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Automating operational buying for a leading manufacturer of food processing equipment

Client Challenges​

  • Engaging with multiple vendors manually to confirm: Price, Quantity, Delivery Date, Country of Origin. Highly manual and time sensitive process, caused lot of delays in shipments and vendor confirmations affecting supply chain delivery timelines.
  • Multiple iterative processes consuming about 7- 10 minutes for single line-item PO, some PO’s can have 50 lines taking almost one full day to update or confirm
  • Client requirements : ​

    Purchase orders status , Email Integration, Vendor Template​

     

Our solution​

Automated solution that monitors the purchase orders that are in draft status and verifies emails and alerts the buyer if there are any discrepancies in price, qty, COO and delivery date.

Key features of solution : ​

Solutions works in unattended mode with no user intervention except for escalation​

Improved accuracy and adds value to buying process, augmenting capacity, improved efficiency​

Can be integrated with existing systems : BI, AXAPTA, Microsoft Suite.​

Value delivered​

1820

FTE hours saved​​

22000​

Purchase Order Lines automated​

Next steps​

  • Capabilities are unlocked for the future Data Mining, Process Controls and Supplier performance measurement, add automation module for customs.
  • Next steps for continuous improvement Integration of customs module and automatic alerts to customer service for shipment delays, and shipment tracking with operators.