SAP Business Transformation Study | Public Sector | Dons Solidaires
Dons Solidaires: Delivering More Goods
to More Charities More Swiftly with
SAP Business One®
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2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.
Over 320 charities across France count on a catalog system developed by
Dons Solidaires to order excess nonfood goods, encouraging manufacturers and
distributors to donate rather than destroy products that no longer have commercial
value. It became clear early on that, with its small team and the increasing needs of
member charities, reducing administration time and creating a self-service ordering
and registration system were top priorities.
With guidance and support from SAP and Coresystems, Dons Solidaires examined its
processes and deployed the SAP Business One® application. The organization has
since improved logistics processes and optimized resource management. It was also
able to automate its catalog and inventory system and bring them online, freeing up
volunteer time and valuable resources. Dons Solidaires can now Run Simple – which
means more vital goods are being delivered to those who need them most.
SAP Business Transformation Study | Public Sector | Dons Solidaires
Helping more with Run Simple and SAP Business One®
Organization
Dons Solidaires
Headquarters
Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
France
Industry
Public sector
Products and Services
Distribution of excess
nonfood goods to charities
that help people in need
Employees
9 full-time employees
35 volunteers
Web Site
www.donsolidaires.fr
Partner
Coresystems
www.coresystems.net
Objectives
• Provide charity members with an up-to-date online catalog rather than
sending catalogs by e-mail
• Update catalog listings in real time to reflect stock availability
• Replace point solutions, spreadsheets, and accounting-only systems with a
single, cloud-based enterprise resource planning system
Why SAP
• Financial and technological support provided by SAP since 2010, including
funding for the distribution of school supplies and gifts, staff mobilization,
and logistics
• Donation of licenses for the SAP Business One® application
• Expertise and collaboration on the e-catalog system
• Support for an emergency campaign to respond to the refugee crisis
Resolution
Worked with Coresystems to deploy SAP Business One in the cloud
Benefits
• Real-time stock data, driving growth today and in the future
• More goods delivered to more charities – on average, two to four weeks
more quickly than before
• Higher charity satisfaction
• Greater motivation across the Dons Solidaires team
• Less administrative overhead, allowing efforts to be focused on getting
more products to those who need them
“We are here to provide charities the goods they need to help the neediest
among us. With SAP Business One, we can do our job faster and more efficiently
– making the same possible for our member charities. The result is that more
goods get to more people – increasing the social benefit of what we do and
ensuring we can keep doing it long into the future.”
Dominique Besançon, General Director, Dons Solidaires
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75%
Increase in the amount of
goods distributed over
two years without
increasing budget
3x
More work being done by
the same 9 employees
and 35 volunteers
2–4 weeks
Faster delivery of goods
to charities
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