Latest News
1/02/2010:
Dr. Keith Blacker, former Group FD Simplyhealth, joins Board
08/10/2009:
TBI finalist in business innovation awards 2009.
30/09/2009:
TBI implement Connect Sales Campaign Management for UK Healthcare.
10/01/2009:
TBI implement major Connect Sales Invoice Management for UK Blue-Chip.
01/01/2008:
First Great Western deploy company-wide Connect Procurement system.
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Finding your ERP system restrictive?
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First Great Western - Distributed Procurement Management |
First Great Western (FGW) is part of First Group Plc., and is a major UK train operator with over 70 local operating sites and depots nationwide. FGW used manual ordering and accounts payable processes across the sites to handle in excess of 200,000 trading transactions annually.....
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The Issues
- Process bottlenecks
- Misplaced paperwork
- Difficult administration
- Supplier Disputes
- Unauthorised purchases
- Unaccounted purchases
- Overspend
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Connect Solution
- Bottlenecks removed
- Seamless SAP interaction
- Electronic ordering
- Authorised users only
- Controlled Cost Centres
- Reports
- Management Information
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The Results
- Greater control
- Total visibility
- Total traceability
- Real-time management
- Ordering control
- Low supplier disputes
- Staff cost savings
- Controlled spending
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"Connect is flexible, innovative and rapidly implemented.
It has had a huge impact on customer satisfaction, cash flow and even on resource costs."
Martin Kirby
AR Manager, Bupa Health & Wellbeing
"Connect vastly simplified our ordering, approval and invoice authorisation processes."
Mark Tatham
Financial Controller
First Great Western
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