Boulanger Digitalizes Across its Procure-to-Pay Process on the Determine Cloud Platform
December 03 2018 - 9:00AM
Determine, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTRM), a pioneering leader in global
Source-to-Pay and Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management (ECLM)
Cloud Platform solutions, today announced that leading French
retailer Boulanger, a specialist in home appliances and multimedia
equipment, has chosen to implement Determine’s cloud-based
Procure-to-Pay.
With 149 stores and 9,000 employees, Boulanger is known for
offering customers the best of new technologies and services, with
nearly 25,000 products available in stores, through the Boulanger
app and online.
As with many companies in the retail sector, Boulanger's
organization and purchasing processes are highly decentralized, the
supplier base is very disparate and management lacks complete
oversight and control over incurred expenses.
"Our purchasing approach is not yet modeled; now we have
multiple tools available to users for the management of orders and
suppliers. Our goal is to unify our tools, optimize our purchasing
processes, streamline the supplier base and increase our visibility
of expenses incurred — not only those that are realized."—
Sébastien Gruart, Director of Indirect Purchasing, Boulanger
To achieve its goals, Boulanger selected the Determine Cloud
Platform for its ease of use and intuitive user interface which
accelerates full adoption. Agile and highly configurable, the
Determine Procurement Solution saves user time and effort thanks to
defined purchasing processes, a single platform and
information-rich catalogs (tags, images, item descriptions,
etc.).
"Providing a successful shopping experience to our end customers
is essential, it's part of the Boulanger culture. The same is true
for our internal customers, for whom we want to provide a
procurement solution that is very user friendly. Agile, easy to use
and easy to configure without any specific developments, the
Determine Cloud Platform is truly in line with our expectations."—
Sébastien Gruart, Director of Indirect Purchasing, Boulanger
Boulanger’s overhead purchase volume is significant. Ultimately,
the company will have approximately 1500 users purchasing through
the Determine Cloud Platform. The deployment of the Procurement
Solution is initially planned for the IT Department, then for a
subsidiary and the rest of the Group.
"Determine is proud to leverage our business expertise to the
benefit of the Boulanger Group, a major presence in the retail
sector. Thanks to the functional richness of our Procurement
Solution on the Determine Cloud Platform, Boulanger will have all
the cards in hand to optimize its purchasing processes and empower
employees to focus on their core business — consulting and customer
satisfaction."— Gérard Dahan, Global Chief Revenue and Marketing
Officer, Determine, Inc.
About Boulanger:Boulanger is a specialist
retailer in home appliances and multimedia equipment. With 148
stores and 9,000 employees, Boulanger offers its clients the best
of new technologies in the entertainment and home world with nearly
25,000 items available in its stores, on the Boulanger app and on
its website boulanger.com. The mission of Boulanger is to help
everyone to fully enjoy the connected objects and services of the
house by responding to the uses of its inhabitants and transforming
every moment of everyday life into a moment of conviviality. To be
"Si Bien Ensemble," Boulanger provides its clients with expert
advisors, five own brands and many support services such as
delivery within one hour in Paris, delivery the next day throughout
France, support 7 days a week, commissioning, troubleshooting,
remote or home assistance, subscription, rental and reconditioned
product offers. More information on www.boulanger.com. Follow us on
Facebook (@Boulanger.Electromenager.Multimedia) and Twitter
(@boulanger).
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About Determine, Inc.Determine, Inc. (NASDAQ:
DTRM) is a leading global provider of SaaS Source-to-Pay and
Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management (ECLM) solutions. The
Determine Cloud Platform provides procurement, legal and finance
professionals analytics of their supplier, contract and financial
performance. Our technologies empower customers to drive new
revenue, identify savings, improve compliance and mitigate
risk.
The Determine Cloud Platform seamlessly integrates with major
ERP or third-party systems such as SAP, Oracle, Sage, QAD and
Microsoft. Modular solutions can be configured to add more as
needed to provide additional value beyond spend management. Our
unified master database and business process approach empower users
at every level to make more informed and smarter decisions.
For more information, please visit: determine.com.
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