The project, initiated at the beginning of 2015, follows the establishment of a new management team in charge of designing and deploying a wide range of devices to unite different brands, streamline processes and optimize performance around a vision, a culture and shared actions.
In charge of the project, Sandrine Lesnik, CIO of Maisons et Domaines Henriot said: "There was an immediate need to create a new single management platform to support and accompany the Group's transformation. With different existing systems and more than 40 business applications running, we chose to focus on a standard solution that could integrate all our functions and requirements, rather than develop a specific business application brick by brick."
After an initial benchmark, the selection project started at the end of 2015, bringing together six software vendors (including specialists). One of the prerequisites was to have a joint vendor and integrator working together to accompany the teams at all times, whilst delivering value around pre-defined features and services.
Lesnik continues: "The capability of Infor M3 to support our main business processes as standard, and the constant commitment of Infor and its partner Helant's teams to integrate our wide field of business functionalities were the main reasons for our choice. In addition, we were enticed by M3's beautiful graphical user interface and by the dedication shown by the teams when listening and adhering to our requirements, especially in terms of CRM and the specific concerns of managing a winery."
The deployment of Infor M3 will take place in successive steps and is expected to go live at the beginning of 2018.
Bruno Barbe, Head of Operations at Infor partner Helant, said: "Thanks to the excellent collaboration we had with Infor, we were able to respect the deadlines set by the customer as well as our own commitments."
Lesnik concludes: "Thanks to the new organization set up at the group management level, this project should be followed by many other initiatives. With 350 employees and a turnover of €100 million, our ambition is to undertake the necessary actions to gather all our brands around a common identity, while building the platform and the management tools that will support the transformation of the group supported by a more relevant, reactive and efficient organization."
