Eoltas

Group of companies, service network, wholesale and retail trade of all automotive parts and components

„We have been striving to create a professional, customer-friendly, new automotive component sales system. That is why we decided to invest in innovation and to move towards centralised information management.”

– Marijus Montvilas, Executive Director of UAB Eoltas

Challenges

• Particularly large nomenclature (120 thousand), pricing management is highly labour extensive
• The Group operates 13 centres in different countries, management is very complicated without any centralisation
• The customer is tired of the system deployment in collaboration with another vendor, lasting for 2 years
• The search for substitute parts takes a long time, the search is performed manually in catalogues
• The process of component purchase planning does not take into account statistical analysis and is not unified for all companies

Solution

• Successful implementation of MS Dynamics AX has improved the accounting and management procedures
• Planning is based on statistical information and allows to optimise the flow of goods
• A particularly high product nomenclature is managed conveniently and quickly
• The centralised system allows applying of general management principles
• The search for similar products (substitutes) has become more efficient and has enabled full information to be provided to buyers

Outcome

• Purchase planning takes place quickly and with consideration of statistics
• Search of substitute products was accelerated by 10 times (10 min. > 1 min.)
• The number of clients served increased by 1.7 times
• The efficiency of centralised business management increased by 2 times
• Profitability of the company has increased, stocks in the warehouses were reduced, ROI – 2 years

Substitute database developed with more than 2 million records

Purchasing planning evaluates the 5-year trade history

Substitute search time was reduced by 10 times

The number of customers served has increased by 1.7 times