Fresh Concept and Babelway
The Company: FreshConcept is a Belgian pork butchery distributing packaged fresh meat through super- and hypermarkets since 2002. Clients include Carrefour, Mestdagh, Intermarché, Cora, Louis Delhaize, Match and Spar. The Charleroi-based company employs 60 people.
The Business Challenge: FreshConcept wanted to take part in a Carrefour-led project that aims to have the full cycle ‘order - production - in shop delivery - invoice’ for fresh products in one single day. Carrefour requested very tight deadlines to be part of the first batch of partner companies. This required adaptations to internal processes, including the development of electronic exchanges (EDI) for orders and invoices.
The Solution: FreshConcept partnered with Babelway to develop, deploy and test electronic order and invoice exchanges in just 3 weeks. The solution using Babelway complied with Carrefour guidelines for EDIFACT messages via the AS/2 protocol. Changes within the IT environment of FreshConcept could be kept very limited while enjoying a fully automated solution end-to-end.
Key Benefits: FreshConcept has been positioned as a key partner of Carrefour in the fresh supply chain. This in a minimum amount of time and at a fraction of the investment that alternatives could offer.
Christian Crismer, Quality Manager, FreshConcept: "I have been most pleased to work with these guys: technically impressive, professional, and nice people. I would recommend Babelway to anyone".
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