Coop Norge: Implementing SAP CAR on SAP HEC in three months at Coop Norway
Norway‘s 2nd Largest Retail Organisation
Official foundation in 1906 - the first store opened in 1867
117 local cooperatives with a total of 1.7 million cooperative members
1200 retail stores, including 5 supermarket chains and 4 specialist retail chains,
as well as online shopsThe company owns the brands Coop Extra, Coop Mega, Coop Prix, Coop Marked,
Coop Obs! Hypermarked, Coop Byggmix, Coop Obs! Bygg and Coop Extra bygg28,000 employees
NOK 47 bn revenue (2017)
Further information: www.coop.no
Success Story
Coop Norge: Implementing SAP CAR on SAP HEC in three months at Coop Norway
Challenge
Coop Norway decided to implement SAP CAR as part of an overarching IT project to improve both ordering and decision-making processes in the long term.
The aim was to establish real-time inventory visibility as well as the ability to react to sales and promotional trends as they occur in real time.
Replacement of a highly customized legacy POSDM solution
Reengineering back to standard or replication of former enhancements to POSDTA and HANA technologies
Solution & Advantages
SAP CAR on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC)
Coop Norway together with retailsolutions UK and SAP successfully completes what is one of the first SAP CAR implementations on SAP's HANA Enterprise Cloud.
Solution
SAP CAR on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC)
SAP CAR POSDTA
Promotion Management for Retail
Unified Demand Forecast
Advantages
Improved in-store processes: Optimised store ordering, improved decision making processes, Access to realtime information
Realtime inventory visibility
Enhanced basis for F&R through recording sales and consumption data for 2 years
Display current stock on hand
Performance of transactional and end-of-day validations