Although organized on the theme of "people at the heart of purchasing", the 2022 Universities of the National Purchasing Council (CNA), which celebrated its 75th anniversary for the occasion, gave pride of place to digital.
The implementation of a digital purchasing solution transforms the approach of the function and strengthens its missions. But to support change management and make this project a success, five pillars are essential.
The pharmaceutical group Transcenta called on Acxias' subsidiary in China (艾柯夏) to accelerate the digitalization of its purchases by implementing and deploying the Sourcing module of the SAP Ariba solution.
Strengthening purchasing compliance is the main advantage of a Procure-to-pay solution, for half of the participants in the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.
SAP and contract management company Icertis have announced an expansion of their partnership to help companies better control risk and increase efficiency, especially in the procurement chain.
To reduce user administration costs and associated processing time, companies are looking at technologies to automate operation and relieve teams.
The digitization projects of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable aim first to simplify and automate processing, according to the new Acxias Barometer.
The Directorate-General for Public Finance has announced the launch of a pilot phase in the first half of 2024 to test all the functionalities of electronic invoicing and transmission of transaction data.
According to an online survey conducted by Acxias, digital purchasing solutions would be particularly essential on the Procure-to-receipt process, ranging from the management of requests and orders to the receipt of items.
When deploying a digital purchasing solution, successfully embarking suppliers in a Business network means not making certain mistakes that could prove prohibitive.
