Sapa Profili SIA – sales of aluminium profiles, Latvia
Latvian representative of one of the world's leading aluminium profile manufacturers chooses HansaWorld Express as a proven solution to increase efficiency and support growth.
The Company
The Sapa Group (
www.sapagroup.com) is one of the leading companies in the world developing, manufacturing and marketing value added profiles, profile-based building systems and heat exchanger strips in the light-weight material aluminium. The first profile was made in 1963 in Sweden. Today the Group's business concept is built on close cooperation with customers in Europe, North America, Central America and Asia.
SIA “Sapa Profili” is the Group's local representative in Latvia, operating since 2004. In January 2007 the company opened a new warehouse with more than 200 profile types.
Choosing a new system
Sapa Profili SIA started to look for a new business management system at the end of 2006, before opening the new warehouse. The requirement for a new system was being able to work according to European logistics principles and having the necessary control over the movement of items.
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“We chose HansaWorld Express because it has a strong international background and is already used by one of our Group's companies in Estonia. This made us sure that the system would fit all our needs,”
Rigonda Krizmane, Managing Director of Sapa Profili.
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Implementing HansaWorld Express
The new system was implemented in several stages: first all functions concerning goods movement and liquidity management, later budgets and CRM. The implementation was carried out by HansaWorld's business partner Bakkers Business Solutions.
“Our cooperation with Bakkers Business Solutions was very successful. A systematic approach to implementation made the process quick and easy, all questions and requests were answered promptly,” Krizmane says.
Solution
- HansaWorld Express Production, HAL, 4 users;
- Implementation: January – July 2007;- Stock management, Purchase Orders, Sales and Purchases, Production, CRM, Calendar.
Benefits
An excellent overview of the business.
As all business processes are handled in one system it is easy to analyse what is happening in the company and to plan financial resources.
Quicker management decisions.
Information about products and customers needed for management decisions can be retrieved in a couple of seconds, without wasting time with spreadsheets.
Time savings and more efficient work.
As necessary information can be accessed quickly, less time can be spent on manual work.
Future Plans
Sapa Profili has plans to start using budgeting functions to plan and control costs and revenue. The next step will be to start using the full potential of the integrated CRM functions of HansaWorld Express, for planning employees' time and controlling their efficiency to help the sales team work better and to improve customer service.
About Bakkers Business Solutions
Bakkers Business Solutions is HansaWorld's Business Partner in Latvia with seven years of experience implementing, supporting and customizing HansaWorld software. Working in close cooperation with customers to best understand and fulfill their needs is seen as priority number one.
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