Case Studies

Warehouse Mgmt & Distribution

ASB-Reiting

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Since the founding in 1994, ASB-Reiting has been the market leader in distribution of fast moving consumer goods in Russia. Steady growth year after year made it increasingly difficult for the company's old DOS based ERP system to cope with the large numbers of daily transactions. After carefully surveying the ERP market, ASB-Reiting contracted Columbus IT Partner to implement a new solution. The road to the new solution, Microsoft Business Solution Axapta, was long. For about two years the management of ASB-Reiting had been looking at and evaluating various ERP systems and implementation partners. Finally the decision was made to let Columbus IT Partner be responsible for an Axapta project – a system that Columbus already had successfully implemented in several other distribution companies.

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Bakehouse

Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Bakehouse have gone from start-up to market leaders in 15 years. They are now firmly established as the UK's best and biggest supplier of Continental bake-off products. To keep their business fresh and their growth on track they've recently implemented Microsoft Business Solution Navision with the support of Columbus IT Partner (UK).

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BVG-Airflo

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Wales based BVG-Airflo Group plc is busy. Every four seconds a new order is being placed and processed. A new storage facility has been added effectively doubling the company's storage capacity and a major acquisition has more than doubled the annual turnover. To manage all this, a new Microsoft Axapta solution has been implemented by Columbus IT Partner UK.

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Chip Industry

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Chip Industry is the largest distributor of electronic components in Russia and owner of 'Chip and Dip', the largest chain of retail outlets supplying electronic components in Russia. The company was using a highly inefficient DOS-based IT system that made timely analysis of inventory turnover virtually impossible. Columbus IT implemented an ERP system that automates accounting data collection, manages accounts receivable, integrates CRM, and simplifies inventory management. As result, the quality and confidence of decisions amongst company leadership is higher. Explains Stanislav Mihajlov, General Director of Chip Industry: “We used to guess. Now we know.”

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History & Heraldry

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Every second of every day somewhere someone is buying a gift from History & Heraldry. In just 7 years the UK based company has risen to the top of the impulse buy gift market. To keep momentum going and to secure future growth they have recently completed a major implementation of Microsoft Axapta. Columbus IT Partner was their partner of choice.

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Mega Pharma

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Laboratorios Roemmers del Uruguay is a leading Latin American pharmaceutical company and a member of Mega Pharma alliance. Historically, the company used SAP technology for business management, but it could no longer meet requirements for new development initiatives. To address this issue, and reduce overall operating costs, the company, working with Columbus IT Andino, rolled out Microsoft® Dynamics™ AX. Using this technology, it has developed a number of new, value-added applications that enhance budgeting, calculate actual costs, and ensure industry-leading quality control for products. The new solution has reduced hardware and software maintenance and licensing costs by 70 per cent. In addition, it has enhanced management decision making, streamlined operational processes, and paved the way for rapid growth in the future.

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OFFICER Distribuidora de Produtos de Informática S/A

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Officer, a distributor of technology products, was in need of a more efficient way of controlling the commercial processes of its advisory sales department, which is responsible for higher-value business opportunities for the company. The information on opportunities and customers was dispersed, thereby hindering the management of results. Upon implementation of the Columbus IT sales force management solution based on MS Dynamics CRM, the company began to manage advisory sales processes from a unified customer register, thereby facilitating the pipeline management of opportunities and sales processes. In addition, it started to rely on historical information on customer relationships, thereby ensuring their continuity. As a result, Officer saw an increase in its rate of conversion of quotations into purchase orders.

Rossi

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Most of Russia's large supermarket and fast food chains rely on Rossi to deliver their packaging materials. Since 1993 Rossi Distribution has rapidly grown into a major player in packaging and logistic. To manage their business processes and to prepare for future challenges the company turned to Columbus IT Partner for a new ERP system.

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Southfield Packaging

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Southfield Packaging Inc., a contract packaging and distribution service company, needed to tie inventory, management and finances together to manage operations in real time. Their FoxPro®-based program was outdated and cumbersome, and competition was pulling ahead. Southfield found a flexible ERP system capable of integrating its accounting and inventory departments and a reliable implementation partner in its own backyard -- Columbus IT “For us to continue to grow we needed to invest in our own infrastructure”, says executive vice-president Mark V. Melfi III. “By using Microsoft Axapta [now Microsoft Dynamics AX] we're now able to link our production and our inventory information with our financial data, providing a real time picture of our operations”. Columbus IT saw the opportunity not only to help Southfield catch up to competitors, but to surpass them.

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Svarog

Microsoft Dynamics AX

When people across the Russian Federation toast “Na Zdorovie” (which means “Cheers”) it is a fair bet they are enjoying one of Svarog Ltd's alcoholic beverages. Established in 1992 Svarog have since expanded their business to cover 75 regional markets from Europe to Asia. In 2004 they needed to consolidate all business processes on one system. Columbus IT Partner and Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta provided the technology.

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Triscan A/S

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Triscan imports, creates, and packages automotive spare parts and accessories. They chose Microsoft Dynamics AX from Columbus IT Partner over SAP for the newest technology and architecture with open source code and COM capability. “We quickly focused on [Microsoft Dynamics AX] as the best product to support our demands for a technologically advanced, internationally based ERP solution,” states Morten Hallum, IT Director at Triscan. The solution manages Danish and Swedish accounts, using Dynamics AX's multi-lingual and multi-currency ability. The Enterprise Module enables them to send and fulfill orders between offices. Columbus Galaxy manages barcodes and customer orders via FTP and EDI. An integrated Web solution offers full e-commerce using Dynamics AX's COM functionality.

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Unimilk

Microsoft Dynamics AX

UNIMILK is the result of a massive consolidation of 11 dairy companies in Russia and Ukraine. Although the company is young, founded in 2002, it is already a major player in their market supplying more than 560.000 tons of dairy products annually. In close cooperation with Columbus IT Partner, UNIMILK has recently completed the implementation of what is arguably the world's largest Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta project. “We can proudly say, that the Axapta project, which is certainly one of the largest in Europe if not the world, has been a success”, says Michael Pliss, IT Director at UNIMILK. “It provides us with the ability to manage production, distribution and sales across all of our 11 facilities.”

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