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How Retail Distributor SAVSERVICE Increased Sales and Order Frequency with a New B2B Marketplace

Key results
15% increase in order frequency
Estimated additional 13% sales growth
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Summary

SAVSERVICE, a Ukrainian distributor of global FMCG manufacturers, sought to enhance operational efficiency through digital solutions. ELEKS assisted SAVSERVICE in developing the comprehensive iOrder platform that enables distributors to create flexible marketplaces with custom product hierarchies and promotion rules. Additionally, the platform allows retailers to independently replenish stock, reducing reliance on sales representatives' schedules, while sales representatives can optimise their routes and cut operational costs. Within the first six months of implementation, the number of permanent users doubled, and SAVSERVICE estimated a 13% increase in sales.
ELEKS did a full-scale project for us. For our company, it was our first experience in outsourcing an IT project, and I would say it was very positive. In the end, we were very happy with our choice, and with the result we got.
Roman Verenych
General Manager, SAVSERVICE
Boosting sales with a new marketplace for FMCG distributors
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The situation

Distribution business in search of operational efficiency through digital solutions

When SAVSERVICE wanted a tool to digitalise the distribution process, they already had multiple warehouses, thousands of retailers as customers and an army of sales representatives. The envisaged online ordering marketplace had to streamline the ordering from a distributor, assist sales representatives with their work and automate the tracking of sales and promo campaigns.

Among the main concerns that SAVSERVICE wanted to address were inefficient distribution routes, limited ordering channels and human-factor errors that persisted with manual orders. Moreover, the B2B marketplace had to be flexible enough to serve not only SAVSERVICE’s needs but the needs of other FMCG distributors, manufacturers and importers, too.

SAVSERVICE’s internal IT department created a working prototype of an ordering platform and tested the idea on the first users. To go beyond the prototype, SAVSERVICE needed an experienced vendor. In ELEKS, they found a team that understood their business and was ready to implement a minimum viable product against their demanding timeline.

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The solution

Changing the way distributors communicate with retailers

Our team started with a four-week product discovery phase to confirm the product assumptions and find out what the users want. We also conducted a series of in-depth interviews with SAVSERVICE and their customers. Our business analytics and software architects outlined the optimal architecture of the marketplace, refined the functional requirements and developed a complete product vision and its development roadmap.

Less than four months after the discovery phase, SAVSERVICE received a ready product: their web-based iOrder platform. We built the architecture and user experience of the marketplace according to the needs of both retailers and distributors. The platform is fully flexible so that every

distributor can make their separate marketplace within the system with their own product hierarchy and promotion rules.

With iOrder, retailers are not limited by the visits of sales representatives to make product selections and place orders; this means that retailers can replenish their stock more often, while sales representatives can optimise their routes and save operational costs. The marketplace supports regular synchronisation to display only the most accurate information on product availability and active promotions. Additionally, the platform meets all the security and performance requirements and can scale to accommodate the accelerated growth of users.

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The result

The marketplace that has tremendous potential to increase sales actively attracts new users

In the six months since the marketplace launch, the number of retailers permanently using the tool doubled, from 450 to 900. SAVSERVICE report that iOrder guarantees absolute transparency of their relations with the distributors. Several distribution companies that sought to optimise their operations also joined the platform.

The distributors have seen up to a 15% increase in order frequency. They have also been able to shorten the regular promo campaigns' launch cycle, from the moment the campaign is initiated to the moment the goods are delivered to the retailer, from two weeks to just a couple of days.

Though sales representatives still visit retail shops in person, the marketplace has become their essential tool for producing the best results. The marketplace takes care of routine ordering activities while the sales representatives have time during their visits to focus on upselling, new product promotions and planning. SAVSERVICE estimates the potential growth of sales at 13%.

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