Client:
§ The client is Europe and the Middle
East division of Office Depot, the number 1 reseller with 9.000 associates and
sells office products and services through direct mail catalogs, contract sales
forces, internet sites and retail stores.
Business Need:
§ The client requires a centralized
web based solution that will be used by concurrent 70+ Warehouse Users, 250+
Inventory Managers, and 500+ vendors in 14+ warehouses across European
countries and UK to manage Appointment Scheduling, Discrepancy Reporting, On
Time in Full Vendor Reporting, Stock Overview, Vendor Score Card functions in
local languages and currencies
§ The new solution should integrate
with existing SAP and AS/400 ERP solutions and replace current suite of similar
tools ranging from solutions fully integrated into business systems through to
standalone excel spreadsheets and access databases
Solution:
§ We provided dedicated distributed
teams of optimal size and composition on BYT Engagement model with desired
functional and technical competence for development of web based warehouse
platform for Office Depot’s Staff/Vendor/Carrier to measure the performance of
the Supply Chain
§ The solution is built around
providing a comprehensive performance monitoring system which include detailed
customize Reports/Dashboards, Supply Appointment Scheduling, Discrepancy,
Vendor Score Card.
§ Complete back-office integration
with Order Entry, Inventory Control, and Purchase Orders modules
§ Scalability to accommodate future
business growth and allow Vendors /Carrier to login and view their Dashboards
§ Real-time multi-location inventory
updates
§ Automated Workflows and Emails based
on different events in Supply Chain ,
Appointment Scheduling, Discrepancy reporting
§ Support for multiple picking methods
with multi-location
§ Predefined emails templates which
support multi-languages
§ Data security and confidentiality
Benefits:
§ Complete back-office integration
with Order Entry, Inventory Control, and Purchase Orders modules
§ Scalability to accommodate future
business growth and allow Vendors /Carrier to login and view their Dashboards
§ Real-time multi-location inventory
updates
§ Customized reporting capability with
export report data in to .pdf and .xl s
format
§ Automated Workflows and Emails based
on different events in Supply Appointment Scheduling, Discrepancy
§ Data security and confidentiality
Technology
Platform:
§ Microsoft .NET 4.5 framework with
SQL Server 2012 Server (including SSRS, SSIS & SSAS and Service Broker),
Singleton, Observer, Iterator, Factory
Design Pattern, C#, ASP.NET, Web Services, SOAP, XML, WCF, TDD with NUnit, SVN,
CSS, HTML, JQuery, ExtJS, Ajax.
§ Mobile Platform : iOS, Android
technology
§ Databases : SQL Server 2012
