STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 08, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- IBS has signed an agreement with the MBD Group, owner of the Meca car parts chain, for the delivery of a new business system that will improve the efficiency of the customer's supply chain processes. The order is valued at SEK 12.8 million and covers software, services and hardware.
The MBD Group works with imports and sales of car parts and accessories to retailers throughout Scandinavia. The Group has a chain of approximately 50 professional car parts shops that sell spare parts and accessories to workshops and motorists in Sweden and Denmark. The Swedish retail chain operates under the name Meca and has around 500,000 items in its range. The Group has some 600 employees and an annual revenue of SEK 1.2 billion.
MBD/Meca is growing at a rate of more than 50 per cent per year. This places great demands on the stability and flexibility of the business system, as well as its ability to handle large volumes of data. The new business system will make it possible to integrate, automate and improve the efficiency of the MBD Group's logistic processes. Moreover, the solution's scalability will facilitate rapid volume growth without the need for major investments in terms of resources and extra staff.
"The selection of IBS as the supplier of our new business system was determined, above all, by IBS' know-how and the functionality of its systems for trading, supply chain management and logistics," says Rickard Grann, CEO of the MBD Group.
"The automotive aftermarket is one of the sectors that IBS is focusing on. By offering a combination of industry expertise and specialisation in the field of supply chain management we are able to supply solutions that provide a rapid return on the investments made," says Magnus Wastenson, CEO of IBS.
MBD/MECA is a rapidly expanding Scandinavian group that offers a comprehensive range of car spare parts, accessories, mobile solutions for commercial transport and tools and equipment for industrial plants and workshops. The Group employs approximately 600 people and currently has an annual revenue of SEK1.2 billion. The Group's head office is in Malmo, Sweden. The retail chain operates under the name MECA and comprises some 50 outlets in Sweden and Denmark. MECA also includes the business areas MECA CVS (which supplies mobile solutions for commercial transport), MECA Tools (which imports and supplies all forms of equipment for industrial plants and workshops) and our rapidly expanding workshop concept, MECA Car Service.
IBS, International Business Systems, is a leading provider of business software for supply chain execution, customer relations management and business control, primarily for distributors and demand-driven manufacturing companies. IBS' primary focus is mid-sized and large distributors as well as sales and manufacturing companies in international groups, especially in pharmaceuticals, electronic parts and equipment, automotive parts and supplies, machinery, industrial supplies and consumer durables. IBS has some 5,000 customers in more than 40 countries, among them many leading companies such as Volvo, Miele, Nautor Swan, Galexis, Maxell, Expert, Cartier, Alloga, Scribona and Lear Corporation. For more information, please visit www.ibs.se
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