GEP DRIVES GREATER COLLABORATION AND VISIBILITY FOR WBA
Paul Blake , Senior Director of Engagement at GEP , discusses how the company is working with WBA to drive greater collaboration & transparency in procurement
Supply chains today are more complex than ever before . Transparency and collaboration are key to supply chains ’ future in order to get the right footing in a more vulnerable and uncertain environment .
For 10 years , Paul Blake has worked for GEP ; today , he is the Senior Director of Engagement . Blake explains : “ Our approach to working with our customers in this kind of environment is multifaceted . Firstly , we help our customers define what a 21st century modern supply chain should look like .”
He adds : “ At GEP , we bring information to the forefront with intelligent solutions to ensure that our customers make the right decisions when it comes to the suppliers that they work with .”
GEP AND ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE
Like many customers of GEP , Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ) has an abundance of complexity within its operations and a legacy of handling a lot of information in different systems , as well as offline .
“ With WBA we have provided a technology platform that allows them to achieve a single source of truth , a central system that allows multiple different project types , stakeholders , territories , and regions to collaborate with , within a single framework that can be continuously improved ,” says Blake .
He adds : “ So it ’ s about taking data from the company ’ s historical records of what has been spent on what and with whom , and then providing the means to analyse that data for opportunities . We also provide a system that allows those opportunities to be turned into actionable projects for forecasting and setting goals . Bringing together all this information into the GEP SMART provides organisations with greater visibility and brings contracts to life , rather than being a static document .”
With this implementation , GEP SOFTWARE provides a much greater coherence in the end-to-end process allowing collaboration between the different stakeholders within the procurement operation , with improved collaboration between procurement and the supply base , too .