Technology Offer

Berberis – an operational Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
Reference: IRCPK2003TO64
Organization: Cracow University of Technology
IRC Name: IRC South Poland  
Country: Poland
Entry Date: Thu, March 06, 2003
Last Update:  
Deadline: Fri, March 05, 2004
Abstract:

A small and experienced Polish software company invented and developed a sophisticated system called Berberis, an operational CRM+ solution, a universal software helpful for every company. This product supports not only the typical CRM functionality, but also store management and sales. System is already on the Polish market, foreign language versions available immediately on request. The company is mainly looking for a foreign partner, who would become a local distributor of the entire product.

Description:

In every company, it doesn't matter large or small, the most important person is the customer. It is the customer who pays, who demands, with whom one has to reckon. Those who don't understand this simple truth, will sooner or later fall behind, and will be taken over by their competitors, equipped with appropriate procedures and supporting software tools - all this to meet the customer's needs, to understand his reactions and to predict his future behaviors. That is why companies need to implement Customer Relationship Management systems (CRM).
The operational CRM solutions support current contacts with customers, register them, remind of things to do, and provide on demand all the necessary information about customers, their needs, preferences etc.
The offer concerning operational CRM, system Berberis, is addressed mostly to small and middle-sized enterprises. The product is described as CRM+, since it supports not only the typical CRM functionality, but also sales, which in fact should crown every sequence of contacts with a customer. Consequently, after addition of store support, the company managed to create a universal software helpful for every enterprise.
Berberis is a modern client-server system, designed especially for middle-size enterprises.
Dependently on the version it can work with different databases, in particular with Oracle 8i.
Berberis basic features:
- Full evidence of customers and business contacts
- Target marketing and advertising campaigns
- Sales, invoices, promotions, reductions
- Store management
- Customer's claims and support management
- Serial mailing
- Archiving of documents
- Sophisticated information search and report generation
- E-mail software support
- Multiple user support and groupware
- "To do" - reminder

Innovative Aspects:
Integrated store management and invoicing functionality makes the complete information on customers easily available.

Main Advantages:
Competitive pricing, especially if compared to the performance, flexibility and functionality offered.

Technology Keywords:
  • Advanced Systems Architecture
  • Computer Software
  • Computer Technology/Graphics, Meta Computing
  • Data Processing / Data Interchange, Middleware
  • Data Protection, Storage Technology, Cryptography, Data Security
  • Databases, Database Management, Data Mining
  • Knowledge Management, Process Management
Current Stage of Development: Already on the market
Exploitation of RTD Results: PRIVATE RESEARCH
Intellectual Property Rights: Secret know-how

Comments System is already on the Polish market, foreign language versions available immediately on the request.

Organisation/Company Type:  
Organisation/Company Size: 11-50
Brief Market Application Codes:
  • OTHERS (Specify in Market Application Highlights)
Comments
Detailed Market Application Codes (VEIC): Keywords
  • Computerised billing and accounting services
  • Retailing
  • Transportation
  • Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
  • Services
  • Manufacturing
  • Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Animal Husbandry and Related Products
  • Mining (non-energy related)
  • Construction and Building Products
  • Utilities and Related Firms
Highlights
Small and middle-sized companies operating in any industry. The system is particularly useful if each single sales process requires a number of contacts with a customer.
Collaboration Type:
  • License agreement
  • Commercial Agreement with Technical Assistance

Comments
The company is mainly looking for a foreign partner, who will be professionally trained and will become a local distributor (marketing, sales, installation, tuning, staff training and full support for the customer) of the entire product. Other possible collaboration types are: license agreement and direct commercial agreement with technical assistance.
Preferred Countries for diffusion: ALL
Additional Information: http://www.bms.krakow.pl/crm_en.htm
Contact Name: Martynowicz
Contact First name: Pawel
Phone: +48 12 628 28 45
Fax: +48 12 632 47 95
Email: mailto:pmartyn@transfer.edu.pl