Starting point
- The customer wanted European-wide purchasing reporting and world-wide spend reporting
- Relevant purchasing data was scattered over 10 SAP Clients and 4 miscellaneous ERP-Systems with SAP-BW 7.0
Solution
- Analysis / Harmonisation of local purchasing processes
- Analysis of the requirements through workshops / interviews
- Conception of KPIs and the reporting dashboards
- Technical implementation of the solution with SAP BW 7.0
- Key-User Training
- Supporting activities for data cleansing
- After-Go-Live Support and application management
Success
- Implementation of an integrated purchasing control
- Control and performance review of the Purchasing strategy
- Essentially improved supplier management (Utilisation rate, liabilities, payment terms)
- Improved position during negotiations with suppliers
- Transparency of potential and actual savings
- Transparency of purchasing processes and costs
