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Case Study

B2B Shop Ensures Brand Consistency in the Dealer Network

AUDI produces and distributes premium vehicles. Centralizing showroom furniture from different suppliers on a digital B2B shop makes the order processes more efficient and ensures global brand consist…

Automotive & Vehicles DXP/CMS PIM/MDM Digital Commerce DAM Product Configurator
Shortened Time to market
Time saved in data maintenance
Reduced order process
Challenge
Challenge Business Needs The order documents for the equipment of an Audi dealer operation cover more than one hundred pages, since the showroom concept is very extensive. The order process involved a lot of manual work. Dealers downloaded order forms, which they had to print, fill out and send via …
Solution
Solution Pimcore Solution After consultation with Pimcore partners incoxx and Elements, a completely new and fully automatic order portal for the installation of Audi dealerships was set up in less than a year. All Audi dealers and importers worldwide have access to the portal. The portal has replac…
Results
Results Business Results A single source of supply for all materials needed to fit showrooms worldwide has enabled Audi to make a variety of business process improvements. For dealers, it has become easier to find and order suitable equipment for setting up their dealership. The central office could…
Customer
Audi AG
Products Used
DXP/CMS, PIM/MDM, Digital Commerce, DAM

Customer Key Facts

58

Bn. Euro Turnover

90 K

Employees

3 000

Global Dealerships

Challenge

Business Needs

The order documents for the equipment of an Audi dealer operation cover more than one hundred pages, since the showroom concept is very extensive. The order process involved a lot of manual work. Dealers downloaded order forms, which they had to print, fill out and send via fax or scan and email. This led to a number of challenges. The back office staff of furniture suppliers had to read and transcribe the handwriting on the forms. This was an error-prone process and led to misunderstandings and high communication overhead. Also, the adjustment of the furniture requires a profound knowledge of the guidelines and the ordering. AUDI AG needed a solution to eliminate manual processes and replace them with automated processes.

Audi dealer portal showing the furniture category with a photo of a modern car showroom interior

"We were impressed about Pimcore's flexibility when it comes to B2B online shops. Pimcore adapted perfectly to our business needs."

Christian Heigemeir

Head of Corporate Architecture, AUDI AG

B2B Shop Ensures Brand Consistency in the Dealer Network

Solution

Pimcore Solution

After consultation with Pimcore partners incoxx and Elements, a completely new and fully automatic order portal for the installation of Audi dealerships was set up in less than a year. All Audi dealers and importers worldwide have access to the portal. The portal has replaced the manual order process by fax/mail. Each dealer automatically sees the equipment relevant to him based on his contract status.

The suppliers supply the dealers according to a country assignment defined by Audi. The system automatically detects the relevant supplier based on the location of the merchant. The order is automatically sent to the supplier via an XML feed, eliminating manual work on the supplier side. In addition to the manual processes, which are replaced by an automated process, dealers can now also order packages that have been preconfigured by Audi. A product configurator automatically provides a 3D preview of tagging elements such as signposts with individual text. Once a configuration is complete, suppliers receive a file created by Pimcore's database publishing module that can be used directly by the printers.

Pimcore's flexible data modeling capabilities and extensive user role and rights management made it possible to set up individual user interfaces for each market. Each dealer automatically sees the country-specific product portfolio.

Pimcore backend showing an Audi dealership furniture product with package configuration and sub product fields

Results

Business Results

A single source of supply for all materials needed to fit showrooms worldwide has enabled Audi to make a variety of business process improvements. For dealers, it has become easier to find and order suitable equipment for setting up their dealership. The central office could switch off the manual process of fax transmission from order forms. Suppliers save time as they now receive order notifications in structured files that can be automatically processed by their ordering software. The portal connects the dealers directly with the suppliers.

Pimcore DAM showing a grid of Audi dealer shop assets including service stations and showroom layouts

Key Results

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Shortened Time to market

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Time saved in data maintenance

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Reduced order process

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