Digital coordination of building materials
Building materials from HG COMMERCIALE (HGC) are now available on a new, digital collaboration platform. Beetroot AG, with its focus on digital work organization and strategic IT consulting, is supporting the long-established building cooperative.
As a leading building materials distributor, HG COMMERCIALE (HGC) is confronted with strong market changes: Intensified competition, margin erosion, cooling of the construction industry and direct sales by manufacturers. In addition, advancing digitalization and employees' expectations of a modern workplace pose additional challenges.
HGC is a leading, purely Swiss service company for the Swiss construction industry. The cooperative supplies its customers, construction companies from all sectors, with a wide range of building materials, timber, roofing and cladding materials, gypsum and drywall products, and construction tools at 41 sales outlets throughout Switzerland.
Customer proximity and rapid adaptation of the product range are match-decisive
An attractive range of products and services and simple ordering processes are essential and the real added value for HGC customers. With the collaboration platform Valo - a ready-to-go intranet based on MS SharePoint - and proven implementation concepts, Beetroot provided a modern digital workplace.
"The way in which companies work together is changing fundamentally. HGC has recognized this and implemented the project mindfully and - despite reorganization - with impressive consistency." Andreas Naef, Managing Partner, Beetroot AG.
Strategic realignment of IT and organization
HGC is consistently implementing the strategy adopted in 2017 with a new sales organization and the modernization of the IT infrastructure. One of the sub-projects dealt with the renewal of the intranet and the transfer of the in-house MS Office and SharePoint applications to the cloud (Office 365). In the process, HGC attached importance to the inclusion of all employees in order to make optimal use of the new collaboration tools such as MS Teams or Yammer.
The decision for Beetroot AG as project partner was made after a comprehensive evaluation. "SOPHIA (project name) has the potential to change the culture of HGC in a sustainable way. The way we work together, how we communicate, help each other and share knowledge." Gregor Barmet, COO, HGC.
