Customer case: Van de Velde Bouwmateralen

Rock-solid Business Software at Van de Velde Bouwmaterialen

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‘Bouwmaterialen Van de Velde & Zonen’ is a leading company in the building materials sector. Van de Velde & Zonen wanted to move away from their outdated DOS application and started looking for an all-in-one business application that could integrate all business processes. Accomodata implemented Odoo Enterprise on a broad scale, with several custom-made distribution modules.

Bouwmaterialen Van de Velde has been providing construction materials, along with expert advice and excellent service, for more than 60 years. William Van de Velde, Isabelle Van de Velde, Peter Van de Velde, Charlotte Van de Velde, Cedric Van de Velde, Fabrice Van de Velde, Mathias Gabriël, and Lieselot Gabriël are the people leading this family business based in Zwijnaarde.

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“Construction materials are in our DNA,” laughs Charlotte Van de Velde.

At Van de Velde, you're in the right place for building materials such as concrete, stabilized sand, bricks, plasterboards, insulation, PVC, decorative gravel, floor tiles, paving bricks, construction waste bags, custom concrete elements, fences, and more.

You can also count on Bouwmaterialen Van de Velde for groundworks and crane services.

Search for a New System

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For over 20 years, Bouwmaterialen Van de Velde & Zonen had been using a semi-customized application to manage sales and invoicing. While the application was very stable, the technology no longer met the expectations of modern clients. For example, it was cumbersome to email a sales receipt or a quote.

Getting specific information into Excel was often impossible. That’s why Van de Velde began searching for a new system and contacted several potential providers, including Accomodata.

“Before the Odoo era, we physically went to our accountant with all of our purchase and sales invoices. Thanks to the integration possibilities in Odoo, we now execute several basic accounting actions ourselves, such as posting purchase and sales invoices and registering financial transactions (via CODA files). At the end of a given period, our accountant logs into our Odoo environment to do the VAT declaration and monthly closing directly in our system. Again, a major time saver.”

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“Our priorities for the future are already set. We want to further develop delivery planning and are considering the introduction of a client portal where clients can log in and track all historical data, such as quotations, orders, and invoices. For that, we rely on the expertise of Accomodata,” adds Charlotte.