K+B Progres is using B2B online system integrated with ERP VENTUS
K+B Progres, a.s. is one of the most significant wholesaler with electric goods and has just introduced advanced B2B system designed for wholesale customers. Despite the obvious difficulty of this project, NetDirect has delivered the application in accordance to the agreed terms. Due to the cooperation with KVADOS, a.s., the producer of information system VENTUS, ShopCentrik has been integrated with yet another economic system.
About K+B Progres, a.s.
The company provides wholesale of branded consumer electric, home appliances, telecommunication and office technology and provides related services. K+B Progres has been established in 1991 and has been playing a major role on the market since, especially due to low prices and quality services.
The central storage house provides 6000 m2 of storage capacity. The company has a flexible delivery policy and guarantees to deliver goods within 24 hours throughout the whole Czech Republic. The yearly turnover continues to increase. The company invests into its facilities, man power and new technologies, such as the new B2B system that could be found on this address http://b2b.kbprogres.cz.
K+B Progres represents brands such as Baumatic, Bosch, Siemens, Candy, De Longhi, DZD, ECG, EK Zdice, AEG, Electrolux, Zanussi, ETA, Fagor, Gorenje, JVC, LG, Mora, Altus, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Orion, Philips, Remoska, Romo, Samsung, SEB Group, SONY, Stiebel, Tatramat, Thomson, Whirlpool, Yamaha, Zelmer and many others.
K+B Progres is an exclusive and authorized representative of prestigious brands such as Yamaha or Quadral. These top notch products are well known to professionals as well as to new technologies fans or to anyone, who indulges in the highest quality picture and sound.
The company also imports less known new brands such as ECG, Orion and Funai that represent good quality for acceptable prices. Stereo&Video magazine or PC Magazine's good reviews mean that these products are definitely worth it.
Why did K+B Progres choose ShopCentrik as its B2B system provider?
Ing. Milan Mathauser, an IT manager of K+B Progres, a.s., told us more about their choice:
"The moment we had decided to go ahead with the innovation of our B2B system, we were literally showered with offers. Considering e-commerce to be the key to our business, we weren't interested in any kind of experimenting and we felt we need a strong experienced provider, who can deliver accoarding to a plan.
We have selected two companies we felt can meet our expectations. Satisfied clients and relevant references move our decision towards NetDirect, who is and obvious leader in the area of B2B systems. The final decision was not influenced so much by the application price, as by the comprehensiveness, quality, service, agreement guarantee and NetDirect's ability to provide active and continuous support.
The only possible concern we had was the fact, that integration between ShopCentrik and VENTUS was a new thing for NetDirect. Nevertheless, everything worked out very well, also thanks to the cooperation between the two companies, NetDirect and KVADOS. The solution was delivered according to the approved working schedule. NetDirect has secured a position among our regular suppliers and we look forward to future cooperation on common projects."
New internet shops for B2B clients
New B2B shop http://b2b.kbprogres.cz is designated to serve the regular wholesale customers. It means only registered partners can use the system with individual user name and password. The end users cannot use the website and can only access the front page.
Front page with the sign in dialog in the new B2B system
Main advantages of the new B2B system
The primary goal of the new B2B system http://b2b.kbprogres.cz is to provide product information as fast as possible. Registered customers can search for product details and availability by many different means, e.g. they can use the category search, full text search or other sophisticated search tools. The used search criteria could be the name of the producer or the item code. The filters to find product features, items on sale, special offers, recommended, new products and best selling products are a matter of fact.
Preview of the shopping environment of the new system
The most important requirements laid on the new solution were on-line stock accessibility, working with the customer's credit, on-line order status, guard dog, or modules simplifying order import from the customer's economic system.
The system can obviously work with unlimited number of delivery addresses of each customer and also with unlimited number of buyers on the e-shop. The customer can designate a supervisor who can verify the purchases of his or her subordinates.
There are also a number of efficient marketing tools implemented in the application, such as direct mailing or statistics. These tools can help the provider understand the customer's behaviour and recognize new trends.
The advantages of integration between e-shop and economic system
The integration advantages are undisputable and an efficient B2B system cannot be practically run without a fully automatic integration. It is possible to build the whole application as an extension of an economic, logistic and stock system. This way the customers can access updated and personalized data and there is no need for inefficient and complicated personal, phone or e-nail communication. ShopCentrik brings greater flexibility to the shoppers and higher informedness for the customers. On the provider's side, ShopCentrik allows the user easier and more precise management of the e-shop directly from the economic system.
The powerful integration between ShopCentrik and VENTUS provides the user with possibility to manage the whole e-shop operation from the economic system. The product information is generated in a familiar environment only once and the staff does not have to learn to operate new software. Newly registered customers and orders from an e-shop are automatically transferred into the information system. This ensures low operating cost and reduces potential for human error.
The integration is very powerful and e-shop operation implicates a minimum load on the information system. One of the reasons for this is the fact, that ShopCentrik has its own database, into which the differential data are replicated in regular intervals. ShopCentrik then provides data directly from its database and regular shoppers' browsing through the e-shop don't generate any extra work to the economic system. The moment a client requires any of the on-line services, such as the stock accessibility, ERP system is purposefully contacted, but optimized data transfer assures a minimum system load and fast reaction period.
You can find more information in the article Why integrate e-hop with Why integrate ERP system into your e-shop.
