Who's Bought What - October
Ontario Based Healthcare SSO Implement SAP
Plexxus, a non-for profit organisation specialising in back office support for healthcare organisations, announced early this month they are to implement SAP Business Suite in a phased approach.
Plexxus currently provides support for a number of hospitals in Canada, and by improving services levels enables its members to reinvest savings made into direct patient care. David Yundt, president and CEO for Plexxus, was quoted as saying SAP was chosen for its ‘comprehensive functionality’. Full integration is expected by 2010.
Sussex Police Select EGS to Automate £60 Million Annual Procurement Activity
SAP user Sussex Police have selected EGS to automate all of their procurement. This means Sussex Police will be able to take advantage of the EGS supplier network, maximise contract compliance and unlock the detailed management information essential to support effective strategic decision-making.
The force also anticipates major savings through streamlining their transaction processes but with significant additional savings when EGS's eInvoicing capability is added in 2009/2010.
"We wanted to become more strategic with our eProcurement," explains Neil Watts, Contracts Officer at Sussex Police. "We recognised EGS as the leader in its field. And when we saw how well their solution linked with SAP for Hampshire County Council, we realised EGS was the right choice."
"Savings are important for us - especially through eInvoicing. But the primary drivers are contract compliance and control. With EGS, we'll get both," adds Neil Watts.
InterContinental Selects Birch Street Back-Office Automation Solutions to Streamline P2P
InterContinental Chicago O’Hare has selected Birch Street’s Single Property Solution to automate its P2P process. Single Property Solution is a system built for the specific needs of the hospitality and food service industries. The system was designed to automate the P2P cycle cutting inefficiencies out of the process while strengthening financial controls.
Birch Street delivers its solution over the Internet, using the SaaS model, which reduces the total cost of ownership compared with the traditional method of buying and maintaining enterprise software. The network currently boasts 30,000 suppliers.
Kenya Airways Implements Oracle
Kenya Airways announced it is near completion of successfully implementing Oracle E-Business Suite to streamline the airline's financial, human resources and procurement processes and enhance its ability to manage people, processes and resources.
"The airline now benefits from consistent data - a 'single source of the truth' - enabling its management to leverage accurate information and make critical strategic decisions quickly" said Satyam's Sriram Papani, Senior VP, Oracle.
Kenya Airways employees will be able to handle tasks like procurement and expense management much more quickly, effectively and accurately. The airline is already benefiting from faster month-end closing and an online and consolidated view of headquarters and other stations. It also has reduced the cycle times of purchase to pay and invoice processing.
Travel and Leisure Group Carlson Buys Direct Insite e Invoicing Solution
Carlson announced it has signed up to a multi-year contract with Direct Insite in order to significantly reduce invoicing costs and improve customer satisfaction within Carlson.
"The ability to process cross-business unit electronic invoices and attachments with review/release invoice workflow capability were key elements in our solution selection process" said Deb Henry, Director, Carlson Finance.
Ensign Signs Multi-Year Agreement with DO2 Technologies to License OpenInvoice to Automate Invoice Processes
Ensign, the third largest drilling contractor in North America operating 90 drilling rigs across North America, chose DO2 Technologies to eliminate manual effort in the procure to pay process.
OpenInvoice is delivered over the Internet through DO2’s SaaS platform. The platform is used by more than 10,000 suppliers and annual spend crossing the network is $24 billion.
