The digitization of purchases reduces the average cost per operation by seventy percent
RS Components has cooperated with ACCIONA, a leading infrastructure promotion and administration company, in the digitization of processes and optimization of purchases in its water business line through the implementation of its PunchOut solution in PROCUR-and also, the platform for eProcurement of the company.
With more than five hundred plants and also facilities in Spain, the purchasing expense tail was quite pronounced, representing a very high administration cost, higher than the added value that the purchasing department could provide with its work. ACCIONA's water business area decided to act on two lines to try to reduce the queue for purchasing costs and rationalize it; first, delegating purchases of smaller items to users and, second, seeking the best way to gather purchases through digitization, through the implementation of solutions that generate value.
RS's digital experience in the development and configuration of punchout catalogues, the breadth of its offer, both in terms of manufacturers and references, and the simplicity of its integration with service customer platforms, were decisive in its choice for ACCIONA.
"With RS, the purchasing department of the water line can optimize purchases from the expense queue, streamlining them, achieving better costs and facilitating supply chain management," says Marta Arias, purchasing manager of the water line. ACCIONA water. “By integrating punchout catalogues, such as the one offered by RS Components, we have achieved essential direct savings. In addition to this, by digitizing purchases, we have reduced the average cost per operation by seventy percent ”.
“Working with a company like RS Components has been and is very simple. Their years of experience and their knowledge in purchasing solutions gave us the confidence to work with them on this project to digitize administration processes. We have found the best partner in RS Components”, concludes Marta Arias.
"The digitization of the purchasing department provides companies like ACCIONA with a fundamental differentiating factor when it comes to showing the advances in digital transformation, strengthening its position in sustainability and compliance, and improving knowledge of the supply chain," says Juan Carlos González, head of And also-Business Iberia, RS Components.
"With our digital tools we make life easier for our service customers, saving them time and optimizing their purchasing processes, establishing controls over spending and giving them the possibility of also integrating the billing process," says Alfredo Castillo, head of Corporate Accounts in RS Components Iberia.
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