Case Studies: Retail Trade

MyChemist is a privately owned group of Australian companies comprising more than 200 stores nationwide and brands such as Chemist Warehouse, MyChemist, Discount Vitamin Warehouse, My Beauty Spot and the online trader, e-Pharmacy. A major software upgrade was necessary for such a steadily-growing and complex organisation that was using legacy DOS-based warehousing and enterprise resource planning [ERP] applications.

McRoskey Mattress Company, established over a 100 years ago, is a handmade mattress making firm. McRoskey uses SAP Business One to manage its key processes right from manufacturing to point of sale.

Hasbro, one of the largest toy making companies in the world, manages over 1500 toy brands. They use SAP Business One ERP solution to be able to quickly launch their operations in emerging markets. The ERP solution helps Hasbro manage its global processes and operations in a better way.

Turi Foods, owner of the La Ionica brand, bought the slaughtering and processing operations of a competitor. This facility used an ERP system that was too expensive for a single facility to maintain. La Ionica only had a three-month grace period to find an alternative.

Express Glass, provider of emergency glass repairs across Australia, used different applications for order processing and accounts which meant that data had to be transferred between them manually. Express Glass deployed an integrated back-office system based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV to improve their ability to respond and meet the needs of their customers.