Bukvoed retail network has chosen Microsoft Business Solutions-Axapta for increasing business management efficiency.

KORUS Consulting was chosen as a supplier of Microsoft Axapta due to its considerable experience in working wth Russian retail networks and to having ready-to-use technological solutions which have a great demand in retail trading, including wireless technologies of data gaining, distribution center management, business documents electronic exchange systems etc. Alexander Rakhmanov, head of KORUS Consulting retail branch, emphasized that the company will support implementation of the system in Bukvoed network. For example, KORUS Consulting will conduct the project audit.

With Microsoft Axapta the bookselling network plans to optimize processes of goods movement and accounts payable. As Denis Kotov, Bukvoed general manager, says, trading network plans to increase its business management efficiency due to using the best world management practices Microsoft Axapta.

Bukvoed network includes 25 shops situated in Saint-Petersburg. The company is aimed at constant extension of the number of suppliers and increasing number of shop floors. In 2005 Bukvoed plans to open new shops as well as departments in large shop centers.

KORUS Consulting has the status of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. The company is also the official representative and Platinum Certified Consulting Partner of Geac (Comshare Inc.) in CIS and Baltia. KORUS Consulting is the official partner of Documentum in Russia. The company specializes in regular management technologies implementation. Among companies which KORUS Consulting cooperates with are Paterson shops network, O'Kay hypermarket network, Deshevo discounter network, Quartal shops, Automir network, companies Svyazinvest, Severstaltrans, Moldavsky Metallurgichesky Zavod, Pervouralsky Novotrubny Zavod, Solikamsky Magnievy Zavod, Sredneuralsky Medeplavilny Zavod, Akrikhin chemical pharmaceutical factory, KMB Bank.