Case Study : Pools & Spas Depot by Savoir-faire Linux. Talk given at the OpenERP event in Montreal on June the 5th, 2013. http://www.savoirfairelinux.com/solutions/openerp

1. Pools & Spas
Depot
Maxime Chambreuil
contact@savoirfairelinux.com
June the 5th, 2013

2. Agenda
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Pools & Spas Depot
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Initial situation
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Solution
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Implementation
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Final situation
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Questions & Answers

3. Pools & Spas Depot
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New Canadian supplier of specialized pool and spa
services.
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Retailer for pools, spas and accessories for the main
brand names in the industry.
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1 000 products
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300 canadian customers
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30 worldwide suppliers
http://www.poolsandspasdepot.com

4. Initial situation – Fall 2011
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Starting business
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Very few data to import
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A one-server infrastructure
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Xserve with Mac OS X
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Target
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Bilingual e-commerce website
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Live on March 1st, 2012
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One man show
→ Automate processes as much as possible

5. Solution
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OpenERP 6.1
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Was in development
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Released on Feb 2012
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Sales, Purchases, Canadian Accounting, Claim, RMA
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Integrated with UPS (tracking #, label printing)
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Drop-shipping supported
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Magento 1.6
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Integrated with Paypal
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Handle shipping fee with UPS
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Multi-warehousing to ship from the closest warehouse
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Not much expertise on Magento

6. Solution
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OpenERP - Magento Connector
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Catalog export
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Product categories
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Products
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Images
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Order import
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Order statuses export
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Shipment export

7. Implementation

8. Implementation
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Partners
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Products
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Accounting
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Design
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Graphics
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HTML/CSS integration
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Modules configuration
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OpenERP and Magento setup with 2 environments
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OpenERP – Magento connection
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Drop-shipping
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UPS verification process
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Go Live on time

9. Since then
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Claim integration
→ New Magento module integrated with OpenERP
Claim module
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Import saved carts in Magento as quotations in
OpenERP
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Multi-warehousing

10. And now ?
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Targetting the US market
→ Create new website in Magento
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Showroom in a physical store
→ Install POS module in OpenERP
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Fedex integration
→ Install Fedex module

11. Final situation
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Solution live on March 1st, 2012
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Project delivered on time and on budget
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2 minutes to process a sales order
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Income : +100% growth between 2012 and 2013
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Evolutive system

12. Community benefits
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Connection working between OpenERP 6.1 and
Magento 1.6
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Stronger tax handling
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UPS module and library upgraded and verified by UPS
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Magento claim module integrated with OpenERP
Claim

13. Savoir-faire Linux benefits
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Satisfied customer
→ Great reference
→ Brought 1 customer
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1 customer and 5 leads interested by Magento integration
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1 customer interested by our UPS integration
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Recognition by the community
→ 2 members of the OpenERP Community Reviewers team

14. Thank you very much
for your attention
Any questions ?