MC PEN
Stationery & Household GoodsProdukty:
The story of the company
Customer: VersaCo s.r.o.
VersaCo s. r. o., major distributor of leading Czech and foreign manufacturers of school and office supplies, was founded in 2009 and the first branches were opened in Prague and Zlín. In 2022, VersaCo s. r. o. operated a total of 43 stores in 19 cities in the Czech Republic and in 2019 VersaCo s. r. o. also launched its own e-shop. Among the most famous brands that VersaCo s. r. o. offers in its stores and e-shop are Herlitz, Pilot, Pentel, Stabilo, Koh-i-noor, Centropen, Maped, Parker, Kores, Lamy, Oxford, Tesa, Snopake, Albi, Aladine, Moleskine, Hama, Posca, Filofax, Pelikan, UNI (Ball), Monami, Marvy Uchida, and many others.
- Stores
- 43
- Year of realisation
- 2009
- Years of cooperation
- 14
- Establishment of the company
- 2009
The biggest advantages of WinShop solution
Thanks to our long-term cooperation, we were able to deliver and customize a comprehensive information system for VersaCo, which forms the basis of all business and warehouse operations. WinShop SQL business, POS and warehouse system covers all the needs of stock records, all forms of business transactions, realizes orders created on the company's e-shop, supplier orders and covers orders of individual stores. It provides the necessary information to the company's e-shop, including stock availability and pricing and in the application created for mobile terminals, it accelerates order processing and dispatch of goods to customers from the central warehouse. WinShop SQL production data is used for automated creation of analytical reports, the system communicates with suppliers and provides data for corporate accounting.
Up-to-date information on stock availability throughout the sales network
Comprehensive business system with central server failure protection
Customer system
System of promotions and discounts, sophisticated pricing
Shipping solutions using mobile readers
Real-time connection to the e-shop
Automated communication with suppliers
Quick inventory
Connection to the KEBOOLA analytical system
Implementation story
The first meetings with VersaCo's management took place around the time of its establishment - in 2009. At that time, the owners were looking for a reliable POS and warehouse system for their planned network of MC Pen stores. Considering the owners' previous good experience with our solution, which they had used in similar type of stores, our negotiations were substantive and constructive. The goal was to use WinShop Std. POS and warehouse system and adapt it to the needs of the planned future development of the retail chain of stores. The owners formulated several requirements that would facilitate the ordering and selling of the stationery products, as well as providing an up-to-date overview of each store's stock for quick pre-purchase orders. The installation in the first stores started in 2009 in Prague and Zlín. Over a period of 10 years WinShop Std. system has reliably fulfilled the role of a management information system and POS system in 25 stores and in the company's central warehouse. During this time, in particular, the POS application at the stores was adapted for the sale of stationery goods with all the specifics and all the required POS and pricing functions were integrated into it. It can be concluded that the cash register terminal developed for VersaCo and for the sale of stationery goods is today the most advanced solution in this segment.
WinShop SQL
VersaCo, like other dynamically developing trading companies, has also included ON LINE sales on its new e-shop in its business model. At the same time, it was expanding its store network. All these circumstances led to new negotiations with the owners to upgrade WinShop Std. solution at the headquarters and implement new WinShop SQL system. This move was to lead to faster processing of the growing number of transactions, ensure that the stock of the central warehouse and stores is up-to-date for the purposes of an effective e-shop offer and enable more advanced analysis of production data. Implementation of the new solution began in 2019. Within 4 months, the solution was deployed across the entire store network. In 2024, WinShop SQL system manage central dispatch warehouse, 45 stores and the company's eshop.
