Columbus completed an implementation project of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 in Pragmatik company

The Columbus company (before Columbus IT) completed an implementation project of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 in Pragmatik company - the leading Russian supplier of goods and services for complex providing office.

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Deep understanding of industry specifics, accounting of interests of customers and partners allows to take Pragmatist of already 17 years strong positions among suppliers of office goods in B2B segment. Only in Moscow and St. Petersburg this company services more than 40000 corporate clients. "Pragmatist" guarantees high quality of the sold products and faultless service, performing more than 1500 orders daily.

Quicker to approach top of the Russian market of clerical and office products, the company decided to replace a corporate information system. Until recently in the organization self-written IT solution was used, but with growth of a goods turnover Pragmatist it ceased to cope with amount of data. Having studied several offers, the company management stopped the choice on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. Automation of control blocks purchases and sales became a priority of a project team. As the partner in implementation and support of the new information system "Pragmatist" invited the international consulting company Columbus having due examination and significant experience of automation of trade enterprises.

Thanks to the system built based on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 the efficiency of such key activities as the organization of deliveries and sales of goods for office, settlings with partners and clients, inventory management increased in Pragmatik company. Besides, within the project specialists of Columbus performed for Pragmatik a complex of works on integration with LM7 WMS system and also with a system managerial and financial accounting 1C.

For effective and long-term interaction with corporate customers Pragmatist all necessary tools are provided now: maintaining reference book of clients and agreements, formation of orders and discounts, reservation of products, control of the status of arrival of goods, terms and qualities of a complete set, shipment and delivery, conducting settlement, management of returns of goods. Similar opportunities are available also concerning 300 business partners of the company, for example, in a system preliminary arrangements on cooperation are fixed.

A flexible set of the reports providing the authentic information based on activity of the enterprise is available to specialists of Pragmatik company. So, it is possible to obtain quickly data of sales on each commodity unit for the specified period, to automatically calculate the required volume of commodity resources for accomplishment of the current and potential orders and also to set additional discounts to clients on the basis of these data and to correct working conditions with partners.

In the new information system "Pragmatist" the planning feature of deliveries is implemented. Using tools of the analysis, planning and forecasting of Microsoft Dynamics AX "Pragmatist" it was succeeded to lower costs regarding supply chain management and to minimize a share of the missed sales. Setup of payment instruments of a system guaranteed the accurate organization and control of settlings with suppliers and clients. By the way, due to standardization and setup of automatic issue the accompanying documentation Pragmatist prepares for any order literally in read seconds now.

Mikhail Kozyrev, the director of the department of information technologies Pragmatist, so commented on project results: "Implementation of a new information system on the Microsoft Dynamics AX platform allowed to provide transparency of all cycle of work of our company. It, certainly, positively affected both the current activity Pragmatist, and our long-term plans. Now we can offer our clients and partners the most high-quality and operational cooperation, to strengthen their loyalty. Increase in transparency and controllability of the company promotes growth of its profitability that, in turn, inclusion is promoted by Pragmatist in number of the largest suppliers of office goods in the Russian market".