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Fresh food distribution

Month-end close cut from 9 days to 3 days.

A fresh food distribution SME reconciling its numbers by hand every month. Today, the CFO sees real margin in real time.

Anonymized at customer request

Context
65 employees · €12M revenue
Geography
Wallonia
Plan chosen
Core
Deployment duration
5 weeks (week 1 to 5)

Stack before Metryx

Odoo 17 (Sales, Stock, Accounting) · Excel · ad-hoc Power BI

The problem

The CFO and head of sales worked from Excel exports prepared every week. Month-end close took 9 days because sales and accounting numbers didn't reconcile. As a result, end-of-month promotions were decided two weeks late, and real margin per customer was never consolidated.

What we put in place

Microsoft Fabric platform installed and operated by Metryx. Automatic Odoo synchronization multiple times a day. One Sales & Margins pack with KPIs aligned between sales and finance. Power BI dashboards delivered through Teams for site managers and the CFO.

The results

MetricBeforeAfter
Month-end close9 days3 days
Real margin per customerVisible with 3-week lagVisible in real time
Excel consolidation hours14 h / week0 h
Gap between sales and finance reportsRecurringSingle shared source
« We stopped arguing about the numbers in meetings. We talk about the decisions to make. »
CFO · Fresh food distribution
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