The challenge: Replacing the existing Enterprise Resource Planning applications with Microsoft Dynamics Finance & Operations and additional xalution add-ons for optimised product and supplier management.
It was the colleagues of our Prague branch who were in charge of the implementation of this project. They had already impressed SPORTISIMO’s project managers with their extensive industry expertise in the retail and fashion sector and their understanding of the task.
“We have met real retail specialists at xalution who are very familiar with the specific processes in retail and know what is important to us. This was the decisive factor for our cooperation. I am pleased that this initial trust has been confirmed both in the implementation process and after the Go-Live.”
On 1 July, 183 points of sale with more than 500 cash registers simultaneously went live across five European countries – the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. This enables SPORTISIMO – one of the leading retailers of sporting goods in the Czech Republic – to immediately consolidate all data in a Microsoft Cloud database. From now on, all processes will run using this database, which will accelerate them significantly. The result: more flexibility in management decisions.
The fashion industry in particular sees processes every day which are very unlike standard retail processes and which therefore require different management approaches and logistical solutions, such as seasonal and collection planning. This is why the xalution group has been offering sector-specific add-ons to supplement Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O for several years. With these add-ons, the system can be customised to the requirements of the individual users, enabling them to implement best practises without losing flexibility.
All employees – whether at the point of sale or at the company’s headquarters – will now work in a cloud-based environment. And the cloud solution lays the basis for SPORTISIMO’s further growth. All processes have been sped up considerably and the management benefits from maximum transparency across all processes.
The ERP solution Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations functions as the basis and platform for all software systems used at SPORTISIMO – a stable and reliable foundation that will allow future business solutions to be quickly and easily integrated. This enables our customer to develop new business areas and offer new services as rapidly as possible.
SPORTISIMO s.r.o. is a retail company which has been selling sporting goods, trainers and sportswear since 1999. Originally founded in the Czech Republic, the company is now active in more than 180 branches in five different Central European countries. It is also available through the e-shop Sportisimo.com across Europe. Among SPORTISIMO’s products are the complete equipment for the most popular types of sports. In addition to major brands, the portfolio is complemented by private labels and goods from local suppliers. Sportisimo has been named Retailer of the Year five times in the “MasterCard Obchodník roku” customer survey since 2010. https://www.sportisimo.co.uk/
