Manufacturing

Faced with increasing competitive and cost pressures, as well as continuing trends in outsourcing and globalization of the supply chain, manufacturing companies are implementing Emptoris solutions to:

• Minimize risk and ensure optimum performance from an increasing global supply base
• Gain greater visibility and control over the contracting process
• Actively manage compliance to regulations and corporate policies for outsourced service providers and labor
• Reduce growing telecom, mobile and network spending
• Seamlessly integrate spend, supply and contract management with ERP, financial and other business systems

Real Results for Manufacturing Companies

• Faced with mounting global competition, a leading device manufacturer transformed its procurement process to drastically reduce costs and increase supplier productivity with the Emptoris Suite. The company saved over $600 million across 75 spend categories in just 18 months.
• A global consumer products manufacturer consolidated procurement operations to gain competitive advantage through renegotiation of supply chain contracts. The manufacturer reduced promotional materials costs 50% and core product components costs 30% with the Emptoris Sourcing solution. Earnings climbed upwards of 12% as the company benefited from more efficient procurement practices and reduced material costs.
• A global telecom equipment manufacturer replaced over 30 contract repositories with a single system worldwide for more than 1,000 users with Emptoris Contract Management. A single point of access for over 2,000 sales agreements and 1,700 supplier agreements allowed executives to find contracts and critical contract data in just minutes, compared to days under the previous system.
• A leading Fortune 100 technology company automated the contract process with Emptoris Contract Management to eliminate redundant reviews and reduce cycle-times, cutting contracting cycle time 50%. The company rolled out the solution to more than 100 countries with over 40 different governing laws.
• Ford Motor Company simplified the process of re-allocating IT and Telecom costs by department and consolidated with one centralized solution with Rivermine Telecom Expense Management. Now 1,500 Ford managers have the ability to gain greater visibility into the cost breakdown of all telecom, network services and IT spend to verify costs and identify abnormalities or errors.

The World’s Leading Manufacturing Companies Rely on Emptoris

Over 350 Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies rely on Emptoris for strategic spend, supply and contract management solutions, including close to two dozen of the world's leading technology companies:

Sustainably Reduce Costs, Improve Supplier Performance and Mitigate Risks with Emptoris