About Sommelier Selection

Sommelier Selection Inc. is a respected importer and distributor of estate wines in the Philippines, sourcing premium labels from across Europe and bringing them to a growing local market of restaurants, retailers, and wine enthusiasts. With a commitment to quality, authenticity, and curated selections, the company has built a reputation for connecting global vineyards with Philippine consumers through a seamless supply and distribution model.

Having operated on Odoo for several years, Sommelier Selection now seeks to elevate their digital backbone, modernize their workflows, and support their expanding inventory and demand planning with a more powerful and reliable system.

Partnership with Aktiv

Sommelier Selection partnered with Aktiv after facing persistent challenges with their previous Odoo provider, particularly around consulting depth, functional understanding, and development availability. Aktiv’s role is to bring clarity, reliability, and a consultative approach to their Odoo ecosystem, starting with a major migration and followed by enhancements aligned with their business growth.

The collaboration focuses on upgrading their entire environment to Odoo 16, improving system performance and usability, and enabling smarter inventory, sales, and demand planning practices tailored to the wine distribution industry.

Key Challenges of Sommelier Selection Before Odoo

Dissatisfaction with their existing Odoo partner due to limited consulting expertise
Gaps in functional guidance for industry-specific workflows
Need for technical resources to support ongoing development
Pain points with demand planning, forecasting, and inventory structure
System limitations from running on an older version (v14)
Lack of optimizations needed for expanding product lines and sales channels
Desire to adopt modern Odoo features not available in previous versions

These challenges slowed down operational insight, system reliability, and their ability to scale with confidence.

How Sommelier Selection Will Use Odoo

Odoo will serve as the central platform to manage and optimize:

Sales & Distribution Management for B2B customers, retailers, and HoReCa channels
Inventory & Warehouse Operations for diverse wine portfolios and stock movement
Demand Planning & Forecasting to better align purchasing with market demand
Accounting & Invoicing Workflows for accurate financial tracking and compliance
Product & Pricing Structures supporting complex wine variants and price lists
Performance & Usability Enhancements enabled by the Odoo 16 upgrade

Customer Success Stories

Not to flex, but these are some Real results. Real wins.

4.7

is our

average

Aktiv Software Pvt. Ltd. followed up on the project as promised.

Bjorn-Midtlien

Bjorn Midtlien

CEO, Digitus Nordic AS

Rather than focusing on short-term fixes, their approach is pragmatic, focused on sustainable, long-term results.

Kasper-G

Kasper G

Owner, Nordic by Choice

Their solution has helped us reduce our project managers' time for invoicing from a week to two days.

Kateryna-Mykhailenko

Kateryna Mykhailenko

Manager, ToxMinds

On a scale of 1-10, we would rate Aktiv’s partnership as 11.

Fabrice Beaux

CEO, InterHyve Sàrl

About Us

Aktiv is Odoo certified partner offering end-to-end implementation services.

We don’t just implement ERP, we bridge the gap between technology and your workforce, ensuring smooth adoption, empowered employees, and maximized ROI.

With over 10+ years of experience implementing Odoo for SME and Enterprise clients, we know how to assist you in your digital transformation journey. It’s what we do the best!