the Straumann Group’ s suppliers are able to deliver exactly what they need without risking price hikes that will significantly impact operational costs.
In addition to our existing long term partners, we are establishing some new and refreshing supplier relationships which have become part of the group’ s broader partner ecosystem, which through advanced technological solutions and support has made the procurement transformation more effective, efficient and holistic.
An important partnership ecosystem The first partnership Sandra praises is Amazon Business, calling the company a‘ game-changer’ for the Straumann Group’ s procurement function.
“ One of the big things that I do every time there’ s a change in supplier or when we partner with a preferred supplier is to use that opportunity to also streamline our processes and derisk the organisation,” she explains.“ Being in procurement, tailspend is hard to manage, right?
“ So sometimes a lot of organisations, to simplify things, have people putting these types of spends on P-Cards or just going out to the store to buy small things that they need, which increases the risk of fraud within the environment and risk overall.”
Sandra explains that Amazon Business provides a one-stop shop for these issues, providing in-built approvals within the platform along with the ability to build a catalog or punch out from within the organisation’ s system.
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