Initial situation
“We are currently facing a number of challenges. We use different island solutions that do not meet the technical requirements. In particular, the separation of inventory management and accounting results in partly inefficient processes. Our customers order both boar semen from the GFS, and accessory products from our subsidiaries. So far, the subsidiaries are not connected on the system side. The provision of business-relevant data currently takes a lot of time because data has to be recorded twice and processed multiple times. This leads to a poor level of information, especially with regard to the degree of fulfillment of customer wishes.
Another problem is time-consuming inventories due to an immature system-side warehouse management. In addition, the control of logistics so far takes place only in the head of the warehouse manager, which creates unwanted dependencies. We have considered some ERP systems that were ultimately out of the question. After all, we have to make a lot of customization because our business does not compare to a traditional dealer.”