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FMC Corporation accelerates multi-million dollar savings with SAP and IBM
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
- 功能应用 - 企业资源规划系统 (ERP)
适用行业
- 化学品
适用功能
- 采购
用例
- 供应链可见性(SCV)
- 需求计划与预测
服务
- 系统集成
- 软件设计与工程服务
挑战
FMC Corporation 是一家特种化学品制造公司,其间接采购流程面临挑战。该公司的采购方式分散于其全球业务部门,难以管理和控制员工购买商品和服务的方式。由于缺乏可见性和运营效率,FMC 无法利用其全球规模与供应商谈判获得更好的交易,也难以了解和有效管理总采购支出。该公司需要一种解决方案,使其能够控制全球采购和支出,并通过标准化、自动化的流程更有效地管理全球采购。
关于客户
FMC Corporation 是一家特种化学品制造公司,总部位于宾夕法尼亚州费城。该公司的业务分为三个部门:FMC 农业解决方案、FMC 健康与营养和 FMC 矿产。FMC 通过其每个地理区域内的业务部门网络为客户提供服务。这种方法很好地帮助了公司的营销、销售和产品开发,将全球规模与本地知识和灵活性相结合。然而,这种商业模式也导致了围绕间接采购(为内部利益相关者采购商品和服务)的分散流程,这削弱了可见性和运营效率。
解决方案
FMC 与 IBM 全球商业服务部合作实施了基于 SAP 解决方案的标准化采购到付款流程,统一了不同地点的员工采购供应品和服务的方式。该公司成立了一个以中心为主导的组织,作为全球采购和采购中心。新组织成立后,注意力转向通过 eProcure 项目引入一个标准化、可扩展的平台来管理整个采购到付款流程。新平台将允许 FMC 通过标准化、自动化的流程更有效地管理全球采购。此外,该解决方案将通过提供所有 FMC 业务部门和地区的实际采购行为、价格和供应商的单一画面来提高支出可见性。FMC 采取了分阶段实施的方法,与 IBM 全球商业服务部和其他合作伙伴合作,逐个地区推出采购到付款系统。
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