2. 40 years of innovation, excellence
and a portfolio of prestigious
products
3. A focus on 14 premium brands, the “Top 14” of
which represent nearly 80% of the group’s total
turnover
Chivas whiskies, Ballantine’s, Jameson, Absolut
vodka, Martell cognac, Beefeater gin, Havana
Club rum, Ricard pastis, Mumm and Perrier-
Jouet champaign
4. • Revenues of more than €8 billion
• 90 subsidiaries
• 100 production sites
• 80 countries
• 18,000 employees
A truly global brand:
6. • The Martell cellars are considered as having
an “explosive atmosphere” (ATEX
regulations) and may not be equipped with
either Internet or Wi-Fi
• It is, therefore, essential that the mobile
devices work offline on an embedded
database and then synchronize that
database afterwards with the central
system
The Uniface Challenge
7. Develop an enterprise mobile application:
• Available offline on mobile devices
• Manage and inventory all spirit barrel
movement by scanning barcodes
• Synchronize post-clearance data stored in
SQLite embedded database with the Central
Oracle database
The Uniface Challenge
8. Digitalize the Processes
• In 1992, the Martell IT team first used Uniface
to develop Spirit/1 software for the
treatment of cognacs
• After the Pernod Ricard takeover, the
application was gradually deployed on other
sites:
• Scotland (Chivas),
• Ireland (Irish Distillers),
• Armenia (Yerevan Brandy)
9. Digitalize the Processes
• Spirit/1 has evolved with technological
advances and the company’s business
needs
• Twenty-three years after its first release,
the application is still used and, volume-
wise, covers nearly one-third of the group’s
activity
10. Digitalize the Processes
• In 2012, the group’s IT systems director
developed an additional mobile device
module designed to optimize management
of the cellars
• It allows cellar employees to manage and
inventory all barrel movement by scanning
their barcodes
• The mobile device recorded data are then
synchronized with our core database, then
processed in Spirit/1
11. Uniface: technological
expertise serving mobility
• Pernod Ricard has been equipped with
Uniface for over 20 years
• As trusted partners, the Uniface teams
continue to help the group meet its needs
when business or technical issues require their
intervention
“Implementing the offline scans, for example, required a
very sharp and pointed expertise for which we preferred
to turn to Uniface” - Jean Jacques Delavaud.
12. Uniface: technological
expertise serving mobility
• An Oracle Lite database was originally used
for data storage on the mobile device and
synchronized with the Central Oracle
database
• But with the database no longer maintained
by the editor, the IT Systems Director of
Pernod Ricard had to think about an
alternative solution…
13. Uniface: technological
expertise serving mobility
• The SQLite solution was chosen for the
embedded database as a replacement and
Oracle was maintained for the central
database
• Originally the Uniface platform did not
naturally interface with SQLite on the
mobile platform
• BUT the Uniface teams proposed to
develop a specific driver enabling the two
systems to integrate
14. Uniface: technological
expertise serving mobility
• In May 2015, both the driver and the new
version of Uniface were delivered and the
Pernod Ricard teams are making a
prototype in order to validate the proper
functioning of the application and ensure
proper database synchronization before
migrating the SQLite module to Martell
15. Supplier Relationship
Management Tool
• Since 1992, Uniface has helped first Martell,
and subsequently, the Pernod Ricard
group, constantly expand the core Spirit/1
application and incorporate additional
modules as their needs have changed and
evolved
16. Supplier Relationship
Management Tool
• The next evolution is already under
development and on its way: Supplier
Relationship Management tool
• Using a tablet that has been synchronized
with a central database and connected to
the internet, providers will be able to
follow their delivery status, billing
information or even trace their last sample
17. Supplier Relationship
Management Tool
• From this Pernod Ricard teams will be
able to gather information on projects,
activities, provider issues, and better
target projects to attract customers and
build loyal relationships with them
• Such successful solutions will give the
group a significant competitive
advantage in an increasingly complex and
volatile economic environment
18. RESULTS
• Uniface has undertaken the development
of a specific driver to enable interfacing
between the core business Spirit/1
application and the embedded database
SQLite
• Within six months, the mobile application
will be fully operational in two of the
group’s companies (Martell and Chivas), for
the management of more than 6.2 million
barrels
