Shoebox – A Successful Start to the Year
Shoebox Kft., the exclusive distributor of footwear brands such as Timberland, Lacoste, and CAT, also decided to implement the template-based Mind-Retail-Fashion solution. Since May of last year, the finance and controlling departments have been seamlessly using SAP solutions, and by December, the transition phase where the old and new systems coexisted was completed. Our collaboration with the company bore fruit at the beginning of this year: in January, the roll-out phase began, and currently, we are providing go-live support and fine-tuning the systems.
Since Shoebox Kft. operates stores not only in Hungary but also in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and Bulgaria, a key goal of the project was to enable the management of multiple companies within a single system, with all entities operating on the same database. Today, the subsidiaries load data from the Hungarian headquarters, which also manages logistics. Inventory management is now supported by SAP solutions across all locations. The successful integration of the cash register systems has been achieved, with accounting now done in the local currency of each country. Additionally, products were previously identified by unique barcodes, a practice that has now been discontinued, significantly easing the sales process. It is worth highlighting that the solution we implemented supports the operations of more than 50 Shoebox Kft. stores. The next steps include establishing a warehouse management system in Poland and implementing the SAP BI solution, which is also part of Shoebox Kft.’s future plans.