ProcureForce Deep Dive September 27, 2017

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1 ProcureForce Deep Dive September 27, 2017

2 Welcome to the Webinar Attendees will be in listen only mode, questions can be made anytime using the chat feature A recording of this presentation and the slides will be available on the APD Website Webinar attendees who complete the webinar feedback survey will receive the slides by 2

3 Today s Presenter: Peter Grybas Sr. Account Executive, Advanced Purchasing Dynamics Helping Purchasing and Supply Chain departments run more efficiently Great emphasis on savings programs Helps clients make their investment in purchasing a competitive advantage 3

4 Today s Producer: Jon Homrich Client Support Manager, Advanced Purchasing Dynamics Project Management Leadership for Consulting and ProcureForce Implementation Helps clients make their investment in purchasing a competitive advantage 4

5 Introducing APD People Technology Execution Enhancing the capabilities of your purchasing team Unlocking savings with big data analytics for purchasing Implementing projects that improve the bottom line Purchasing Placement (direct hire or contract) Buyer skill development training: Strategic negotiations Commodity leadership Understanding and managing costs E-sourcing tool simplifies quoting and supplier management Develops should-be cost models for side-by-side quote comparison Track open work items and cost status by plant, buyer, supplier, and Bill of Materials Savings roadmaps with specific cost savings actions for each commodity Should-be cost model development Strategic sourcing implementations for sustainable savings 5 Customized solutions; There is no one size fits all approach.

6 Delivered by a Distributed Global Model Plymouth, MI Chennai, India USA Leadership, Program Management and Governance India Purchasing Support & Analytics Center of Excellence APD s leadership team has over 10 years of experience in delivering purchasing support and analytics services from Chennai. 6

7 Three Ways We Can Help You Make Purchasing a Competitive Advantage 1 Turn-Key projects that provide the maximum leverage of our expertise and time 2 Execute-and-Mentor where we deliver the early stages and guide the client s staff to complete the project while internalizing capabilities 3 Technology Transfer approach that relies on the client organization to execute 7

8 Agenda Sourcing is easy with e-rfq functionality that supports an unlimited number of detailed cost breakdowns Supplier quote evaluations are efficient with side by side comparisons to competitor quotes and should be cost models Purchased BOM reporting is simple with built in reports for tracking both cost and status 8

9 More Related ProcureForce On-Demand Information PF Videos Implementing Should-Be Costing Achieving 8-18% savings could be as simple as utilizing your historical information along with a collaborative approach. Adding Value on New Programs 70-80% of product costs are determined in the design phase of a component - learn how to add value during this phase of the product life-cycle. 9

10 We Frequently Hear these Challenges from Purchasing Leaders we spend so much time on administrative tasks that my team cannot focus on the value added work they need to perform to succeed we collect so much data from our suppliers, but we do not have a good way of turning that into actionable intelligence we do not have a strong understanding of what products or services should cost, and so we rely on the market or our suppliers to tell us Purchasing Leader 10

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12 ProcureForce ProcureForce is a technology platform that optimizes the way manufacturers deliver savings and manage direct material purchases. ProcureForce.co 12

13 ProcureForce Can Provide: Accurate, up-to-date costing history of each part Understanding why costs moved by program, using plant, commodity or supplier Should be cost models developed from supplier cost structures Should be cost models based upon physical part attributes Potential pricing impact of commodity pricing on purchased components 13

14 Thank you for your time. To continue the conversation, your key APD points of contact are: Peter Grybas Sr. Account Executive Advanced Purchasing Dynamics ext.108 Jeoff Burris Principal Advanced Purchasing Dynamics