WALLDORF, Germany, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE:
SAP) today announced that NTT DATA Services, a global digital
business and IT services leader, has adopted the full suite of
intelligent spend management solutions from SAP. That includes SAP®
Ariba® solutions for procurement, SAP Fieldglass® solutions for
contingent workforce management and SAP Concur® solutions for
travel and expense management.
The procurement solutions created an intelligent, dynamic and
strategic function for procuring direct and indirect materials,
services and MRO for NTT DATA Corporation's largest division
outside Japan. In light of
COVID-19, NTT DATA plans to further enable its remote workforce to
procure goods and services and enhance user experience and adoption
with mobility. The company also plans to work with SAP and its own
NTT DATA SAP practice to innovate around machine learning,
artificial intelligence and robotics.
With the solutions adopted since the project began three years
ago, NTT DATA has driven US$125
million in value. SAP Ariba solutions help NTT DATA manage
over $1 billion in spend with over
3,700 suppliers across more than 50 countries. Additionally, SAP
Fieldglass solutions help manage over 1,300 U.S.-based contingent
workers.
"The outcomes to date have been impressive, and I anticipate
even more positive momentum to come given the increased efficiency,
cost reduction and risk mitigation already achieved," said
Chad Crook, SAP Procurement
Solutions senior vice president and global head of Customer
Engagement and Adoption. "Amid widespread and accelerated supply
chain disruptions, procurement professionals are being challenged
to elevate traditional best practices to drive greater strategic
business value. With a clear vision of what intelligent spend
management means to its business, NTT DATA facilitated its
procurement journey strategically and comprehensively."
With clients operating in more than 50 countries around the
world, NTT DATA runs a sophisticated, complex global services
operation.
"We knew that utilizing world-class tools to create a modern
procurement function with the help of SAP was going to enable our
business to move forward and deliver clear value," said
Jeffrey R. Tramel, NTT DATA Services
vice president of Global Procurement. "SAP's support has been
instrumental in helping us build and deploy a standardized set of
processes and tools that enables us to reduce cost, enable revenue
and mitigate supplier risk now and into the future."
The company embarked on a procurement transformation journey
with the help of SAP and its own NTT DATA SAP practice, to
centralize its procurement model covering end-to-end processes.
That includes sourcing and supplier management, buying and payment,
and supplier compliance and risk management.
SAP solutions have enabled NTT DATA to standardize purchasing
processes and supplier management, enhance visibility into
stakeholder priorities and supplier spend and performance, and
maximize cost-saving opportunities through competitions and volume
discounts. Furthermore, the solutions provide flexibility for
regional and functional groups to manage daily operations while
leveraging enterprise-wide best practices.
By automating and streamlining its end-to-end procurement
operations, NTT DATA has achieved the following benefits across
billions of dollars of spend:
- Improved supplier selection and collaboration to maximize value
and outcomes
- Simplified procure-to-pay processes to increase visibility and
operational control
- Increased adoption with consumer-grade user experience
- Improved cashflow management and increased compliance to vendor
payment terms
- Reduced costs aligned with corporate strategy and industry
standards
- Simplified integration of M&A activity
- Movement of primary spend categories under management to
mitigate company risk
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