Viking 1914 + Creas A / S

Company Overview

Viking 1914 is a Danish brand of stationery and office supplies. The company’s mission is to work every day to find, improve and deliver tools that will move their customers forward. With a wide range of products and services, everyone can find the right Viking office, drawing and artist supplies, stationery, writing supplies and premium graphic materials.

Our cooperation with Viking 1914 + Creas A / S began in 2014 and continues to this day. The Versada team was happy to help and is helping this Danish customer to optimize processes and quality implementation of Odoo ERP.

Sector

E-commerce, Wholesale, Distribution

Country

Denmark

Turnover

8 - 10 M EUR

Number of Employees

10 - 50

Odoo version

Apps

CRM, Sales, Purchase, Inventory, Website, POS, Accounting, Custom Features

Turnover

8 - 10 M EUR

Number of Employees

10 - 50

Odoo version

Apps

CRM, Sales, Purchase, Inventory, Website, POS, Accounting, Custom Features

What were the reasons of Odoo choice?

Viking 1914 + + Creas A / S operates a very extensive e-commerce store with thousands of different products and different product variations. It didn’t take long before it became clear that the old system was too rigid and unwieldy for a modern e-commerce company like Viking. All the changes required a lot of time and money, so it was not a good, satisfying solution. In addition, changes in the former business management system could not be carried out directly, it was necessary to constantly seek the help of an external manufacturer.

Interesting information about the implementation of the project.

The task formulated by this client was clear from the beginning – to create and implement an effective business management system for e-commerce. The client raised the main requirements that the new business management system had to meet – program flexibility and price. In order to find out the deeper needs of the client, intensive discussions and detailed analysis of business processes took place during the first phase (Workshop).

One of the most important tasks is to find out what information is processed in the company. The chief financial officer, who has a lot of experience in handling accounting data, has become one of the most important elements in process identification. Based on the identified needs of the client, we created an initial solution, which was later tested by the client’s team.

Three more interactive functional workshops followed, after which we created the final solution with the client. After the product was completed, the data was migrated from the old system to the new one, which became one of the biggest challenges, which we also successfully overcame. In the development of this product, constant feedback from the customer became an essential factor in implementing the system and adapting it to the company’s employees. We are glad that Viking 1914 is a very successful company today and Odoo ERP is still their choice.

Features Implemented in Odoo:

1. Export and import of bank statements with Odoo, integration of courier systems with Odoo;

2. Creation of accounting, warehouse management system, e-mail store programming (extremely wide range of different products and variations);

3. Installation and integration of Google Data Studio, Odoo Business Intelligence;

4. Integration of shop tablets and printers with Odoo for purchase fulfillment, POS system (POS point of sale).

… and even more programming jobs according to individual needs.

First of all, I would like to emphasize the professional attitude of the Versada team and their exceptional competences in their field – their organization and efficient time planning not only facilitated and systematized our entire work process, but also saved us a lot of costs.

Personally, I would like to highlight the fact that during the entire project, they often took the initiative and went above and beyond so that the final result exceeded the expectations of the customers.

‌After updating the old business management system, we achieved impressive results in many areas of our work processes. We are very satisfied with the Odoo system – everything works faster, more conveniently, and most importantly, it fully meets our needs.

Jens V. M. Thomsen

CEO, Viking 1914

Viking 1914 + Creas A / S is one of the leading companies in the Danish market. They not only digitized all their processes with Odoo ERP, but also took them to a new level. This is an example of a company responding to changing market trends and adapting its internal tools. We hope that this success story will be one of the examples that Odoo is chosen by top-level companies as well.