This solution is a platform that can connect all stakeholders from the fast moving consumer good (FMCG) industry can that an so have they integrated logistics distribution process at a more affordable and transparent cost. BOSNET NGE also supports FMCG industry players to run their business more effectively and efficiently.
BOSNET founder Ari Royce Hidayat, who has more than 20 years of experience in the Indonesian FMCG and retail industry, said that over the past five years, the channel online order at FMCG has grown rapidly. All parties who do not adopt channel will be left behind.
At the same time, the FMCG industry is facing major logistical challenges as the cost of fulfilling online orders has increased four to six times.
“The only solution to this challenge is to create a platform for sharing distribution that allows FMCG principals to double orders at half the cost and increase the presence of the logistics area with just one click. This is the reason BOSNET NGE was created,” said Ari, in his statement.
BOSNET, as Microsoft Indonesia Independent Software Vendor Partner of the Year in 2021, creates a logistics sharing for FMCG principals that allows the entire logistics and distribution process to be connected, from orders , cashless payments , to the ability to pay later .
Since it was first introduced in 2012, the platform has been used by more than 30 FMCG principals who have more than 1,200 distributors and wholesalers with transactions of around Rp 100 trillion. The principals of FMCG include national and multinational companies, ranging from the food, beverage, and health industries.
With BOSNET NGE, all stakeholders in the ecosystem will get cost transparency based on transactions that occur on the BOSNET platform. This platform carries the , software as a ( service where users will experience convenience without worrying about the supporting server infrastructure.
Industrial Ecosystem
CEO of PT BOSNET Distribution Indonesia Dicky Anfiadi added, BOSNET followed up the collaboration between Telkom and Microsoft with Microsoft technology that can support the FMCG industry ecosystem through the BOSNET NGE platform.
“What is unique about this platform is its neutrality. Because this platform is managed by BOSNET Distribution Indonesia as a neutral party, there will be no conflict of interest between FMCG principals in our ecosystem," said Dicky.
According to him, the FMCG principals on the platform will benefit from channels new marketing online customers for orders with the most competitive logistics costs.
"This is why BOSNET NGE is an ecosystem whose presence is indispensable for the Indonesian FMCG industry," he said.
From a technology perspective, the BOSNET NGE platform uses Microsoft Azure as the main infrastructure. That way, this solution can auto scale , or follow the dynamics of FMCG industry conditions with deployment .