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Mpro - For Manufacturing

Market Overview

The Challenge

How can manufacturers manage and control the procurement of non-production spend?

The Symptoms

• Multiple manufacturing plants placing individual, paper-based orders directly with various suppliers
• Multiple disconnected ERP systems operating in different plants
• Multiple suppliers delivering hundreds or thousands of products
• Lack of control and visibility of expenditure
• A labour-intensive invoice-matching process

The Mpro Solution

Streamline purchasing to gain competitive advantage

Cutting the cost of the goods purchased from suppliers and the cost of how these goods are purchased are two areas where manufacturers can make a direct impact on their cost base and overall competitive position.

And because suppliers may also provide many "indirect" goods and services that manufacturers need to conduct business, strengthening and optimising relationships with suppliers is critical for competitive advantage.

The Mpro solution helps manufacturers reduce costs, improve relationships, and sustain competitive advantage by providing the most comprehensive solution for streamlining and automating the procurement of non-production spend. From initial sourcing of goods and suppliers through payment and strengthening relationships with trading partners, Mpro gives manufacturers the control and capability required to realise continuous cost reductions and process improvements.

The Results

• Rapid implementation - manufacturers have a single infrastructure managed centrally.
• Improved supplier management - through the ability to manage your suppliers, procuring the best quality and most cost-effective goods and services.
• Improved demand management - ensuring purchase of only the goods and services that are actually needed.
• Control of on-contract purchasing - leading to hard savings of up to 20% by purchasing only from contracted suppliers who meet their contracted levels of service and quality.
• More accurate purchasing processes - with fewer purchasing errors and reduced time devoted to incomplete orders, returned goods and managing credit/debit notes.
• Faster requisition processing - with a shorter requisition- to -settlement lifecycle, resulting in cost reductions.