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Rockline Ind. Case-Study: Supplier/Buyer Portal - Automate PO Lifecycle, Pricing Management plus ASN 3PL “Uber Freight” Integration

Rockline Industries:

  • A leading manufacturer of wet wipes, coffee filters and baking cups.

 

Project Objective:

  • To develop a Procure-to-Pay PO technology driven platform / workflow that manages the complete pricing lifecycle delivering the correct price the first time.

 

Price Management:

  • Supplier Price Management replaced manual tasks with a vendor specific workflow-based portal that allowed easy pricing views, updates (table or excel) and collaboration against several areas of the business. It provides automated impact (open & forecasted PO’s) calculation, document mgmt. approval notifications, justification dialog audits, effectivity date & qty. break functionality.  It has eliminated Invoice & Payment errors and delays.

 

PO Portal Management:

  • The “Project Handshake” portal provides Supplier/Buyer PO Management automation eliminating manual and standalone (email, phone, fax, etc.) unstructured communications. It solved PO issues by removing data inaccuracies along with scheduling, production and forecasting issues. The project reduced Risk, Costs and created better process outcomes.
  • With our intelligent ASN form we interface with Uber Freight, our strategic 3PL transportation (request / pickup) partner.
  • We are also in process of adding the ability for suppliers to enter their on-hand inventory levels to assist buyers in better managing stock.
  • We’ll also be adding Supplier Contact (address book edit/update with workflow) Update.

 

Demo Agenda:

  • Price Management
    • Price Change Methods: Excel, Grid, etc.
    • Workflow Approvals (email, text and/or phone app)
    • Price Impact (open & forecasted PO’s) Calculations
    • Multiple Approval Flows Based on auto calculated PO Cost Impact
  • PO Portal Management
    • Header / Line Inquiry with Robust Filtering
    • PO Acknowledgement
    • PO Change with Workflow
    • Transportation Requests
    • Ship Confirmation/ASN

Speakers:

Stephen Greer
Sourcing Process Excellence Manager
Rockline Industries

Holly Franklin
Supply Chain Analytics Business Architect
Rockline Industries