{"id":366,"date":"2015-05-14T11:34:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T11:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2024-12-05T08:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T08:06:03","slug":"food-retail-success-story-vienna-advantage-retail-management-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/customer-reviews\/food-retail-success-story-vienna-advantage-retail-management-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Retail Success Story: VIENNA Advantage Retail Management Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0084c4;\">The Business<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Batir Spa is a modern food retailing company, started in 2014 with a new concept of food retailing in the name \u201cSalsamenteria\u201d. The concept of the retail chain: &#8220;All items must be fresh, high quality and offered in a short proximity to residential areas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starting in these times of high competition, not only the concept should be solid, but also the execution, information flow, operations and processes must be optimized to become a successful player in the highly competitive environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">VIENNA Advantage was selected as the best <a title=\"Vienna Advantage ERP &amp; CRM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viennaadvantage.com\/erp-crm-overview.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ERP solution<\/a> for Batir Spa by the management of the company, competing against established and large market players. An innovative approach towards IT structures of retail companies brought the deal to VIENNA Advantage, as it was not just <strong>modern and better suitable <\/strong>retail management solution to these times, but also brought a drastic <strong>cost effectiveness<\/strong> along.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The biggest challenge was the <strong>time to go live<\/strong>, which was planned to be about three months from the project start. A <strong>maximum level of automation<\/strong> along with the roll out of <a title=\"Vienna Advantage POS\" href=\"https:\/\/onfinity.io\/point-of-sale-pos-solution.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIENNA Advantage POS<\/a> had to be achieved in this short time frame.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-369 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_1-1024x528.png\" alt=\"VIENNA Retail Management_1\" width=\"840\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_1-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_1-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_1-1170x604.png 1170w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_1.png 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #0084c4;\">The Challenge<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The challenge was accepted by Encodata Spa along with VIENNA Lab Italy, both strong Italian partners of VIENNA Advantage. A long years of experience of the teams in the Italian market along with an uncomplicated implementation approach of VIENNA Advantage were the keys towards achieving the target on time.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-371 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_2-1024x528.png\" alt=\"VIENNA Advantage Retail Management_2\" width=\"840\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_2-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_2-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_2-1170x604.png 1170w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_2.png 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Some of the key areas of automation were:<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Stock optimization based on sales<\/li>\n<li>Automatic replenishment with distributed deliveries to stores or warehouses<\/li>\n<li>Expiry date management of the items<\/li>\n<li>Central Price Management<\/li>\n<li>Real time Sales and Stock reporting<\/li>\n<li>Sales Tax reporting as per the Italian regulations<\/li>\n<li>Staff Optimization in the stores and warehouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-372 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_3-1024x528.png\" alt=\"VIENNA Retail Management_3\" width=\"840\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_3-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_3-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_3-1170x604.png 1170w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_3.png 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><span style=\"color: #0084c4;\">The Solution: Integrated Retail Management Solution<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Initially focusing on the opening of 10 stores, linked to a central warehouse, VIENNA Advantage <a title=\"Vienna Advantage ERP &amp; CRM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viennaadvantage.com\/erp-crm-overview.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ERP and CRM<\/a> was deployed in a cloud model, completely provided and supported by VIENNA Advantage. The client did not need to invest in server infrastructure and could start instantly with the deployment of the solution. The business analysis of the client\u2019s processes reflected a new approach towards many things which required a big level of flexibility and adaptation by the solution. Despite many new methods of operations, VIENNA Advantage Retail Management Solution was able to manage the process definition with the help of its inbuilt tools such as <a title=\"Vienna Advantage ERP Features\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viennaadvantage.com\/erp-crm-features.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workflow Management<\/a>, Report Composer and others. A number of ready-made Italian <a href=\"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/vienna-news\/taxation-suitable-for-european-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">localization features<\/a> were deployed from the <a title=\"Vienna Advantage Market\" href=\"https:\/\/market.viennaadvantage.com\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIENNA Advantage Market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/70kfcAvBnCFKBb\" width=\"510\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"><strong> <a title=\"Open Source POS | Vienna Advantage POS | Point of Sale Overview\" href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/Vienna_advantage\/vienna-advantage-open-source-pos-point-of-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Source POS | Vienna Advantage POS | Point of Sale Overview<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/Vienna_advantage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vienna Advantage<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A real-time reporting cockpit was deployed based on the new <a href=\"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/vienna-news\/experience-the-best-user-interface-developed-on-html5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HTML5 platform<\/a> allowing access from anywhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-374 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_4-1024x528.png\" alt=\"VIENNA Retail Management_4\" width=\"840\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_4-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_4-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_4-1170x604.png 1170w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_4.png 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>The training of the users was backed up with a localized documentation and recorded videos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result central system across all stores and warehouses was implemented, which was able to self-upgrade remotely without the need of de-central server infrastructure. The transactions are being done over the internet with a peace of mind, having offline capabilities, in case the internet is unstable or not available for longer periods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-375 \" src=\"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_5-1024x528.png\" alt=\"VIENNA Retail Management_5\" width=\"846\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_5-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_5-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_5-1170x604.png 1170w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_5.png 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-376 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/viennaadvantage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_6-1024x528.png\" alt=\"VIENNA Retail Management_6\" width=\"840\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_6-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_6-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_6-1170x604.png 1170w, https:\/\/onfinity.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIENNA-Retail-Management_6.png 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Business Batir Spa is a modern food retailing company, started in 2014 with a new concept of food retailing in the name \u201cSalsamenteria\u201d. 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