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In order to implement dematerialisation of Supply Chain transactions for the instrumentation of financial initiatives, it is imperative to assess the current situation with the Buyer organisation.
Based on specific requirements or priorities, once the initial consulting phase has been consulted the following steps can be carried out in any order. |
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> ----- Evaluation & Consulting |
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- Evaluation phase & statement of Work
• Assessment of current situation with Suppliers, Buyers and Financiers
• Supplier portfolio segmentation (size, localisation, volume, industry type, etc)
• Review of the current contractual credit terms with suppliers
• Definition of the most suited Financial initiative enhancing working capital
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- Determine ROI on the chosen initiative (costs, resources, operation/financial gains, etc)
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- Technical-functional definition for the implementation of the technical solution instrumenting the programme
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- Contact with financial organisations able to provide funds (or in-house Financial Management) based on some of the following criteria :
• Type of Financial product to be implemented
• Supplier types
• Transaction type to be financed
• Size of the supplier porfolio
• Geographical présence
• Currencies
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> ----- Implementation |
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- Implementation of the chosen technical solution in one of the 2 proposed modes :
• Software in SaaS mode (Software as a Service) and hosted on third party technical infrastructure. Corporate LinX has selected IBM to host the CLeX Portal
• Software license implemented within the Client’s own technical infrastructure
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- Implementation of the required technical interfaces with the various internal technical solutions (ERP, EDI, e-procurement, etc)
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- Corrective and evolutive maintenance
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> ----- on going participation |
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- Roll out of the initiative to suppliers :
• Initial communication
• Follow-up
• 'onboarding'
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- Internal communication of the project among the different Business Units involved :
• Introduction to the project, its scope and objectives
• Information
• Training
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- Follow-up and monitoring in order to schedule required corrective actions to attain the set objectives
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