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with a part for offshoring IT services . So it ' s big partners because it ' s a very big transformation .”
“ The choice was a good one because they have some standard industrial processes we were able to quickly implement . In this very strategic , challenging transformation with very stretched planning , it ' s really important not to lose time in defining how to work . So they came armed with their industrial mode , and from day one , we started with standard processes .”
Optimising Costs with Coupa In order to gain better control on spend and lower costs by leveraging volumes , Saur went on the hunt for a P2P provider and found Coupa .
“ We started by issuing an RFP on the procurement project with different tools , and Coupa was selected to become the procurement tool in Saur for the full P2P process . It was then deployed in the field for purchase requests to be done through the catalogue . That ' s the interest of this kind of solution . And then the workflow of the group . So validation of the order is fully implemented in Coupa , as well as validation of invoice for payment .”
For Guehennec , the objective was to rationalise the catalogue of products and gain tighter control on spending in order to better leverage volumes with a few key suppliers . “ So a little bit of discipline to have people use the same catalogue of products and the same providers allows you to ultimately reduce and optimise costs .”
Whether it ’ s cost , diversity , or digitisation , it seems to me Ms . Guehennec has no problem getting her team onboard and meeting objectives , however ambitious they may be .
Supplier Selection : Big Ambitions , Big Suppliers “ This was the biggest challenge in my career ,” says Guehennec . “ Because I had to manage two transformations at the same time – business and IT transformation . When you have such a big challenge in front of you , you can ' t choose just any partner . My experience is that there are only a few companies in the market that are able to manage this size of transformation . So we have selected two big companies , one for the business transformation [ Capgemini ] and one for the IT transformation [ Accenture ], sustainabilitymag . com 197