Case Study: Alko (Finland’s state-owned alcohol retailer) achieves a fully automated, paperless supply chain and cost savings with OpusCapita B2B integration

Fully Automated Supply And Delivery Chain Optimised Storages And Significant Cost-Savings

Alko, Finland’s state-owned alcoholic beverage retailer with roughly 350 stores, needed a reliable, scalable way to manage ordering and deliveries across long distances and seasonal peaks. To replace paper-based processes and avoid stock-outs or excess inventory, Alko turned to OpusCapita’s B2B integration service (in use since 2007) to automate communications with its many suppliers.

OpusCapita implemented a paperless order-delivery chain — electronic orders, confirmations, customs messages, waybills and B2B invoicing plus a supplier web portal for smaller vendors — enabling end-to-end automation. As a result, Alko can respond rapidly and accurately to demand, keep store inventories lower, cut costs and eliminate faxes and printed invoices; OpusCapita’s reliable messaging has been central to these efficiency and cost-saving gains.

Alko

Jyrki Karjalainen

IT Manager