Manufacturing Magazine November 2020 | Page 15

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Naturally , the project has resulted in a ground-up overhaul . “ We started our digital journey by improving the basics , standardising and redesigning the whole source-to-pay ( S2P ) process and deployment of Ariba ,” says Bornstein . “ This required a significant change in our ways of working and the company culture .” The project hasn ’ t been without complexities . “ We were preparing the rollout for 18 months before we engaged an external implementation partner . With them , a schedule was developed to review the design , make configuration changes and deploy all the solutions . We set separate workstreams for supplier and content enablement , and change management . The plan was rigorously monitored by external and internal teams . Advice and support from the implementation partner in the design phase , during configuration , testing and during go live was absolutely a crucial success factor .”
Having been live with Ariba for the past year , Bornstein is satisfied that the digital strategy has delivered and continues to create significant value
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