PROJECTS
Master data management system
- Enterprise, Logistics, Retail
The use case
Coop Hungary is one of the largest retail chains in the country with 3400 stores, working in a franchise model. Stores are owned by hundreds of different companies, but the logistics, product sortiment, discount promotions, IT system, and corporate identity are managed centrally.
For a long time, Coop stores around the country had been managing different product and partner databases, using different internal codes and serials. Coop Hungary decided to create a central database, which contains all necessary data of all products and partners within the franchise, which can be integrated to the backend and cashier systems of the franchise stores.
The solution
Our company had been working with Laurel Ltd. to participate in the planning, and develop a software solution which contains a web based platform. Its functionality includes
- a robust data management backed by an Oracle database.
- semi-centralized product data management by a dedicated team with approval processes.
- cash registers are integrated to receive data updates, and send sales data to the central database.
- a robust API to connect the central master database to the cashiers in the stores, and the ERPs of regional centers.
The result
Over 200 000 product data is managed in the central database, and most of the stores update product data and pricing information from it regularly.