Streamlining Procurement Models with OrbFusion

In today’s dynamic business environment, organizations are increasingly focusing on optimizing their procurement processes to enhance efficiency, control, and flexibility. Whether adopting a centralized, decentralized, or hybrid procurement model, businesses need robust systems to manage and streamline procurement activities effectively. OrbFusion's Business Process Management (BPM) solution is designed to address these needs by offering tailored features that optimize procurement processes regardless of the model in use.

Centralized Procurement

Centralized procurement models consolidate purchasing decisions within a single, central department. This approach allows for bulk purchasing, better supplier negotiation, and standardized processes. However, it can also lead to bottlenecks and reduced responsiveness to individual department needs. Our BPM solution addresses these challenges by automating approval workflows and standardizing procedures, ensuring that central procurement teams can efficiently manage large volumes of transactions without sacrificing responsiveness. With real-time analytics and reporting features, our BPM solution provides centralized teams with the data they need to make informed decisions and improve strategic sourcing.

Decentralized Procurement

In a decentralized procurement model, individual departments or business units manage their own purchasing activities. This approach can lead to increased flexibility and quicker response times but may result in inconsistencies and duplication of efforts. Our BPM solution supports decentralized procurement by providing a flexible framework that integrates with various departmental systems. It enables streamlined communication between departments and central procurement teams, ensuring compliance with organizational standards while allowing individual units to retain control over their procurement activities. The solution's user-friendly interface and customizable workflows help departments manage their procurement processes efficiently, reducing the risk of errors and improving overall productivity.

Hybrid Procurement

Many organizations adopt a hybrid procurement model that combines elements of both centralized and decentralized approaches. This model seeks to balance the benefits of central oversight with the flexibility of decentralized operations. Our BPM solution is particularly well-suited for hybrid models, offering a versatile platform that can be tailored to meet the specific needs of both central and local procurement functions. It allows organizations to maintain centralized control over strategic sourcing and compliance while empowering individual departments with the tools and autonomy they need for day-to-day purchasing. With features like configurable approval hierarchies and integration capabilities, our BPM solution ensures that hybrid procurement models operate seamlessly and efficiently.

Conclusion

Our BPM solution is designed to enhance procurement processes across all models—centralized, decentralized, and hybrid. By automating workflows, providing real-time analytics, and ensuring compliance, our solution helps organizations streamline their procurement activities, reduce inefficiencies, and make better strategic decisions. Whether your organization employs a centralized, decentralized, or hybrid procurement model, our BPM solution offers the flexibility and power needed to optimize procurement operations and drive overall business success.

AMT Integration

With a fit for purpose solution, OrbFusion provides a collaborative platform for the integration between AMT and your ERP/Systems, with the aim of driving operational efficiencies. OrbFusion forms an integration platform that not only facilitates data interchange, but also enforces your business policies and procedures.

OrbFusion interfaces with RPMGlobal’s Enterprise Planning Framework (EPF) to exchange data and transactions while enforcing data integrity.

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AMT, from RPMGlobal, is the leading Asset Management Software solution for mobile mining equipment.

Improved Management and Control for Inbound Logistics Processes

Logistics processes generate and manage a substantial volume of documentation. Electronic management is curial to running a large, and geographical distributed operation. OrbFusion provides a BPM (Business Process Management) solution allowing for transactional integrity and centralised document management.

The OrbFusion solution allows for improved efficiencies, collaboration and control while reducing time. Providing you with a flexible tool to adapt to your environment.

Some of the features include:

  • Pre-Shipment inspection management by certification service providers
  • Import Permit Management
  • Transactional Flow Control
  • Commercial Invoice and Manifest Management
  • Goods In Transit management
  • OSD Management

Benefits:

  • Bi-directional document searching and consolidated view of all attachments
  • KPI’s and alerts
  • Geographical tracking facility
  • Automation of ERP functions
  • Full traceability
  • Exception Reporting

Pragma On Key

The business requirements of certain organisations are often so unique that a best of breed solution offers a better fit than the standard ERP solution. Instead of trying to implement complex and costly systems which do not always address all the business requirements, a combination of the most suitable solutions is essential to get positive results. Another benefit which results from adopting the best of breed approach is deeper and more industry-specific functionality. This is particularly important as it assists an organisation in gaining a competitive advantage by minimising the potential for software functionality gaps.

This is why the On Key interface is so important. The interface facilitates data exchange between Pragma’s On Key and the ERP. Amongst other things, this affords organisations the ability to accurately measure equipment performance to reduce downtime, as well as ensure accurate spare part management. This is possible because the interface allows all maintenance management activities to be managed by On Key, while the procurement and control of spare parts take place within OrbFusion and the ERP.

Pragma is a global physical asset management company, offering solutions in support of PAS 55 and ISO 55000. Its Enterprise Asset Management system, On Key, assists with the development of maintenance tactics to improve the availability and performance of an organisation’s physical assets.Pragma On Key