Kewill | Best Practice in Public Sector eProcurement

The ability to deliver increased efficiencies within local and central Government has become top of the agenda for the Public Sector. The Public Sector is now expected, and in many instances mandated, to improve service delivery to citizens with little if any extra resource. These performance targets pose cultural and technical challenges but with a strategic approach to eProcurement they can be achieved.

Glasgow City Council (GCC) have successfully risen to the challenge with their eProcurement Programme achieving savings of £20m. We have prepared an Infokit which includes an interview with John Sherry, Head of Procurement Development at GCC. During this interview John shares the roadmap to success, best practices and details of the significant impact of the Programme.

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“Hopefully the significant savings at Glasgow will be a beacon to be quickly seized upon by council leaders across the country, who will start to ask the tough questions about what they need to do to achieve the same value for money for their rate payers.”

Andy Kyte, Vice-President and Research Fellow at Gartner, Inc.

Does this sound familiar?
Before the successful Programme – Glasgow City Council had 50 different procurement systems, made little use of cutting-edge technology, used time consuming and overly bureaucratic processes, and had limited collaboration between departments and other public sector bodies. They even had 25 separate agreements with 5 different water cooler companies.

By taking a more strategic approach to procurement through the implementation of better buying strategies and the use of Electronic Data Interchange technology the Council have released significant savings and dramatically increased operational efficiency.

What are the benefits of streamlining eProcurement processes in the Public Sector?

Reduced costs and improved efficiency

Eliminate the time consuming process of entering invoices into Council systems
Dramatically reduce invoicing errors
Significantly reduce time spent dealing with purchase order processing
Increase collaboration between departments and other public sector bodies
Release significant savings which can be redirected to front-line service
Increase visibility into procurement information for all users
Improve planning when renewing contracts with suppliers – leading to increased supplier performance
Improve trading partner relationships
Get your bills paid faster
Reduce your Carbon Footprint
Enhance your Disaster Recovery Strategy
Comply with eGovernment and improve your CPA Rating
Help meet Gershon/McClelland targets

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