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GE Case Study

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries	Electronics
Applicable Functions	Procurement
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	GE faced a complex challenge of managing over 700,000 global suppliers due to the highly complex supply chain. The vendor master in disparate systems lacked schema hierarchies, supplier certifications, compliance data, and contracts. There was rapid vendor proliferation without appropriate controls and a lack of spend visibility across the enterprise due to inaccurate supplier information and categorization processes. The company needed a solution that could provide a single globally-deployed vendor master management solution that creates one “source of truth” for suppliers across the entire organization. Read More
About Customer	General Electric (GE) is a diversified global infrastructure serving customers in more than one hundred countries and employing more than 300,000 people worldwide. The company is plugged into businesses that have shaped the modern world, with revenues in excess of $150B. From turbines to TV, from household appliances to power plants, GE has a wide range of products and services. The company has an enterprise-wide, global deployment with languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Chinese. Read More
Solution	GE implemented the Aravo Supplier Lifecycle Management Solution. Aravo SLM is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables enterprises like GE to automate and manage global supplier lifecycle processes to increase efficiencies in supplier management, improve supplier data quality, reduce costs, and enhance their ability to negotiate better terms with suppliers. GE is now live on Aravo SLM with 700,000 suppliers under management in six languages. Aravo SLM will continue to be rolled out to users globally and adopted by new business units during the remainder of 2011. Aravo SLM is delivered on a highly configurable SaaS platform, which enabled rapid deployment at GE despite extremely complex data types, business requirements, and processes. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Industries

Electronics

Applicable Functions

Procurement

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

GE faced a complex challenge of managing over 700,000 global suppliers due to the highly complex supply chain. The vendor master in disparate systems lacked schema hierarchies, supplier certifications, compliance data, and contracts. There was rapid vendor proliferation without appropriate controls and a lack of spend visibility across the enterprise due to inaccurate supplier information and categorization processes. The company needed a solution that could provide a single globally-deployed vendor master management solution that creates one “source of truth” for suppliers across the entire organization.

About Customer

General Electric (GE) is a diversified global infrastructure serving customers in more than one hundred countries and employing more than 300,000 people worldwide. The company is plugged into businesses that have shaped the modern world, with revenues in excess of $150B. From turbines to TV, from household appliances to power plants, GE has a wide range of products and services. The company has an enterprise-wide, global deployment with languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Chinese.

Solution

GE implemented the Aravo Supplier Lifecycle Management Solution. Aravo SLM is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables enterprises like GE to automate and manage global supplier lifecycle processes to increase efficiencies in supplier management, improve supplier data quality, reduce costs, and enhance their ability to negotiate better terms with suppliers. GE is now live on Aravo SLM with 700,000 suppliers under management in six languages. Aravo SLM will continue to be rolled out to users globally and adopted by new business units during the remainder of 2011. Aravo SLM is delivered on a highly configurable SaaS platform, which enabled rapid deployment at GE despite extremely complex data types, business requirements, and processes.

Impact #1	Obtained a single globally-deployed vendor master management solution (GSL) that creates one “source of truth” for suppliers across the entire organization.
Impact #2	Enabled automation and visibility of GE’s entire global supplier management process.
Impact #3	Reduced costs through removal of redundant vendor management applications and lower process costs.

Impact #1

Obtained a single globally-deployed vendor master management solution (GSL) that creates one “source of truth” for suppliers across the entire organization.

Impact #2

Enabled automation and visibility of GE’s entire global supplier management process.

Impact #3

Reduced costs through removal of redundant vendor management applications and lower process costs.

Benefit #1	700,000 suppliers under management in six languages.
Benefit #2	Enterprise-wide, global deployment.

Benefit #1

700,000 suppliers under management in six languages.

Benefit #2

Enterprise-wide, global deployment.

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