Contact
e-velopment GmbH
Bahrenfelder Chaussee 49
22761 Hamburg – Germany
Fon: +49 (0) 40 – 85 187-0
Fax: +49 (0) 40 – 85 187-444
eMail: talk2us@e-velopment.de
Managing Directors:
Oliver Kählert, Michael Schaberg
Name: VBS Hobby Service GmbH
Founded 1964
More than 150 employees
Logistics software in operation since 2003
VBS Hobby Service GmbH is a multi-channel mail-order company in the realm of ‘creative hobbies‘. Their range consists of more than 16,000 products, including handicraft materials, tools, articles for craftspeople, decoration accessories and furnishing accessories for further creative processing. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as in France, the company markets its products via its own online shop, as well as via the classic catalogue business, online platforms and retail stores. VBS serves an established customer base of more than 750,000 hobby enthusiasts, throughout Europe.
Since 2003, VBS Hobby Service GmbH had been using the 360e Logistics module from e-velopment, jointly with the MOS Tangram merchandise-management system. The project’s aim was to switch over from the existing MOS software, introducing a new software to support the operational processes in product-range planning and purchasing, as well as customer and order management. An important aspect of this was to link-up the online shop and the retail branches in such a way that both have up-to-the-minute stock information on-call (multi-channel approach).
In the context of agile project methodology (Scrum), e-velopment integrated the 360e platform into VBS’s existing system landscape, and linked up new third-party systems in the course of the project. It was important to involve the VBS workforce in this, right from the start. The seasonal nature of the client’s business meant that the ‘go-live‘ deadline was absolutely not to be missed. Between e-velopment receiving this assignment and the ‘go-live‘, there was less than one year.
After concluding the analysis phase, it was soon evident that the VBS project would go far beyond the introduction of 360e Business, the ERP and OMS system. Alongside the replacement of MOS, involving complex migration of data and the link-up to 360e Logistics, new functions were implemented and introduced.
Among others, these were the following:
The functionality elements stated here were developed, in parallel with the project of introducing 360e, within the established two-week release cycle. After the joint integration test, VBS gave the green light for the scheduled Go-Live on 15 June 2019.
“Since 2003 we have been committed to e-velopment’s stock-management software. Thanks to the experience gained, and the successful cooperation on logistics, our decision to introduce 360e Business was an easy one. The e-velopment team gave us support in this, extensively and in a partnership of equals, throughout the whole project, from planning right through to the launch. Thanks to this successful switchover, we are securely set-up to take on the future and can fully concentrate on our growth.“
Philipp Lübeck – Managing Director, VBS Hobby Service GmbH
By introducing 360e Business, VBS laid the foundation for its future growth. The software provides support to VBS in this by: