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Vitamin World chooses Avanade for digital evolution

Case study: Vitamin World chooses Avanade for digital evolution


Johannesburg, 29 Aug 2016
The retail industry is at the forefront of adopting digital technologies, says Jim Olson, Avanade's senior vice president, Northeast Region, USA.
The retail industry is at the forefront of adopting digital technologies, says Jim Olson, Avanade's senior vice president, Northeast Region, USA.

Vitamins, nutritional supplements and sports and active nutrition company Vitamin World is working with business technology solutions provider, Avanade to leverage a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.

The solution aims to support future growth with the help of real-time information and business intelligence. As one of the first deployments of the newest version of Microsoft Dynamics AX solution in North America, it will be implemented in a phased approach over 18 months.

The cloud-based offering will allow Vitamin World to focus on retail best practices and processes through a flexible, reliable and scalable ERP platform. The first phase of the project will bring key foundational business capabilities including finance, product data management, procurement, inventory and more onto one platform and is scheduled to be completed later this summer.

According to Venky Govind, CIO of Vitamin World, his organisation needs the right digital workplace solutions to give it the ability to increase sales, reduce costs and improve customer experience in a flexible and agile manner. "By leveraging ERP, cloud savings and data analytics, we are well poised to invest in and enable innovative business solutions. Avanade's experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX solutions paired with its retail and cloud experience as well as hands-on approach highlighted a strong cultural fit between our companies."

"The retail industry is at the forefront of adopting digital technologies, and we are excited to support Vitamin World in its mission to transform its workplace," said Jim Olson, Avanade's senior vice president, Northeast Region.

Olson added that the Microsoft Dynamics AX solution is the perfect platform to rapidly deliver an end-to-end solution. "Microsoft's first ever Cloud ERP release allows our team to focus on activating business features and functionality instead of building multiple server environments on premises. With a cloud-based solution, we are able to focus our efforts effectively on high-impact areas like change enablement, which makes the transition to the new system as seamless as possible for clients."

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