uniface case study - pernod ricard

customer  Customer Case Study

40 years of innovation, excellence and a portfolio of prestigious products

A focus on 14 premium brands, the “Top 14” of which represent nearly 80% of the group’s total turnover Chivas whiskies, Ballantine’s, Jameson, Absolut vodka, Martell cognac, Beefeater gin, Havana Club rum, Ricard pastis, Mumm and Perrier-Jouet champaign

• Revenues of more than €8 billion • 90 subsidiaries • 100 production sites • 80 countries • 18,000 employees

A truly global brand:

The Uniface Challenge

•  The Martell cellars are considered as having

an “explosive atmosphere” (ATEX regulations) and may not be equipped with either Internet or Wi-Fi

•  It is, therefore, essential that the mobile devices work offline on an embedded database and then synchronize that database afterwards with the central system

The Uniface Challenge

Develop an enterprise mobile application:

•  Available offline on mobile devices •  Manage and inventory all spirit barrel

movement by scanning barcodes •  Synchronize post-clearance data stored in

SQLite embedded database with the Central Oracle database

The Uniface Challenge

Digitalize the Processes

•  In 1992, the Martell IT team first used Uniface to develop Spirit/1 software for the treatment of cognacs

•  After the Pernod Ricard takeover, the application was gradually deployed on other sites:

• Scotland (Chivas), •  Ireland (Irish Distillers), • Armenia (Yerevan Brandy)

Digitalize the Processes

•  Spirit/1 has evolved with technological advances and the company’s business needs

•  Twenty-three years after its first release, the application is still used and, volume-wise, covers nearly one-third of the group’s activity

Digitalize the Processes

•  In 2012, the group’s IT systems director developed an additional mobile device module designed to optimize management of the cellars

•  It allows cellar employees to manage and inventory all barrel movement by scanning their barcodes

•  The mobile device recorded data are then synchronized with our core database, then processed in Spirit/1

Uniface: technological expertise serving mobility

•  Pernod Ricard has been equipped with

Uniface for over 20 years •  As trusted partners, the Uniface teams

continue to help the group meet its needs when business or technical issues require their intervention

“Implementing the offline scans, for example, required a very sharp and pointed expertise for which we preferred to turn to Uniface” - Jean Jacques Delavaud.

Uniface: technological expertise serving mobility

•  An Oracle Lite database was originally used

for data storage on the mobile device and synchronized with the Central Oracle database

•  But with the database no longer maintained by the editor, the IT Systems Director of Pernod Ricard had to think about an alternative solution…

Uniface: technological expertise serving mobility

•  The SQLite solution was chosen for the

embedded database as a replacement and Oracle was maintained for the central database

•  Originally the Uniface platform did not naturally interface with SQLite on the mobile platform

•  BUT the Uniface teams proposed to develop a specific driver enabling the two systems to integrate

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Uniface: technological expertise serving mobility

•  In May 2015, both the driver and the new version of Uniface were delivered and the Pernod Ricard teams are making a prototype in order to validate the proper functioning of the application and ensure proper database synchronization before migrating the SQLite module to Martell

Supplier Relationship Management Tool

•  Since 1992, Uniface has helped first Martell,

and subsequently, the Pernod Ricard group, constantly expand the core Spirit/1 application and incorporate additional modules as their needs have changed and evolved

Supplier Relationship Management Tool

•  The next evolution is already under development and on its way: Supplier Relationship Management tool

•  Using a tablet that has been synchronized with a central database and connected to the internet, providers will be able to follow their delivery status, billing information or even trace their last sample

Supplier Relationship Management Tool

•  From this Pernod Ricard teams will be

able to gather information on projects, activities, provider issues, and better target projects to attract customers and build loyal relationships with them

•  Such successful solutions will give the group a significant competitive advantage in an increasingly complex and volatile economic environment

RESULTS

•  Uniface has undertaken the development of a specific driver to enable interfacing between the core business Spirit/1 application and the embedded database SQLite

•  Within six months, the mobile application will be fully operational in two of the group’s companies (Martell and Chivas), for the management of more than 6.2 million barrels

RESULTS

Read the full Pernod Ricard case study here:

Uniface – Pernod Ricard