EZBuy Development and Implementation at Wolf Creek

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Title: EZBuy Development and Implementation at Wolf Creek

1
EZ-Buy Development and Implementation at Wolf
Creek

2
Uh Oh Another Software Project

Despite a great IT department, our record with
new software implementation is not so hot
Late/Never
Over Budget
Ineffective Product
EZ-Buy posed a particular challenge
Coordination and integration across multiple
companies/platforms

3
If We Build It, Will They come?

4
Feedback From Our IT Guru

Application Development
Estimated at 120 hours total
Created a VB application using Visual Studio 2008
Polls RAPID EZ-Buy every 30 minutes checking for
new Purchase Orders
Use RAPID EZ-Buy Web Service required less
coding on our side than reading an XML file
Able to take advantage of existing Oracle
packages and procedures to create the PO in our
system (Ventyx EMPAC)

5
Things To Consider

Funding Approval
Unit of Issue differences (WCNOC vs. Supplier)
Integrated Quality approval of safety-related POs
Warehouse Receiving requirements
Built in stop/hold opportunities that allow us to
address these issues and others and then resume
PO processing.
Remarkably smooth process from our perspective

6
Whats Wrong With Blankets?

We use blanket orders to automatically generate
POs for frequently purchased items
Must develop, administer and maintain master
agreement
Agreements built based on order history, but we
have found that most items rarely, if ever, get
purchased yet must be maintained and updated
New items must be priced and added to the blanket
to take advantage of auto ordering
Our system requires limited manual intervention
on auto-gen orders. Not fully automated.
We may leave some pared down blankets in place
for those items that we do order frequently

7
Back In The Day

Past use of e-commerce at Wolf Creek required
redundant entry of PO to facilitate follow-up,
receipt and payment.

8
Buy EZ With EZ-Buy

EZ-Buy talks to our system- creates the PO,
approves it, vaults it and updates our tracking
system with pertinent information
Error traps and e-mail updates every step of the
way ensure a smooth transaction
Locate the part(s) in RAPID, add it to your
shopping cart, specify shipping terms and youre
done
Established commercial terms invoked by reference

9
Significant Process Savings For Everyone!

Pricing in RAPID reflects USA agreements
RFQ process eliminated, no e-mail/fax to send
No RFQ for the supplier to fill out and return on
the suppliers end
Order entry faster and more accurate
EZ-Buy picks up and includes applicable technical
and quality clauses providing the capability for
purchase of engineered and safety-related items

10
Its Built Players Wanted!