Coop Mineraloel AG
Customer & challenge
Coop Mineraloel AG, headquartered in Allschwil, is a Swiss oil company as well as retail company. As a subsidiary of Coop, it operates more than 300 convenience shops both with and without a filling station in Switzerland as well as the Principality of Liechtenstein under the Coop Pronto brand. For more information, please go to www.coop-mineraloel.ch.
The transfer of sales-relevant data from SAP BW was previously done via manual export from SAP. However, this method was time consuming and also prone to error because it required manual interaction. The company was looking for an uncomplicated solution that would provide efficient data transfers without system interruption.
“ERPConnect Services for Nintex is THE tool for us when it comes to the simple and efficient provision of information from SAP.”
Andreas Hunkeler, Information Technology and Projects/Process Management, Coop Mineraloel AG
Solution with ERPConnect Services
Coop Mineraloel chose the solution ERPConnect Services (ECS) from the SAP interface specialist Theobald Software. It was very helpful for the oil company to be able to use a fully functional test version of the software with all available features during the evaluation process. The key reason for the “pro ECS” decision was that it could be integrated easily, requiring little installation and customization work so that it could be available quickly. In addition, the solution offered a high level of investment security because it can also be used in other application areas: ERPConnect Services is made up of three components that provide the complete range of data integration services between SharePoint and SAP. No additional middleware is necessary – the integration takes place completely within the SharePoint architecture.
Advantages
Efficient data transfer processes without a system interruption; simplified delivery of SAP data for further analytical processing
Implementation of the Nintex SAP Connector is done seamlessly, requiring just a few hours of work. Support on the part of Theobald Software was not required. The data transfer is used for commercial purposes. Information for analysis purposes is prepared using data queries – e.g. for evaluations of sales volume and turnover according to various criteria and with varying granularity. The greatest added value of the interface for Coop Mineraloel is the very apparent increase in efficiency when it comes to information provision – both in terms of speed as well as the quality of the data. As a result, this also improves the quality of analyses: Employees can now make full use of the information potential of the data, for example, to improve sales processes – and all of this comes with a digital process that is very lean and efficient.
