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BROCARD Case Study: How Ukraine’s Largest Luxury Retail Chain Automated Business Processes and Elevated Customer Experience with LS Central
Dmytro Yushyn
Chief Information Officer
Technological Glow-Up: How BROCARD Optimized Its Business Processes with LS Central
BROCARD is the undisputed leader of Ukraine’s premium cosmetics and perfume market, delighting customers with beauty and luxury since 1997. Today, it is the country’s largest luxury retail chain, with 67 stores across 22 cities. BROCARD offers products from over 530 global premium brands, 72 Ukrainian brands, and 123 niche manufacturers. A wide product range, personalized attention, and continuous service improvements have earned BROCARD the loyalty of more than 2.1 million customers. The brand’s strategy — combining a convenient online service, the unique atmosphere of its physical stores, high-quality products sourced directly from manufacturers, and an individualized approach to every customer — has secured BROCARD’s undeniable success in the market. However, rapid expansion also brough...
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Technology as an Asset: Outcomes of Modernizing AccessBank’s Internal Business Processes with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Technology as an Asset: Outcomes of Modernizing AccessBank’s Internal Business Processes with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
AccessBank’s focus is sustainable growth — not just as a bank, but as a trusted partner in the financial development of its clients. The company’s operations are guided by four core principles: transparency, customer orientation, innovation, and responsibility. The effectiveness of this strategy is well recognized — in 2010, Standard and Poor’s named AccessBank the “most transparent” bank in Azerbaijan. The company is committed to building an ecosystem of modern, effective digital solutions that support business growth and contribute to the development of Azerbaijan’s economy. In particular, AccessBank focuses on financial inclusion (providing necessary equipment to entrepreneurs in vulnerable groups), promoting financial literacy across the country, and supporting women’s entrepreneurship...
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Release Note
SMART Localization
Release Note 2025.10
Solution updates for Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus, and Poland are released every 3 months. If changes in the legislation are urgent, SMART business releases urgent unscheduled updates. All updates can be installed independently or with the help of SMART business. The Declaration of Income has been updated to version 28 according to the requirements of the order of the Ministry of Finance dated 24.04.2025 No. 215. The generation of VAT Declaration Appendix 4, Table 2, has been updated: the fields “Purch. Amount VAT 20%”, “Purch. Amount VAT 14%”, “Purch. Amount VAT 7%”, and “Purch. Amount VAT 0%” are now filled in automatically. A new VAT Product Posting Group mark “Not VAT Base” has been added.This mark should be applied to items/services whose value is not included in the VAT taxab...
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SMART Cash Flow
Minor update 2025.07/01 for solution SMART Cash Flow
A partial update aimed at addressing issues identified following the release of version 2025.07, includes new enhancements as well as tasks related to improving the overall performance and stability of the system. Update changes: Update changes: A “Company Bank Account No.” field has been added to customer/vendor and agreement cards for display in the related entries in the Cash Flow Worksheet and Cash Flow ledger entry. The Payment Plan functionality for customers and vendors has been enhanced: A new option for calculating the planned date — Order Date — has been added to the payment terms setup; Validation has been introduced to ensure the Date Formula field is mandatory on the Payment Terms page; A new toggle “Planned Date Based on the Calendar” has been added to the Cash Flow Setup pag...
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First ERP in the Infrastructure Construction Market: Automagistral-Pivden Implements Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
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Mykola Tymofeiev
CEO of Automagistral-Pivden
First ERP in the Infrastructure Construction Market: Automagistral-Pivden Implements Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
In Ukraine and Moldova, Automagistral-Pivden is synonymous with quality, technological advancement, and reliability in road and infrastructure construction. Automagistral-Pivden has always been a leader not only in terms of project volume and scale of work. The company was the first on the market to adopt innovative technologies, such as automated and robotic machinery management systems and the latest quality control systems. One of the key areas of innovation is operational management. The company turned to SMART business for support in automating its operational processes. Automagistral-Pivden aimed to create its own IT ecosystem that would allow it to eliminate paper-based workflows, accelerate and simplify data exchange, processing, and analysis, and synchronize data across all softwa...
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Minor Update SMART Accounting
Minor Update 2025.07/2 for SMART Accounting solution
The partial update is aimed at resolving issues identified following the release of version 2025.07. It also includes tasks related to legislative changes and improvements in overall system performance and stability. The update changes are as follows: The issue with incorrect Cyrillic display when importing bank statements in CSV format for Sense Bank has been fixed. The validation functionality of the “External Document No. Mandatory” flag has been adapted to the requirements of platform version 26.4. A restriction has been added to prevent a blocked bank account from being set as the default account for a vendor or a vendor agreement. When a bank account is blocked, the Default Bank Account Code field on the vendor card and the Default Bank Code field on the vendor agreement card — where...
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How the SMART Payroll for Poland Solution Strengthened HellCold’s Market Position and Became the Foundation for Business Growth
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Przemysław Heller
Founder and Chairman of the Board, HellCold
How the SMART Payroll for Poland Solution Strengthened HellCold’s Market Position and Became the Foundation for Business Growth
Digital Transformation as a Strategic Priority HellCold’s mission is to deliver reliable and energy-efficient systems that enhance comfort, ensure safety, and help users save resources. To maintain the highest quality of service, the company focuses not only on engineering excellence but also on optimizing internal processes through the adoption of intelligent digital solutions. At the core of this approach is the Microsoft platform, which forms the backbone of the company’s IT ecosystem. From Outsourcing to Full Control: Automating HR and Payroll Processes In 2021, HellCold implemented Dynamics 365 Business Central for financial management. The team appreciated the platform’s intuitive interface and the consistent logic of its business processes, which encouraged the next step in the comp...
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SMART SAF-T UA
Release 2025.07
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest update for SMART SAF-T for Ukraine, version 2025.07! In the latest version of the SAF-T UA functionality, the logic for generating key report tables has been significantly improved. The goal of these changes is to enhance the accuracy of transaction representation, ensure transparency in accounting, and meet the requirements of regulatory authorities. In particular, the mechanisms for building tables related to inventory transactions, fixed assets, and general ledger entries have been refined, and settings have been expanded to correctly reflect extraordinary depreciation. These enhancements allow for more detailed tracking of expense origins, accurate processing of reversed documents, and complete representation of all relevant operatio...
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Minor Update SMART Accounting
Minor Update 2025.07/1 for SMART Accounting solution
The partial update is aimed at resolving issues identified following the release of version 2025.07. It also includes tasks related to legislative changes and improvements in overall system performance and stability. The update changes are as follows: An issue affecting Shortcut Dimensions display in the Posted Advance Statement document has been fixed. Recalculation of totals in the Advance Report document has been corrected. The logic of “As of Date” currency rate search has been enhanced: when working with dates in the future, we do not require exact rate on this date but allow to take the latest rate for today. The ability to configure automatic payment recognition rules based on keywords found in the “Payment Assignment” field of a bank statement has been added. Additionally, the “Ban...
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