Softline: Fashion SAP BusinessObjects

The Softline company developed the standard analytical solution on the SAP BusinessObjects platform for the fashion-industry. The cost and an implementation time of the solution in which business processes, specific to the industry of "fashionable" retail, are implemented are fixed.

The main objective of the companies working in the field of "fashionable" retail – to be successful in business, effectively building all processes, from planning before sales. In the aspiration to expand sales markets and to compete successfully such organizations quite often face problems in the field of assortment planning and obtaining the authentic analytical reporting. For achievement of the purposes the fashion-companies need to build correctly the business processes and to use the effective analytical systems.

On the basis of project experience in the industry of "fashionable" retail the Softline company developed the standard analytical solution on the SAP BusinessObjects platform. The solution automates processes, specific to fashion, is flexibly configured under specific features of the companies and allows to carry out deep data analysis, to trace information on a business status in real time, to solve problems of assortment planning and operating control of accomplishment of plans of purchase and sales. Main advantage of the new standard solution is a ready set of interactive panels and reports for control and the analysis of key indicators of business. Benefits which are received by the fashion-company from use of the analytical solution on the SAP BusinessObjects platform include:

• control of key indicators of retail network;
• evident and reliable data at acceptance of management decisions;
• operational management of completeness of representation of collections in shops;
• analysis of the range, identification of trends;
• the plan/fact the analysis, creation of forecast values on current month for control of accomplishment of the plan in real time;
• increase in mobility of the management and understanding of sources of profit;
• identification of the reasons of critical deviations and rapid response.

"Our solution for the sphere of fashion is the unique tool for the management of the companies working in this area and category managers. It allows to be ahead of competitors and raises a sales profit. At the same time the term of accomplishment of "turnkey" such project – only 2-3 months", – Lyudmila Surikova, the Head of Department of a business intelligence of SAP of Softline company emphasizes.

The analytical solution on the SAP BusinessObjects platform over a year is successfully used in "World of Leather and Fur" company, the network, largest in Russia, selling outerwear and leather and fur accessories. Thanks to the solution of Softline in the company data processing was accelerated, the reliability of the received reports increased, planning terms were reduced, the comprehensive analysis of sales and purchases is carried out.

The Softline company proposes the standard analytical solution for the fashion-companies within a special offer which includes a packet of the licenses SAP BusinessObjects for 10 users, installation of the standard solution, loading of historical data in three years and training of users. Implementation term – 2-3 months. Cost – 50,000 euros including VAT.