Calia Italia, a leading upholstered furniture manufacturer from Matera in Italy, relies on bpi solutions and the B2B communication solution “XcalibuR” from Diomex Software GmbH & Co. KG in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

Calia Italia has risen to become one of the world’s most recognized companies in the upholstered furniture industry through the creative and artistic direction of Saverio Calia and the commercial strategy of Guiseppe Calia, as well as investments in research, technology and logistics. Every day 1,500 people in Matera produce more than 1,000 seating units. Over 50 new models a year in 40 different covers in fabric and leather in more than 400 color variations. From one of the largest fully automated warehouses in Europe, Calia Italia ships its upholstered furniture to over 80 countries.

Calia Italia trusts in XcalibuR and relies on the advantages of directional data exchange to optimize data communication with retailers. Until now, the problem was that no solution had interfaces for bidirectional exchange or a connection to the retail partner’s merchandise management system. XcalibuR establishes the 1:1 relationship between industry and trading partner. Calia Italia sees a significant advantage in the direct data exchange with master and order data as well as AB response. At the same time, XcalibuR solves the requirements for configuration and handling of electronic orders for variant articles.

Project planning has already started. All catalog and master data as well as transaction data are to be exchanged between industry and retail before the end of the first quarter of 2022.

Michael Wilke, contact person for the furniture industry at bpi solutions, therefore explains the advantages for Calia Italia. “XcalibuR supports the company in optimizing its business processes. On the one hand, direct data communication reduces sources of error to a minimum. On the other hand, the simplified handling facilitates the daily business in the trade.