Leading DIY retailer Adeo upgrades in product offering construction, supply chain streamlining and financial management processes with Oracle Retail Consulting and Quickborn Consulting to support its ambitious business goals.
Quickborn Consulting works together with Oracle Retail Consulting and Adeo, international leader in DIY sector with 800 point of sales in 15 countries around the world, to implement Oracle Retail Merchandising, Planning & Optimization and Supply Chain Management solutions.
Quickborn was chosen by Oracle Retail Consulting to partner with for implementing RMS, RPM (Price Management), RPO (Price Optimization), RDF (Demand Forecasting), ReSA (Sales Audit), CatMan (Category Management) and a fully customized RPAS based Costing solution at Adeo in Lille, France. #1 in European DIY market and #3 worldwide with 23 billion euro turnover in 2018, Adeo started consideration of a comprehensive ERP in 2015. Oracle Retail was selected shortly after and the program Vanilla kicked off in summer 2016. Quickborn supported Oracle Retail Consulting in various roles, such as project management, functional consulting and technical expertise, during design, build and UAT phases.
Key Achievements of the Project:
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- Streamlined financial management process which sets new standards in company performance assessment and ensures sustainable profitability through reliable and accessible shared information.
- Simplified offer construction workflow that provides users the ability to propose product and service offers that are diverse, relevant, distinguishing and attractive in a productive and efficient fashion across the group. Business is also enabled to jointly manage shared items among Business Units, to secure product availability throughout customer journey and to maintain the expected level of margin while fully respecting quality norms and corporate social responsibility engagements.
- Unified common core processes for all Business Units which optimizes return on investment.
- Modernized IT architecture that supports Adeo’s omni-channel strategies. Centralized data management provides one version of the truth to all Business Units in real-time with 24/7 accessibility and top-notch security. The evolving nature and excellent performance of the systems also allow keeping up with the retailer’s growth objectives.
Following the Vanilla project, Quickborn Consulting gained Adeo’s confidence in our approach and expertise. Quickborn continues supporting Adeo in various initiatives around the Oracle Retail solutions.