Adidas Deploys Cloud Computing For Efficient Control Of Expenses

< p > as a regional subsidiary of Adidas group sports products empire with the famous brands of < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > Adidas < /a > Reebok and Le step, Adidas Latin American subsidiary has decided to deploy Yu Yun's procurement software to strengthen internal compliance and expenditure management.

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< p > although the procurement cost of Adidas's Latin American subsidiary reached US $1 billion 400 million, the procurement situation of the company was extremely complex, which involved money and language in different countries, which were not related to each other.

Procurement departments in some countries use their own procurement procedures, and in some countries, the procurement department uses paper forms in the procurement process.

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"If P is a small company, we may still be able to work normally in this case," said Christian Bader, director of IT, Adidas Latin American subsidiary.

But we are growing very fast, which makes it impossible for us to get the visibility we need.

Bader joined Adidas Latin American subsidiary in 2004.

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< p > to improve internal audit compliance and make expenses more reasonable, Bader has evaluated several expenditure management solutions.

Through comprehensive evaluation of cross national support, total cost of ownership, integration with ERP system and customization ability, Bader finally chose Coupa.

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< p > because Bader has chosen the hosting system, Bader has deployed Coupa in the company's operation headquarters in six weeks this year.

The reason why Bader chose Panama is that they have deployed the most advanced "a href=" http://www.91se91.com/news/index_s.asp "procurement" /a procedure in the country, and 80% of them support this decision.

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< p > Bader says, "you can never solve all the problems you encounter with a system.

We just want to use them to deal with some of the most commonly used programs and keep them simple.

For example, we can not handle the cash advance on business trip through Coupa.

Bader said: "we prefer to deal with this matter alone, and do not want to add them to this system."

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< p > Bader the next step is to deploy Coupa in Chile.

Since the company did not deploy suitable software in Chile, the deployment time may be longer.

They are prepared to start with the human resources department, and then deploy one department, one department.

Followed by Argentina, Peru, Brazil, and finally Mexico, because the company has already deployed a large-scale warehouse management system here.

The IT department can manage the deployment of these cloud systems remotely from Panama City, thus enabling the project cost to be at a low level.

Bader also decided to increase the deployment of Coupa's business intelligence tool Spend Optimizer.

In this way, employees can see their overhead and expense items.

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< p > Bader said: "we have pferred ownership and workload from the financial department to the actual handling of procurement personnel, because the financial department should not deal with these matters."

In the future, Adidas Latin American subsidiaries will be able to focus on expenditure management and strengthen business with specific vendors to lower costs.

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The complex account structure of Adidas P in Latin America makes it difficult for companies to integrate between Coupa and SAP.

Bader said: "this has brought some pressure to us, but we have already solved these problems.

We should solve this problem at startup now, so that our pformation will be faster. "

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< p > for Bader, change management is the biggest challenge they face.

"Our experience is that, especially in Latin America, you have to deploy throughout the company, including inventory management, marketing, human resources and IT departments."

In order to solve everyone's concerns and doubts, a href= "http://www.91se91.com" > Bader < /a has held several staff meetings.

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< p > he said: "you can neither abandon nor force deployment, especially in Brazil.

You have to communicate with them, take the time to convince them, otherwise you will end up with failure.

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