EROSKI trust INDRA technology to improve productivity of its stores

Eroski has signed a collaboration agreement with Indra, the number one IT multinational in Spain and one of the largest in Europe, to improve the productivity of their sales points within the strategy improvement that the group is carrying out its business lines.

The Management Model Eroski Group established by the fruit of the collaboration over the past three years with Indra, is policy-based productivity and continuous improvement, supported in applications developed for this purpose, and integrated with innovative high-value items for business processes, and procedures for activities at points of sale, standards of operations taking place at these points, sizing criteria generation templates or work schedules to staff the centers.

The aim of the agreement now is the extent of this management model, and associated applications, the entire network of outlets in the supermarket business of the group, some 550 sites about the flags belonging to Eroski / center and Eroski / City, present in different geographical locations, regional and local in Spain. In total 25,000, people in the organization will benefit from this new system.

In addition, to carry out the improvement, has created a technical office staff comprised of both Indra and the Eroski Group, covering the maintenance of the model and applications, supporting the extension of the same, facilitating control resources and efficiency in management.

Solutions for Industry

Indra continues at the forefront of technology in the sectors of Industry and Consumer solutions and services designed to achieve continuous improvement in productivity and resource management. Their system not only improve the competitiveness of their customers but also allows them to access new market opportunities and meet the latest challenges to face. Indra's bid for intelligent infrastructure represents a qualitative step in the design so far had business processes and in implementing them, contributing to the innovation process leading companies.

Indra has a proven experience within this market. It recently reached an agreement with Duro Felguera Asturian group to implement its new corporate systems platform under Oracle applications and technology for 12 million euros. In addition, work with Grupo Leche Pascual in the implementation of the "Lead 2012," which aims to promote and consolidate the leadership style referred to in management strategy food group. Indra is also working with Sage, a global leader in business management and services for SMEs, development, integration and marketing of advanced IT solutions to improve productivity and efficiency of production processes in small and medium enterprises.

Internationally, the company has outstanding references, such as the management system developed for BIAL, the largest pharmaceutical company in Portugal, the implementation of an advanced Real-Time Tracking (TTR) for Blue Express, or services software development or maintenance of systems in different companies that Peugeot Citroen car has around the world.

Indra is a multinational Information Technology number 1 in Spain and one of the largest in Europe and Latin America.It is the second European company in its sector by investing in R & D, with about € 500 million invested in the last three years. Sales in 2010 amounted to 2557 M € and international business now accounts for 40%. It has over 31,000 professionals and has clients in over 110 countries.

Source: Grupo Eroski