Yarra Valley Water is a retail water company, owned by the Victorian State Government, supplying water and sewerage services to 1.5 million people covering over 4,000 square kilometres of Melbourne’s northern and eastern suburbs. Consistent with the Government’s ‘Connecting Victoria Policy’, Yarra Valley Water’s e-Business strategy has been developed with an emphasis on offering customers the option of conducting all transactions over the Internet, if they so desire.
In conjunction with improving customer convenience, a major objective remains the continuing improvement of business efficiency. One of the business processes, that Yarra Valley Water wanted to streamline was the procurement process not only to eliminate inefficient buying practices, but also to simplify the purchasing process, maintain policy control and reduce costs.
In line with this, Yarra Valley Water has implemented an enterprise wide, end-to-end, electronic procure-to-pay solution, TransAXS Procurement from AXS-One. The reasons for this decision was the product’s rich functionality, ease of integration with existing financial system and value for money.
In addition the product’s intuitive browser based approach makes it easy to use, quick to implement, requiring minimal training with no software installed on the desktop. Approximately 100 requisitioners and 60 authorisers are using this system and they have approximately 300 suppliers on the system.
“We see TransAXS Procurement as our platform for facilitating future e-procurement opportunities,” said Tarnya McKenzie, Manager Financial Planning and Treasury, Yarra Valley Water. “TransAXS Procurement is an efficient, simple and flexible system. It has provided us with enhanced staff skills, greater control over procurement, while retaining a decentralised purchasing structure and productivity gains across the business.”
For more information contact Geoff Smith on 1300 887 663 or email contactus@axsone.com.au
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