Industry
Manufacturing
Annual Revenue
$4.3 Billion
Location
Plymouth, Michigan, USA
How we centralized fragmented supplier and procurement data, applied advanced analytics, and delivered real-time insights to reduce risk exposure and drive cost efficiency across global operations.
Business Problems/Requirement:
he client operated across multiple international plants with siloed procurement and supplier data, resulting in limited visibility and increased operational risks. Key challenges included:
- Data Silos: Supplier and procurement information existed across multiple, unconnected systems and plants.
- Inconsistent Supplier Setup: No unified process for onboarding suppliers serving multiple locations, leading to duplicate and fragmented records.
- Lack of Holistic View: Absence of a consolidated supplier master prevented the identification of cumulative risks and dependencies.
- Limited Risk Oversight: Inability to perform end-to-end analysis of supplier payment performance or identify segregation-of-duties (SOD) violations.
Strategic Approach:
Our team developed and deployed a data-driven analytics framework to improve transparency, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Data Integration & Centralization
- Consolidated procurement and supplier data from multiple international systems into a unified data repository hosted on AWS.
- Designed data models in SQL Server and integrated Tableau dashboards for continuous monitoring.
Advanced Analytics & Risk Identification
- Developed custom algorithms to analyse payment performance and detect anomalies or inefficiencies.
- Enabled 100% spend visibility across the organization, empowering business users with real-time insights into supplier risk and performance metrics.
Governance & Continuous Monitoring
- Embedded analytical controls to flag SOD violations, duplicate supplier accounts, and compliance deviations.
- Established automated periodic testing of supplier setup, configurations, and transactions to ensure sustainable process integrity.
Results:
- Enhanced Risk Visibility: Delivered near-real-time analytics on supplier risks, key performance indicators, and compliance violations.
- Improved Procurement Efficiency: Streamlined supplier setup and approval processes across plants, enabling consistent supplier management.
- Fraud Prevention: Identified and mitigated potential duplicate supplier accounts and SOD conflicts.
- Operational Cost Savings: Increased profitability through reduced procurement inefficiencies and improved cost recovery.
- Data-Driven Decision-Making: Empowered leadership with consolidated dashboards for spend analysis and supplier governance.