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Six-fold return on EDI project within the first year

A European leader in terms of technology and processes, BOHEMIA SEKT uses the ORiON EDI solution from GRiT.

Current state and problem

In terms of technology and processes, BOHEMIA SEKT is among the European leaders. The automation of document transfer was started in 1991, among other things, by exports to world markets, which was the impetus for the former state-owned enterprise Vinařské závody to enter the international system of standard automatic identification EAN. The so-called GS1 Company Prefix still identifies Bohemia Sekt products today. It can be found on a total of three hundred products.

Process automation and the economic necessity of savings also led BOHEMIA SEKT to decide to use electronic interchange of business documents - EDI (initially invoices - INVOIC and orders - ORDERS) in its supplier-customer relationships.

Proposed solution

Due to the complexity of the EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) issue, BOHEMIA SEKT decided to use a specialized EDI provider to manage its structured electronic communication. Another reason for professional EDI outsourcing was the complicated structure of the SAP information system, which runs on the servers of the parent company Henkell & Co. in Germany and is used by Bohemia Sekt as a service. It was necessary to ensure the implementation of EDI in such a way that there was no data loss and that the standard operation (document circulation) in the company was not restricted.

The supplier originally selected for the EDI implementation managed to get the electronic communication process started, but was no longer able to ensure the smooth running of normal operations. All modifications, updates and improvements had to be handled through the German parent company, which, together with the need to manage and monitor the communication software, brought a lot of worries and additional work. BOHEMIA SEKT therefore decided to change its EDI provider in 2008.

The perfect solution turned out to be the ORiON EDI service from GRiT (formerly CCV Information Systems), which does not require any specialized hardware or software and all the user needs to use is any of the commonly available internet browsers.

Resulting changes

  • Thanks to the cooperation with the headquarters in Germany and GRiT, the connection was made without any intervention in the system and without any complications. The full implementation of the ORiON EDI solution took place 14 days after signing the contract. Thanks to the intuitive web interface, the service was also immediately accepted by direct users in the company (accounting department).
  • The project's return on investment during the first year was 5.43 (in the second year it was already 14.14).

    • “ORiON EDI is a professional service that we have no worries about. The solution is very user-friendly for end users, who can easily access EDI messages via the web interface from anywhere. EDI communication related to any brand of wine that is part of the Bohemia Sekt group is loaded into one common SAP system that we use within the entire group via ORiON EDI, which is invaluable to us.“

    Jan Regnar, IT manažer

    Potravinářství

    How we helped

  • Savings in two years: over half a million
  • Process automation and the economic necessity of savings also led BOHEMIA SEKT to decide to use electronic interchange of business documents - EDI (initially invoices - INVOIC and orders - ORDERS) in its supplier-customer relationships.

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    “ORiON EDI is a professional service that we have no worries about. The solution is very user-friendly for end users, who can easily access EDI messages via the web interface from anywhere. EDI communication related to any brand of wine that is part of the Bohemia Sekt group is loaded into one common SAP system that we use within the entire group via ORiON EDI, which is invaluable to us.“

    Jan Regnar, IT manažer

    Potravinářství

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