Implementation of eProcurement Technology

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Implementation of eProcurement Technology

• Procurement FAG 13
• Laura DeLuca
• MilkyWay Phan
• Rahul Bhardwaj
• Joanne Behne
• Tebogo Phala

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Staying Ahead of the Game

• Since petPRO has gone e, the procurement team
  needs to keep up with the emerging trends of
  technological advancements
• Procurement operations must be updated, hence, we
  need to implement eProcurement!

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Software Category Chosen eProcurement

• What is eProcurement?
• A technology that helps automate every aspect of
  the procurement department
• Provides accurate and real time services that
  allow us to make quick decisions in the best
  interest of the company
• How will it help the procurement department at
  petPRO?
• Improves collaboration and negotiations between
  different suppliers
• Allows us to compare different supplier prices
• Saves time and money
• Allows maximum efficiency

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Potential Software Providers

• Epiq Technologies and PurchasingNet eProcurement
  are applications that would help petPRO employees
  by
• Improving purchasing processes
• Streamlining transactions through automation
• Simplifying tasks
• Allowing access to real-time data and procurement
  information

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Software Evaluation Comparisons
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Rating Requirements
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Rating Requirements

• PurchasingNet ranks
• higher than EPIQ in the security, user interface
  and vendor capability requirements
• Equal to EPIQ in the functional requirement
• Lower than EPIQ in the tech requirement

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Our Choice PurchasingNet

• locks down the time frame and cost to get
  software up and running
• Most implementations take a short 6-12 weeks
• With over 1400 total customers, PurchasingNet has
  the largest installed base and most successful
  track record of any procurement software company
  in the world
• Customers typically realize annual savings of
  5-15 of their current annual purchase
  expenditures
• Over 75 mid-sized to large companies have
  implemented PurchasingNet-SQL successfully during
  the past 4 years.

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Success Story of PurchasingNetWarner Bros.

• Background
• Company was struggling to process requests in a
  timely fashiondue to some very unique business
  requirements
• They needed a procurement system that would
  provide them with a solution that was easy to use
• The Implementation of PurchasingNet
• Up and running in 2 months
• Allowed 7 levels of approval process within 4
  hours to a maximum of 2 days
• 4-8 purchase price reduction
• 99 reduction in Maverick buying
• Relation to petPRO
• Our company also wants to achieve similar goals
  as Warner Bros such as -controlled
  spending
• -streamlined
  procurement processes
• -improved cycle time
  of requests

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Our Conclusion

• PurchasingNet has proven to be successful in a
  variety of industries
• The company has established strong brand equity
  through many successful case studies
• Is a highly reputable company

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On the Trail to Success!
Al Pilcher