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Fizzy Tech: How eLando Sparked Digital Solutions for Coca-Cola

Transforming Coca Cola with Elando’s custom Tech Solution

Company:

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC), a global leader in bottling The Coca-Cola Company’s products, has operations spread across 28 countries, predominantly in Europe and the Middle East. CCHBC is responsible for manufacturing, distributing, and marketing an array of non-alcoholic drinks, encompassing universally recognized brands such as Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, and various local and regional names.

Challenge:

CCHBC faced challenges due to SAP software’s limitations. As their growth trajectory continued, they acknowledged the necessity for a bespoke business operations solution. However, CCHBC lacked the engineering manpower to embark on such a project, leading them to engage Elando’s services. The initial implementation occurred in Italy, starting as a proof of concept to test the feasibility of transitioning Profit and Loss planning away from the less flexible SAP.

This was a considerable task requiring a deep understanding of the existing system and the capacity to design a solution tailored to the company’s unique demands. Following the success of the Italian implementation, the team faced a new challenge in Switzerland. The Swiss project, similar to the Italian one, aimed to highlight the superiority of Elando’s solution over SAP. The challenge, however, lay in replicating this success in a different nation with distinct business conditions. It necessitated meticulous planning, execution, and an intimate understanding of the Swiss market and its specific needs. Moreover, ensuring full compliance with Swiss regulations added another level of complexity to the project.

Solution:

eLando’s response to Hellenic’s business operations challenges was the creation of a bespoke software development project. In order to develop this project for the Italian market, Hellenic was supported by a comprehensive team of professionals including a full-stack developer, a quality assurance engineer, and a database engineer. This collective worked intimately with Hellenic’s internal stakeholders to decipher their specific needs and create a solution tailored to meet these demands. By adopting an agile development approach, involving regular meetings and feedback sessions, we ensured the solution was in line with the client’s needs and expectations.

Our team initially carried out a comprehensive assessment of Hellenic’s present SAP system to pinpoint the areas where it was insufficiently flexible. We subsequently built a custom solution using a precise technology stack. The crafted solution was meant to flawlessly incorporate with Hellenic’s current legacy systems while also delivering the required flexibility and scalability for the company.

Following the transition of the solution to production and its subsequent utilization by clients, we supplemented the team with an additional developer and database engineer for ongoing support and further development. This team’s mandate was to tackle any issues that emerged and to implement any necessary system updates or enhancements. In conclusion, the solution we designed for Hellenic’s business processes was specifically tailored to meet their unique requirements. It was engineered to be adaptable, scalable, and user-friendly. Moreover, the solution was designed to blend flawlessly with existing legacy systems, ensuring a seamless transition with little to no disruption to the company’s daily operations.

Technical Context:

The tech stack employed in both the Italian and Swiss projects was identical, as it was chosen for its capacity to fulfill the company’s unique requirements and seamlessly integrate with pre-existing legacy systems. The components of the tech stack encompassed:

 

  • Backend: ASP.NET API was used to provide a robust and reliable backend system that could handle large amounts of data and handle high traffic loads.

 

  • Front-end: Angular with AG grid was used for the front-end to create a user-friendly interface for planning and reporting. Angular, a powerful framework, enables the development of responsive and dynamic user interfaces, while AG grid provides advanced functionality for data grids and tables.

 

  • Database: Azure SQL was used for the database management, which provided a robust and secure database that could easily scale.

 

  • Infrastructure: We used Azure App Services for its flexibility and scalability to handle heavy traffic. We also utilized Azure DevOps CD/CI Pipelines to speed up deployment, allowing quicker updates and bug fixes.

In summary, the technology selection for this project was aimed at delivering a sturdy, adaptable, and scalable solution. It was specifically tailored to cater to Hellenic’s requirements while ensuring ease of use and compatibility with existing legacy systems.

 

Result:

The bespoke service that Elando developed was carefully constructed to fit Hellenic’s distinct demands, emphasizing adaptability, scalability, and user-friendliness. Our chosen technology components were instrumental in creating a solution that was solid, trustworthy, and capable of growth. The merger with the current legacy systems was smooth and maintained the continuity of the company’s routine functions.

eLando’s committed development and support team promptly and effectively managed any emerging issues, ensuring timely system updates and enhancements. This efficiency facilitated Hellenic in upgrading their operational efficiency, gaining a competitive edge in their market. The Italian project served as a practical demonstration that Profit and loss planning can transition away from SAP, while the Swiss initiative highlighted the solution’s superiority over SAP, demonstrating its replicability across various nations and business demands.

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Case Study – Marsoft – Mobile App Creation

Mobile App Creation

After Marsoft successfully collaborated with eLando on their Web Application creation, they have contacted us for another project which is set to design a mobile application that will be able to a management tool for applicants to track their documentation process in the new Marsoft system that should be able to secure the users with a path to carbon credits.

Challenge: The marine industry is producing a large volume of carbon waste, therefore Marsoft is developing a new application – Green Screen, the essence of it to prove the path to carbon credits in any market cycle. In order to reduce their waste and receive a carbon credit, marine companies set to apply and monitor their application through the app.

Solution: Our team of engineers are set to develop the application which will serve as a management of the process and approval of the documents. As well as the system will make predictions for future investments that should be executed by the company in order to receive the best option for credit.

Result: Carbon credits can be an important source of funding for retrofits that reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Companies that go through the approval process are collaborating to simplify, accelerate, and cut costs from the carbon credit verification, issuance, and monetisation process Marsoft and ClimeCo will make carbon credits part of the industry-wide solution to the challenge of decarbonisation.

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eLando membership AHK

We are proud to announce that eLando AD is now a member of the German- Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

We are looking forward to working with the rest of the members of the Chamber to expand and maintain the good relationship between Germany and Bulgaria.

The German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce mission is to promote and facilitate business relations between Germany and Bulgaria. It creates a business connection between both countries.

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eLando New Partnership

With the upcoming new academic year, eLando took a step further and became partners with SoftUni in support of the Bulgarian technical education.

This partnership aims to prepare talented people for the IT professions of the future and their realisation in Bulgaria.

The two organisations’ strategic partnership aims to encourage the students to develop their potential as IT and digital specialists prepared for the dynamically changing technological environment.

Having SoftUni as our partner, allows us to dive into the largest pool of certified Software Engineers in Bulgaria and to keep expanding eLando’s footprint in the IT world and supporting the local ecosystem.

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eLando is Expanding

Plovdiv technology’s landscape is developing very fast. In line with our strategy to grow our operations within Bulgaria, we at eLando have decided to expand and build a solid local base.

We have opened a new office in pLOVEdiv which is planned to become the second biggest delivery location after the HQ in Sofia. Among our targets is capitalising on the local wealth of specialist talent, coming from the regional, reputable universities, which are well-known for educating excellent software engineers and technologists.

Furthermore, Plovdiv is famous for its quality of life, combing highly productive environment and relaxed lifestyle which is attractive for both local and increasingly international specialists too. All this is placing it ideally in eLando’s portfolio of high – potential locations.

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eLando won a project for delivering a “Health Portal” for Euroins Group

EUROINS Insurance Company is one of the leading and biggest insurance companies in Bulgaria with significant European operations in 11+ countries. The company’s trading model is aimed at offering package insurance products covering a wide range of risks and providing comprehensive insurance services to clients.

After the successful development of a Customer Portal for general insurance, eLando AD will also develop and deliver a web platform for clients’ portal for medical insurance claim filing and virtual health card functionality – the health Portal for the company.

With the chosen architecture and technology stack, following the latest technology trends, best practices and our proven effectiveness, the Health Portal will optimise significantly the management of the health claims, saving time and cost for Euroins and making it much more user friendly for its clients.

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ELANDO AD INCREASES TEAM WORKING FOR AT&T INC. IN 2021

After successful work on the project, eLando AD expands its activities for the AT&T Inc., which is among the largest American telecommunications companies and the largest media conglomerates. The company is also one of the largest providers of both local and long-distance telephone connections in the United States, as well as one of the largest providers of cable TV networks and wireless services in the United States.

An important factor for the successful growth of the team is not only the hiring of new specialists, but also the retention of the existing employees. In these challenging times for the economy and the sector, the quality work of eLando AD in relation to the project and the client helped us to strengthen the trust in us and to position ourselves as a good partner.

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ELANDO AD REPORTS 23% REVENUE GROWTH FOR 2020

2020 was a year of challenges that eLando AD successfully coped with, thanks to its good work, its adaptability and flexibility. Over the past year, the company has attracted new customers such as Allianz Bank Bulgaria, BGO Software, Digitoll Smart Infrastructure, Micro Credit, Bulgarian Ministry of Culture.

In the financial aspect eLando AD reports 23% revenue growth for 2020 compared to the previous year. The company is improving its efficiency proving that in the times of a global pandemic and economic crisis it can be sustainable and even grow.

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eLando AD has become a representative of the A1 Group for the Exoscale platform.

Exoscale provides infrastructure and services for cloud applications in Europe. A1 is the first and only telecom in Bulgaria with its own hyper-scalable platform that offers a complete portfolio of cloud-based infrastructure services as a service (IaaS). Thanks to it, companies can benefit from flexible and scalable IT infrastructure, computing power, network capacity and storage.

Exoscale has already become a preferred cloud solution for developing cloud business applications (Cloud Native Applications) in Europe with data centers in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Recently the platform was selected by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to implement a strategic project in the EU to process and analyze huge amounts of data – 1 petabyte (1 000 000 GB) and 10 000 CPUs.

Through the Exoscale platform, eLando strives to offer seamless cloud work for business applications and systems to its customers. Our partnership with A1 Group for the Exoscale platform further expands the portfolio of services offered to our cloud-computing clients.

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eLando AD received a Certificate of Information Security Managenent Systems ISO 27001:2013

On June 27, 2018, eLando AD received an ISO 27001: 2013 certificate, which sets requirements for the Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).

The standard is primarily about managing the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information in a company. Secondly, ISO 27001 aims to ensure the continuity of business processes within an organization that are relevant to security management.

With the introduction of the Information Security Management Systems, the management of eLando AD aims to guarantee the maximum security of both its own information and that of our customers.