Digital invoice processing and risk management the focus of round 200 representatives from 100 goods cooperatives organized in the Raiffeisen Federation followed on October 26 and 27, the invitation of GWS company for merchandise management systems mbH to the 3rd Conference of Raiffeisen-IT to Melle. Distributed on good two days received CEO, gevis product managers and IT managers detailed information and expertise on all topics around to the ERP system, the electronic link in the Federation, CRM or delivery processing. The focus of presentations, demo presentations and information booths were also issues such as the digital invoice processing and risk management in the field of financial accounting. The entry in the event have never been more participants with a GWS Conference Managing Director Helmut Benefader made. In his overview of what happened since the last Conference 2008 in the market and the company, he stressed that the market conditions for the Raiffeisen Federation have become any easier”. In addition to volatile Commodity futures exchanges and also unclear political conditions, for example in connection with the promotion of bio-energy, led commodity markets to risks in the business.
These difficult conditions in 22 mergers and 35 business tasks are visible. To the development of the GWS, Benefader said that the company take care of today 421 cooperatives with 1155 branches and thus have a market share of 82 per cent. Across all business fields across besides the Raiffeisen cooperatives the technical wholesale, construction, include the sanitary and food trade a group turnover of 35 million euros the company generated in 2009 with around 270 employees. How Benefader made it clear in his speech the GWS coach companies today 1100. 13 000 users Aileen, the main product of the company worked across all segments. Digital invoice processing as the new digital invoice processing in the Federation works, then presented the technical contact of the GWS.