracking, tickets, and photo uploads in a single workflow.
- A cloud admin platform gives managers full visibility into field operations.
08 Impact
Coca-Cola India implementation outcomes.
Real-time cooler visibility
Sales and distribution teams gained real-time visibility into cooler locations and inventory across retail sites.
Direct field reporting
Retailers can report and track maintenance needs directly from the field, with photo uploads for faster resolution.
Offline-first reliability
Offline-first design keeps data accurate in low-connectivity locations, syncing automatically when a connection returns.
09 Capability Mapping
Capabilities applied for Coca-Cola India.
Build & Modernize
PrimaryIonic/Angular mobile app, Laravel backend, admin panel, offline sync layer, and multi-persona access control.
Connect Data & Platforms
PrimaryOffline-to-online sync, AWS cloud backend, and secure API connecting field devices to the admin platform.
Run Cloud & Operations
SupportingAWS hosting with horizontal scaling, encryption, and secure authentication for data integrity.
Staff & Augment
SupportingNo staffing or augmentation component was part of this engagement.
10 Conclusion
Why the Coca-Cola India engagement mattered.
Coca-Cola India needed a field tool that worked where connectivity did not. The app had to run on a wide range of devices, support multiple user roles, and keep data accurate whether staff were online or offline.
By building on Ionic and Angular with a Laravel backend on AWS, Evolve Blue delivered a single cross-device app that gives sales teams and retailers real-time cooler visibility, maintenance tracking, and reliable offline-to-online sync.
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