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 Briscoe Group Ltd
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Briscoe Group (BGR) retailing interests include 40 Briscoes Homeware
stores, 32 Rebel Sport stores, 13 Living & Giving stores and 1 Urban Loft
store with a consolidated revenue of $408 million. Briscoes Homeware is a
discount store selling exclusively homeware product with Rebel Sport being
the largest sports equipment and apparel chain in New Zealand. Living and
Giving and Urban Loft are specialty homeware stores offering lifestyle and
gift options that combine quality and value.
The Problem
Briscoe Group was running a very modified ERP system, which had
changed so much it had become difficult to upgrade and also restricted their
ability to easily upgrade in the future . Briscoe Group was looking for a
vendor to provide the group with a worldwide recognised “tier one” solution
based on best practice retail processes, that would provide an excellent
merchandising solution, which they saw as the key to their ERP solution.
Briscoe Group was also experiencing considerable growth and required an
ERP system that would meet the needs of the business now and into the
future.
The Solution
CIBER ANZ was selected by Briscoe’s to implement CIBER’s out of the box
ERP retail package called novaRetail. novaRetail is a fully integrated and
pre-configured packaged solution from CIBER, based on SAP best practices.
novaRetail solutions enable companies to cost-effectively implement an
optimised SAP Retail solution with a proven methodology and change
management toolset that helps to reduce cost and risk through the project.
CIBER was chosen to implement a number of SAP functionalities including
Master Data Management, Merchandise Management and Planning, Sales
and Distribution, Purchase Orders, Logistics, Finance and Business Warehouse.
“Our selection process led us to conclude SAP was the right software
system for us to move forward with and that CIBER was the right partner to
ensure an optimal implementation ”, says Geoff Scowcroft, CFO Briscoe
Group Ltd.
Why CIBER?
After deciding to upgrade their
existing ERP system, Briscoe Group
examined several key ERP vendors
before choosing CIBER. “SAP was
the best fit for us, and CIBER were
quickly establishing a strong local
presence, leveraging its international
retail experience as well as SAP’s
global expertise” says Geoff Scowcroft,
CFO Briscoe Group Ltd.
The Benefits
CIBER’s novaRetail solution has
successfully integrated with Briscoe’s
existing point of sale software, and
provided the systems platform to
facilitate further expansion and
growth in the future. The project went
live with financials in April 07, with
Trial Go-Live of the 6,000 articles
within the ‘Manchester’ category in
August 07 and the full Go Live
occurred in October 07.
The go live at Briscoe’s went very
smoothly which was due to extensive
testing and good planning. Briscoe’s
CFO Geoff Scowcroft said “ERP
solution implementations are never
‘easy’ however we managed a
relatively smooth implementation to
SAP with the expert assistance of
CIBER ANZ. The quality of their
consultants was consistently high
and they were always prepared to
work with us to find solutions to
problems as they arose. A key to
their expertise, we feel, is their
knowledge of retail businesses and
therefore their ability to understand
issues from a retail perspective
rather than a pure IT systems
viewpoint.” |
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