C2B Industrial Solutions for Agroindustrial
Wine Business
C2B Consulting represents a group of professionals whose desire is to provide the best solutions for our current and future clients/partners.
We bring together, not only the ability to implement one or several software solutions but also the deep business and industry knowledge, summarizing them into robust and integrated solutions/products.
Proof of this is that our partners improve and digitize their business processes. Simplify and Automate by selecting the best cost/benefit solution.
emerges to meet the challenges of the wine industry. The solution was developed in partnership with Sociedade de Vinhos Borges (SVB), founded in 1884 by António and Francisco Borges, with a turnover in 2018 of 12.3 M€, 68 employees, with vineyards in the Douro, Vinho Verde, and Dão regions. Finally, adding 30 SAP users, supporting the new digitalized processes.
The solution covers all business processes for the wine business, from the management/maintenance of estates and producers to the sale and distribution of different wines.
The development tools used for this solution were those provided by SAP (SAP ERP, SAP UI5 integrated solution, oData Services), mainly using standard processes, offering the client a fully integrated solution in all business areas, campaign management, finance, stock management, full batch traceability, quality inspections, production planning and execution, sales, among others.
C2B Industry Solutions for Agrobusiness was the result of an investment of our company in a new business area and a completely new team for the research and use of best-of-breed technologies in the development of a set of applications that increase the user experience of SAP systems and had the support of IAPMEI in part of the financing through the project C2B Industry Solutions for Agroindustrial of the pilot client SVB with the cession of business knowledge.
One of the main concerns in setting up the solution was the usability and simplicity of each application, as well as its speed and integrity.
SIMPLE, FAST e INTUITIVE are the words we want to hear from the users that use the system every day.
More than 50 APPs have been developed to support the process, as well as the integration of measuring equipment in the logistics processes, such as the weighing process at the entrance of the grapes and the capture of the necessary inspection characteristics.
The solution includes applications to support producers and agents1, master data management, delivery limit management, self-invoicing, and mass maintenance of price lists.
This solution addresses key critical data such as property master data, material master data, and all stock throughout the supply chain.
The life cycle of the winemaking process is fully covered by the solution, from property management, harvest (management of contracts with producers, input grapes for invoicing), vinification (pressing, maceration, decanting, fermentation), cellar management, and aging (batch constitution, treatments, filtration, etc.), bottling and labeling and, finally, sales of finished products.
Total batch traceability and sample/analysis management are transversal to all processes, as well as complete financial integration.
The solution supports the entire cycle in managing the real cost, achieving the real cost per batch2.
is designed for an intuitive user experience, running on multiple devices - desktops, tablets, and smartphones. In addition, it is a role-based, customizable, and real-time suite of applications.
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1 entities that organize the sale of grapes from different producers
2depending on the business configuration of SAP, which must include activation of the material ledger and actual cost configuration
