The major oil company has significantly optimized the quality and cost of its purchases by associating its buyers around a global purchasing intranet.

Inconsistent and different purchasing processes from one site to another, poor visibility and control, lack of crucial information about suppliers, products and negotiated rates, time consuming tasks. These are some of the problems the company was facing on a daily basis.

It was obvious that a global purchasing intranet could potentially offer more visibility about the process, reduce time-consuming tasks and improve supplier relationship.

The Solution

At first, Process Studio enabled the company to harmonize its purchasing process over the world and give everyone a clear vision on the conduct of this activity: who? What? When? How?

Then, in a second time, Process Studio helped optimize the purchasing process thanks to its powerful workflow engine. This 100% web application has been deployed in a few days around the world.

The Implementation

All different purchasing managers have now a quick access to relevant information about suppliers, products, contracts and negotiated rates.

Relevant dashboard and indicators allow them to track the progress of any procurement and anticipate delays or logistical problems. Dedicated questionnaires enable them to review the qualify of suppliers.

Benefits Save of time by reducing paper work and paper flow Real-time and secure access to all purchasing requests, suppliers data, products and contacts Improved Supplier Relationship

Key Features Central purchasing repository Dynamic workflow supporting business roles and rules 100% web enabled application