Initial Situation
A company has a 20-page procurement policy: use preferred vendors, price comparison from €500, four-eyes principle from €1,000, no ordering of personal items, adhere to budget limits. The policy exists as a PDF and is signed when hired. In practice, nobody follows it. Spot checks show: 45% of all orders violate at least one policy. Manual controls are too time-consuming and only happen sporadically.
Your Solution with simple system
- Assortment Restrictions: "Use preferred vendors" → Only preferred vendors visible in search
- Unit Price Limits: "Price comparison from €500" → Automatic price display, threshold warning
- Approval Processes: "Four-eyes principle from €1,000" → Automatic approval escalation
- Assortment Restrictions: "No personal items" → Category blocked
- Order Value Limits: "Adhere to budget limits" → Real-time budget check
Result: 20-page policy is translated into automatic system rules. Compliance rate rises from 55% to 99%.
Your Benefit
- Time savings: 15 hrs/week → 1 hr/week for controls = 728 hrs/year
- EBIT impact: +€36,400/year (personnel costs) + compliance rate from 55% to 99%