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Strauss Adriatic

Strauss Adriatic operates within Strauss Coffee, a multinational company which has owned Doncafé i C kafa brands since 2005. Strauss Coffee B.V. is a branch of the company specializing in coffee production and it is the fifth company in the world when it comes to raw coffee turnover. Strauss Coffee B.V. is one of the 10 largest coffee production companies in the world, employing more than 6,000 people. Since 1991, the company has widened its business through organic growth, takeovers, and partnerships. The local teams enjoy the support of experts from the company headquarters in key areas, from the procurement of raw coffee in Switzerland, through corporate finances and research and development in Israel, to takeover and merge, human resources, strategic marketing, and innovations in the Netherlands. Strauss Adriatic (Doncafé) factory is one of the 14 production units suppling 15 coffee markets around the world. In Brazil, the largest producer of coffee in the world, Strauss Coffee has four factories and the leading position in the retail market. Strauss Adriatic is the second largest company on the retail market in Serbia (Doncafe and C kafa), as well as the leading local coffee brand on the HoReCa market.


The successful implementation of the M&I ERP solution and the digitization of business processes created the conditions necessary for the implementation of the intelligent M&I BI solution which will integrate the internal, external and historical company data and enable a transparent insight into the past and the present of business operations, better prediction of future events, and finally a faster, simpler decision-making process of higher quality.

Analytical applications developed on the basis of a dimensional data model and available as web and mobile applications with reports and analyses adjusted to different business functions cover the following business areas:
Sales
Wholesale
Monitoring sales plans
Monitoring sales specialist targets
Sell in – sell out
Inventory
Finances
Receivables and payables
Product profitability
Reporting management
Marketing cost analysis
Production
Monitoring KPIs per product group

The BI system implementation at Strauss Adriatic set the grounds for a continuous business management and improvement within the company, including the following benefits:
Reporting process automation, internally and for the group management
Reduced reporting time generating more time for core business operations, analysis, and business development
Daily automatic e-mail distribution of predefined reports
Higher data quality
Quick and easy access to key information in a dynamic environment
Better service and greater customer satisfaction
Faster reaction to constant market changes
Higher competitiveness on the market