Gresvig Retail Group makes merger and ERP swap easier with MultiArchive

Norwegian Gresvig Retail Group recently acquired the Voice chain and is upgrading to a complelety new M3 ERP solution. MultiArchive document infrastructure helps ease the inevitable pains.

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The Gresvig Group Retail chain operates more than 700 shops in two distinct divisions – sports and textile –striving at being the leading operator with the most efficient operation. The brands are: G-sport, G-MAX, Intersport, Boy of Europe, Match and VIC – all important and recognized brands in the market.

Gresvig has been in business for more than 100 years but is still constantly evolving, with the acquisition of the Voice chain as one of the most recent bold moves.

As part of the merger process, Gresvig has chosen to move to a completely new and much more feature rich ERP system 'M3'.

Merging two companies is never an easy process. Swapping your ERP system is never an easy process either.

But the Gresvig Retail Group with its professional approach does have some advantages over others – one of them being a MultiArchive Document Processing Infrastructure.

Both Gresvig and Voice had MultiArchive in place – for archiving business documents from their ERP systems, and for processing supplier invoices.

Merging and coordinating based on electronic document archives and business processes, is considerably easier than the same exercise with an organization tied down by paper and manual routines.

MultiArchive for MOVEX/M3 Output

The new M3 ERP system simply plugs into the current infrastructure with the add-on product MultiArchive for MOVEX/M3 Output. Now all documents from the new ERP system is captured automatically in MultiArchive alongside the historical documents from the old system.      

Not only does a company based on electronic business archives and processes find it easier to merge and coordinate, but also the process of migrating to a new ERP systems is eased.

Having documentation regarding finance, customers, suppliers, orders, and products available in a shared business archive, reduces the need for costly conversions to the new ERP system. At the same time, it makes the process of implementing easier, and takes some of the stress out of the process, as all information is shared in both the new and the old ERP system – through the shared business archive.

Supplier invoice workflow

Finally – important processes as the approval of supplier invoices, including the allocation of cost, done by hundred of people throughout the organization – is to the end user completely unaffected by the swap of ERP system.    

Again – merging two companies is never easy, and the same goes for swapping your ERP system, but having the right document processing infrastructure in place makes it a little easier.

“We have been working with Gresvig since 1998, and we are happy and proud to assist them in this important process as well”, says Øivind Sverdrup MD at Multi-Support Norway.

Additional information

Gresvig website

Product Intro, MultiArchive for Movex/M3 Output

Contacts

Managing Director, Øivind Sverdrup, Multi-Support Norway,

 

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