Standard systems do not work - therefore driving giant laundry own - Computer Sweden

Berendsen saves a lot of money on its proprietary operating system, says Johan Kviberg, Development Director.

Describing Berendsen Textile Services as a “laundry” feels pretty paltry, even if it is tvättveriksamheten which is the foundation of the company. It’s about a giant with 15,000 employees, including 1,200 in Sweden, in 16 countries, which not only wash work clothes, blankets, sheets, rugs, etc., but also is responsible for all logistics and service for such equipment. Berendsen is one of the leading textile service company and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. An example of the scale of the operation is to Berendsen makes approximately 12,000 customer visits per week in Stockholm alone.

Class=”paragraphIntro”> It is a company that is profitable and growing.

class=”paragraphIntro”> Part of success story is that Berendsen uses a proprietary operating system in ten countries. In times when the obvious choice for many companies is to buy standard or standardized cloud services the company adds energy to crafting your own software. Why?

class=”paragraphIntro”> – We like developing the system has the same goal as the users and the company. Our priority at all times, it is strategically important for us and our customers, not to maximize its own billing as external consultants often forced to say Berendsen Johan Kviberg, Development Director for the operational system.

Johan Kviberg highlights to the system, named Sol (Service Online), covering all aspects of the business. It consists of 15 major modules, as well as numerous smaller and also about functionality. If the choice falls on the standard system is a high risk that modules need to be purchased from various suppliers, resulting in complicated integration work.

class=”paragraphIntro”> – Companies adapts the standard system has a tendency getting stuck in the old versions as it is often costly to bring adjustments to the next version, says Johan Kviberg.

Specialization: Successful system change candy factory.

class=”paragraphIntro”> Examples of major modules is sort of working, managing content in wardrobes , online order and turoptimering. Many of client solutions are web-based. It involves extremely specialized, and in some cases very complex modules.

class=”paragraphIntro”> – Everything from purchasing, central store and turoptimering to contract management is very unique to our industry says Johan Kviberg.

class=”paragraphIntro”> What does not part is not industry specific standard functions such as accounting and data warehouse. Instead, integrated Sun with such systems.