Resource and process refinements
Unilever has simplified and accelerated many of their core processes. Some of those reports that once took weeks to compile, for example, can now be run in under 1 day. This, in turn, has significantly reduced the resources required to run these activities.
Accelerating month-end closing steps
With more than 4 million invoices from suppliers annually, and 90% being paper, Unilever needed a way to streamline management and improve efficiency. To support multiple channels, suppliers, and geographies, the company implemented a global invoice management solution that integrates the SAP® Invoice Management application by OpenText with the Ariba® Network.
solution that supports 380,000 suppliers
Unilever is also seeing huge benefits in simplified user interfaces that are more intuitive to use. Not only is the interface increasing productivity and improving data qualify, but it reduces training costs across the organization. The best part is that users are asking for more.