Metso Mining and Construction bridges the gap between SAP and their suppliers
Detroit, MI | York, PA | Vienna - March 3rd, 2015 - After a global company-wide rollout of SAP Metso Mining and Construction, a leading process performance provider within the mining and construction industry, decided they were ready to start implementing the next set of improvements to their purchasing processes and solve some imminent challenges they were facing. The solution was the All-in-One Supply Collaboration Platform from the purchasing specialists at POOL4TOOL.
(firmenpresse) - After an initial investigation Metso discovered their slow, outdated processes for buyers were hindering the purchasing department. The outdated procedures were causing problems as the information communicated via phone and email was often never officially recorded or documented - employees were never going back into SAP and updating the information. This affected planning data and forecasts. The company decided to take action and the purchasing leaders sought to build a system where suppliers could truly expedite themselves.
Metso needed a comprehensive SAP-integrated portal with a quality module to communicate with their suppliers. Ultimately, the company choose POOL4TOOL’s All-in-One Supply Collaboration Platform due to its engineered-to-order functionality. “When we were shown POOL4TOOL, whatever requirements we had were met and everything matched one-to-one. We were extremely excited and knew that this was the solution for us,” boasts Srikant Singh, Global Process Development Manager - Procurement, Metso Minerals. POOL4TOOL satisfied the company’s needs from both a volume and performance perspective with the solutions global functionality being a definite advantage.
Smooth Global Roll-Out
The projects started in October 2013 and the system went live in May 2014. Benefits were seen right away on both the Metso side of the solution and their supplier’s side. From a supplier perspective the responses to the solution were very positive. POOL4TOOL was easy for suppliers to use, requiring minimal training. The purchasers at Metso are very satisfied with the supplier acceptance of the eSolution. The system’s automatic reminders have reduced the workload of the Metso buyers and helped improve supply base maintenance. POOL4TOOL is SAP integrated, allowing the company to also use the platform indirectly as a mechanism to make certain SAP has all of the complete data.
Since the go-live, Metso has already increased their internal users count and will increase on-boarded suppliers to over 1.000 suppliers by 2015. Currently, Metso is using the solution in Australia, Brazil, China, Finland, France, India, South Africa, Sweden and the United States. The company plans to expand POOL4TOOL’s All-in-One Supply Collaboration platform into Canada, Chile, Germany, Mexico and Peru. From a software perspective, next steps for Metso will be seeking future opportunities in sourcing and transportation with the vision of integrating the transportation system with POOL4TOOL.
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About Metso: Metso is a global supplier of technology and services to customers in the process industries, including mining, construction, pulp and paper, power, and oil and gas. Our 30,000 professionals based in over 50 countries contribute to sustainability and deliver profitability to customers worldwide. Metso’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. www.metso.com
About POOL4TOOL: POOL4TOOL is the market leader for electronic process optimization in direct procurement with over 240 clients and offices in Europe, America and Asia. The world’s only All-in-One Supply Collaboration platform combines all processes of product development with strategic purchasing (Sourcing), supplier management (SRM), indirect procurement (Procurement), supply chain management (SCM) and quality management using a workflow-based solution. POOL4TOOL offers best practices from successful projects with world leaders in the automotive, machine and plant engineering, production and medical industries, as well as a unique network of over 200,000 connected companies. Learn more at www.pool4tool.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and XING.
Datum: 03.03.2015 - 17:18 Uhr
Sprache: Deutsch
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Contact person: Kathrin Pölzl
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Mining & Metals
Typ of Press Release: Erfolgsprojekt
type of sending: Veröffentlichung
Date of sending: 03.03.2015
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