Accomplishments

BuroPlus

Customer profile
Domain
Partners targeted in this project
Project descriptions
Customer testimonial
Technologies and standards used in this project
Advantages that BuroPLUS.ca offers to BuroPLUS (targeted advantages accomplished during the project)
Innovations and highlights in this project

BuroPLUS logo

BuroPLUS (Novexco inc.)
http://www.buroplus.ca

Date :

January 2001 @ January 2002

Customer profile :

BuroPLUS is the largest network of independent office products retailers in Canada (more than 100 in Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes).

Domain :

Wholesaler.

Partners targeted in this project :

Customers (commercial division, wholesalers division, retailers, and retailer’s customers).

Project descriptions

Contribute our knowledge and expertise in web development solutions;
Offer an eCommerce solution - BuroPLUS.ca (electronic catalogue, security, user management, shopping cart, express order);
Develop innovative concepts in eBusiness;
Analyse and develop new eBusiness services;
Offer a completely integrated solution that includes existing systems (HP 3000 - Image, NT - SQL Server) and business processes;
Document the developed solution;
Analyse an e-procurement solution, allowing the customer to automate or to simplify the purchasing of office products, including multi-user management with different purchase approval levels;
Transfer the K-nowledge to the client’s computer team;
Train the client’s computer team on the technologies used in this project.

Customer testimonial :

"By the quality of his work and his professionalism, Mr Laurent Allardin, CEO of 2K1Soft Solutions inc. allowed us to take hold of the eBusiness world by actively collaborating in the development of an attractive and performing web site. The framework was developed to meet our requirements and is completely integrated to all our business processes, allowing us and all our merchant members maximum operation efficiency.

Mr. Allardin collaborated with us in the development of this project in a professional and dedicated way. He also actively participated in the knowledge transfer to our team. This has enabled them to efficiently continue developing eCommerce tools that are in constant evolution.

Following this experience, we strongly recommend the 2K1Soft Solutions inc. services! "

Michel Ferland,
CIO

Claude Corriveau,
IT Development Manager

Technologies and standards used in this project :

ASP & WebClass;
COM (MTS);
DNA;
HTML & Dynamic HTML;
Visual Basic;
SOAP;
UML;
XML.

Advantages that BuroPLUS.ca offers to BuroPlus (targeted advantages accomplished during the project)

Reduction of customer service costs (reduction of queries for general product information and availability);
Improved customer service;
Sales increase and optimisation (some customers require their office products supplier have a transactional Web site);
Increased customer loyalty.

Innovations and highlights in this project :

Product description management
Electronic catalogue
Express order

Product description management

2K1Soft analysed and developed a management tool for product descriptions to enable BuroPLUS to simultaneously manage the product information displayed on BuroPLUS.ca, its paper catalogues and its flyers.

This tool allows real time management of the information contained in the electronic catalogue.

This tool allows the management of :

Bilingual descriptions;
Web display formats for the product;
Product groups;
Trademarks;
URL linked to the products;
Product photos;

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This tool also allows BuroPLUS to seamlessly integrate the creation of a paper catalogue, a flyer and an electronic catalogue with a data export tool to a Quark Xpress script – Publishing tool).

This tool has also been developed for the Web, allowing telecommuting and its use tool under a Mac OS.

Electronic catalogue

The electronic catalogue of BuroPLUS.ca allows the customer to view complete information on the product.

The page contains all the products of a product group. In this case, the products are all ballpoint pens. They include pens with fine tips and others with middle tips, all different colours.

The page also displays the product’s availability as well as the product’s quantities in inventory. The customer K-Nows their exact shipping delays.

To attract the customer towards other purchases, cross-selling and up-selling products are also displayed.

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Express order

The Express Order is a popular tool often used by the customer who knows the BuroPLUS product codes, the UPC codes, or the supplier product codes. The customer can enter any product code he wishes to order without any screen refreshes. This saves time because the customer doesn't have to use the electronic catalogue and the shopping cart (slower method to enter orders). When the user enters a BuroPLUS code, the cross-selling and up-selling products are also displayed at the top of the screen, as well as the quantity prices (if necessary). Finally, once the product code is entered and validated, the customer only has the desired quantity to enter.

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This tool was created with Remote Scripting and Dynamic HTML.