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| Success Stories -
INTERMARCHE |
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Interex Balkans operates in 3 Balkan
countries and plans to open other countries
in the very near
future. |
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| Major
Challenge in Information System |
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| Given its very ambitious expansion
plans in Balkan region, Interex required a comprehensive system to
deliverbuying office management tools at the Regional and Country level. They
have selected Soft Solutions to deliverthese scalable business capabilities.
The challenge is to run a unique multilingual / multi-country /
multi-currencysystem with consolidation capabilities at the regional level, and
a system which can support Interex’s continuedgrowth in terms of users,
stores and countries |
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Short Time Frames |
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| The project time frames are very
short, targeting 3 months for the first country implementation, and additional
4months for implementation of the other countries and the Group. |
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| Implementing the Applications |
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| The 3 applications to be
implemented are: |
| - ibs DEALS to
manage all relations with suppliers, from negotiations to cash management, on a
Regionaland country level in a multi-country / multi-currency environment, |
| - ibs PRICING to
manage store prices using the latest margin and price optimisation tools, |
| - ibs ASSORTMENT to
manage product ranges using a best practices approach in a multi-country /
multi-storeformat environment. |
| All applications will be supported
by ibs REFERENTIAL --a fully comprehensive tool for managing item,
supplier andstore data. |
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| From
Prototype to Operational |
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| The first implementation studies
began at the end of June 2005, the applications being operational in Serbia by
the 30th September 2005. |
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| About
Interex |
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| Interex Balkans opened stores in
Bosnia in 1999. Today, Interex operates 11 stores in Bosnia of which 5
arefranchises. The second country, Rumania was opened in 2002 and it now
operates 3 stores, and the third countrywas opened in 2004, Serbia, where it
now operates 1 store. Several openings are planned in each country by theend of
2005. For 2006, it is planned to continue openings in existing countries and
expand into new countries. |
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| About
Soft Solutions |
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| Soft Solutions is a leading
provider of web-based retail merchandise Our customers are multi-divisional,
multi-format Tier 1 retailers CanadianTire Retail, Capelli New York, Auchan,
Group Louis Delhaize, andGaleries Lafayette. Soft Solutions ibs SUITEconforms
to the latest includingGS1, and is compatible with multiple databases and
industry application deliveryof measurable top and bottom line business
results, Soft Solutions bestpractices and industry-leading solutions for the
fast paced, competitive Formore information, please connect to
www.ibs-softsolutions.com |
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| For more detail information,
please view the following PDF: |
| -Time efficiency and accounting
data reliability |
| -INTERMARCHE (InterEX) - Soft
Solutions : ibs Deals - ibs Pricing -
ibs Assortment |