Retail

Faced with increasing competitive and cost pressures, leading retail companies are implementing Emptoris solutions to:

• Sustainably reduce costs on both basic and complex spend categories
• Conduct advanced sourcing to make complex buying decisions for categories such as transportation
• Reduce growing telecom, mobile and network spending
• Minimize risk and ensure optimum performance and service levels from an increasing global supply base
• Actively manage compliance to regulations and corporate policies for outsourced service providers and labor
• Seamlessly integrate spend, supply and contract management with ERP, financial and other systems

Real Results for Retail Companies

• A global consumer products retailer increased earnings 12% by consolidating its procurement operation and leveraging Emptoris Sourcing. The solution allowed them to negotiate better supplier contracts, reduce promotional materials costs 50% and core products costs 30%.
• A Fortune 100 company automated the contracts process to eliminate redundant reviews and reduce cycle-times, cutting contracting cycle times by more than 50% with Emptoris Contract Management. The company rolled out the contract management solution in over 100 countries covering 40+ governing laws.
• A Fortune 1000 company with over 400 locations worldwide saved over $4 million a year—and $15 million in total—on its telecom expenses by leveraging the Rivermine Telecom Expense Management solution. Faced with millions of dollars in growing communications costs for 100,000 lines and individual expenses, the solution gave the company a comprehensive view of its entire communications spend by region, office and carrier. Streamlining invoice processing also enabled the company to reassign 80% of its communications support staff to other high-priority projects.

The World’s Leading Retail Companies Rely on Emptoris

• Home Depot
• Rent-A-Center

Improve the Competitiveness of Your Retail Company with Emptoris