Hindustan Coca-Cola is one of the leading beverage companies of India that manufactures, packages, sells and distributes beverages. To fulfil its goal for customer satisfaction, HCCB needed to transform its procurement function. Using SCH Supplier, a centralized digital platform to enable procurement best practices, it consolidated localized purchasing capabilities and developed strategic and streamlined negotiating and buying processes. Now, the procurement team can ensure that managers, buyers, and internal customers all have the right information and technology to perform their responsibilities efficiently and effectively.
HCCB needed to transform its procurement function. Using SCH Supplier, a centralized digital platform to enable procurement best practices, it consolidated localized purchasing capabilities and developed strategic and streamlined negotiating and buying processes. Now, the procurement team can ensure that managers, buyers, and internal customers all have the right information and technology to perform their responsibilities efficiently and effectively.
Business Challenges
- To standardize streamline sourcing and procurement processes for efficiency and effective gains.
- To design a system that is scalable and user-friendly keeping in mind the expansion plans and potential supplier base.
- Overall operating costs and make procurement operations more efficient
- Gain global visibility into global procurement activity
- Identify areas for cost reduction
Implementation of SCH Supplier
- Centralized, comprehensive platform for managing all procurement activity, from strategic sourcing to invoicing
- A single, integrated system provides the scalability to support additional business functions
- Ability to easily onboard and engage with suppliers
- Customizable approval workflows to reduce the risk of unconventional spend.
- Integration with SAP
Business Benefits
- Streamlined negotiations and purchasing functions, freeing buyers for more-strategic tasks such as analysing markets, suppliers, and options
- Fast and smooth integration with existing SAP solutions for a fluid and rapid implementation
- More reliable, flexible, and standardized procurement processes for internal customers
- Easier access to suppliers and related data
- Better data and insights for managers, resulting in better budget control and fewer cost overruns
