COORDINATED NETWORK PROCUREMENT

In the automotive and industrial sector, evolving business strategies have challenged the architecture of the traditional supply chain and the buying strategies that determine whether a company wins or loses on cost. Three mega trends have emerged in recent years:

  • Promotion of large Tier One suppliers to a Full Service Supplier role
  • The increased use of outsourced manufacturing
  • Extreme globalization of markets and sources of supply

These trends affect a company’s ability to execute – to compete on both innovation and cost.

In the new, distributed business model:

  • Process responsibility is shared across organizations, enterprises, and tiers.
  • Supplier relationships are multi-tier – not just point-to-point
  • And it is easier to get caught up in disparate behaviors that cost time and money

Challenge
Get the most value out of materials (the stuff that goes into the things that make your end product).

  • Manage price agreements across multiple tiers of relationships
  • Optimize the price-to-performance ratio of materials
  • Focus part suppliers on transforming materials in parts – not buying materials
  • Ensure continuity of supply, including buffering manufacturing operations from volatile material prices
  • Execute with process efficiency, including resolving disputes in a timely manner
  • Provide the basis for innovation – new material ideas that differentiate the end product.

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Solution
Newview’s Coordinated Network Procurement application is focused on materials that exist at the “Bottom of the Bill of Materials”. These may include raw materials, fabricated parts (with high raw material content), and standard components (other things that get lost in the details).
With better management of this segment of materials, a company can:

  • Reduce direct material costs by 5-10%
  • Reduce administrative costs through process automation and the timely resolution of disputes
  • Improve working capital efficiency by accelerating the invoice-to-pay cycle and reducing inventory expenses

Newview’s CNP is the only solution designed with a full set of processes to manage the complex environment of raw materials, fabricated parts and other components that exist at the “Bottom of the BOM”.

COORDINATED NETWORK PROCUREMENT
Multi-Enterprise Procurement Supports a variety of sophisticated buying strategies including resale, rebate and directed buy
Price Management Supports the complexities of multi-tier pricing; manages price changes through effectivity logic
Sourcing Manages the relationship between materials and their sources, including highlighting the “preferred” company sources for a material
Transact Purchase Activity Manages the flow of purchases, shipments, and receipts to the appropriate parties per the buying strategy
Self-Service Claims Processing Provides a process for material and parts suppliers involved in sophisticated procurement programs to resolve claims issues of a physical or financial nature
Settlement Gives the financial user the control to initiate billing activities at the touch of a button. Where appropriate, automates the process of netting a supplier’s raw material obligations from their outstanding receivables.
Built on Newview's Network Business Process Architecture For quick reconfiguration of roles and processes with integration to existing systems

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“With Newview, we can immediately scale our program while focusing our energy and resources on strategic sourcing decisions. Our goal is to create the most efficient cost model possible.”

John Fullager, Project Leader - Steel and Aluminum Brokerage Program, International Truck Corporation

 

 


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