SUPPLY CHAIN

Carroll explains : “ There are several improvement projects that come out of implementing a single ERP process . We won ’ t need to engage a third party for our spend visibility programme which we do at the moment . To be able to do that without an ERP , I put in place a spend visibility programme with Spend360 where we went round and gathered the AP data from around 60 finance systems to pull in the data to know what we spend and who we spend it with . “ This was essential to prioritising the workload very early on and our partner Spend360 greatly helped with this programme . So the ERP will give us as close to single element of data truth as we can .” “ Procurement is not just about the price of goods and services delivered – it is also about the total cost of ownership . We have introduced several policies around the business to help us control demand . These cover property , travel , professional services and temporary labour – we are working with several global partners to help deliver the demand management programme , an important one being IQ Navigator who is helping us manage our temporary labour requirements and processes .”

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